Tag: Farmland
California Pivots: Cutting CEQA Red Tape To Boost Housing & Climate Goals
In rare good news out of the United States, California’s just passed reform of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has opened the door for a wave of infill housing development, marking a significant shift in the state’s longstanding approach to urban growth. Signed into law a week ago, the … [continued]
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Offset Your Carbon Footprint (and Make a Profit)
Disseminated on behalf of World Tree. What if your next investment could heal the planet and grow your wealth? World Tree’s 2025 Eco-Tree Programme makes it possible. As the leading cultivator of Empress trees in North America, World Tree plants fast-growing hardwoods that capture carbon at record rates, restore tired … [continued]
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Elbow room: By how much should London grow its urban boundary?
For the first time in nearly 30 years, London is looking at expanding its urban boundary, despite a commitment in its official plan to build “inward and upward” as opposed to sprawling outward. LFP’s Jack Moulton reports. WHAT IS THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY? London’s urban growth boundary is different from the city boundary and regulates […]
How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.
The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension.
Newcomers to the seemingly endless grasslands that once spanned approximately a quarter of North America often hit a psychic wall, descending into fits of mania.
Agrivoltaics & The Underdogs Of The Natural World
Biodiversity is one of the benefits of agrivoltaics, and biodiversity is displayed in all of its weirdness in the new Ryan Reynolds nature documentary series.
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