Tag: nitrogen
Farming’s Nitrogen Future Will Be Built From Several Technologies, Not One
Modern farming depends heavily on nitrogen fertilizer because crops need nitrogen to build proteins, chlorophyll and ultimately yield, yet most major crops cannot directly use the nitrogen gas that makes up most of the atmosphere. Farmers have to buy nitrogen in forms plants can use, generally through ammonia, urea and … [continued]
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If Modern Agriculture Were a Person, It Would Be a Sociopath: Can Regenerative Farming Save Us From Ourselves?
Naming the problem: A sociopathic agricultural system There is a great paradox in modern agriculture. The agro-industrial sector is feeding people while harming society and starving the planet. In 1962, one farmer fed 25.8 persons; today, it is 155.[1] But according to the UN, global agrifood systems incur roughly $12 … [continued]
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Texas PUC Greenlights Coal Plant Closure & Renewables Construction, Saving Millions of Gallons of Water Every Year
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) ruled today that Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) can proceed with closing its Tolk coal plant near Lubbock and constructing renewable energy and battery storage to provide reliable, clean electricity to Southwest Power Pool customers. While also approving two new gas … [continued]
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Groups Sue TVA Over Clean Air Act Violations at Kingston Site
Harriman, Tennessee — On Thursday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for violating the Clean Air Act and putting public health at risk by building its new Kingston Gas Plant, which TVA plans to operate alongside its … [continued]
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Green Lightning’s Fertilizer Claim Doesn’t Add Up
Green Lightning really does make nitrogen fertilizer from air and electricity, but it makes very little of it compared with what its marketing says it can replace. Nitrogen is not merely something that encourages a plant to grow. Nitrogen atoms become part of the plant itself, incorporated into proteins, chlorophyll, … [continued]
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