Food and farms

Solar

This farmer was skeptical about solar — until he began grazing sheep

Illinois farmer Trent Gerlach had misgivings about solar panels taking up cropland, but he saw a chance to try agrivoltaics, a practice catching on around the US.

By Kari Lydersen . 15 October 2024

A herd of sheep at Acciona's High Point Solar Farm in northern Illinois. (Acciona)

Policy & regulation

California could lock in disastrous dairy methane rules, advocates warn

CARB could finally regulate methane emissions from the state’s huge dairy farms and eliminate the special treatment dairy biogas gets via its clean fuel program. Or not.

By Jeff St. John . 14 October 2024
Solar

6,000 sheep will soon be grazing on 10,000 acres of Texas solar fields

The largest solar grazing project in the U.S. will reduce mowing costs and emissions — and make for some happy sheep.

By Carrie Klein . 16 August 2024
Food and farms

Meati is turning fungi into climate-friendly steaks. Will diners bite?

The sustainable food startup just raised another $100 million to try and break through a tough market for alternative meats.

By Julian Spector . 27 June 2024
Electrification

Can electric woks produce great stir-fry?

Many chefs are asking what a future without gas will mean for culinary traditions.

By Akielly Hu . 17 May 2024
Air travel

Can corn ethanol really help decarbonize US air travel?

The Biden administration will allow ethanol producers to access tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel. Farmers and climate groups have mixed reactions.

By Maria Gallucci . 6 May 2024
Solar

Ohio greenlights massive solar, storage and agrivoltaics project

Oak Run will be Ohio's largest solar installation and the nation's biggest agrivoltaics project, spanning 6,000 acres and totaling 800 MW.

By Eric Wesoff . 21 March 2024
Transportation

Is CARB staff blocking reform at California’s clean transport program?

Members of the agency’s board have raised concerns about the role biofuels play in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Critics say CARB's staff hasn’t acted on them.

By Jeff St. John . 14 March 2024
Food and farms

California’s biofuel bias is hampering its EV future. Can that change?

The California Air Resources Board is at a crossroads: It can stay the course on its widely criticized Low Carbon Fuel Standard — or transform it to meet climate goals.

By Jeff St. John . 12 March 2024
Food and farms

Cultivated meat could help decarbonize food. Florida wants to ban it

The state’s Republican-led legislature could ban the emerging tech, which some see as a long-term pathway to fixing the meat industry’s huge emissions problem.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 15 February 2024
Wind

Wind power helps this Kansas cattle ranch survive

Since 2005, supplemental income from hosting 50 wind turbines has helped the fourth-generation family operation keep its head above water.

By Bridgett Ennis . 22 January 2024