DHS' Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
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"Agencies Pledge To Curb Abuse of Child Farmworkers"
The Labor Department and the Environmental Protection Agency pledged to do a better job of protecting the 300,000 to 400,000 child farmworkers from threats including pesticide exposure, after a stinging new report from Human Rights Watch.
Source: AP, 05/06/2010
Taxpayer-Funded Feedlots Refuse To Disclose Polluting Emissions
Beef and pork factory farms are exempt from federal requirements to report their greenhouse gas emissions but are okay with accepting federal subsidies to capture their methane emissions and turn them into energy.
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Mixquiahuala Journal: Fears That Lush Land May Lose a Foul Fertilizer
"For 100 years, Mexico City has flushed its wastewater north to irrigate the farmland of Hidalgo State. This foul cascade, which the farmers call 'the black waters,' flows through a latticework of canals and then trickles over the fields. So when word got out that the government was finally going to build a giant wastewater treatment plant, one might have expected the farmers around here to be excited. Instead, they were suspicious."
Source: NYTimes, 05/05/2010
"U.S. Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds"
After years of heavy application of glyphosate (Roundup) herbicide, farmers are struggling with superweeds that have developed resistance.
Source: NYTimes, 05/04/2010
Several More States and Provinces Hit by Fatal Bat Disease
Bat losses can have major impacts on ecosystems, as they routinely consume large quantities of insects and themselves provide food and nutrients for other plants and animals. There also are economic impacts as caves close to recreational use, in an effort to combat the spread of the disease.
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"Rural Ozone Can Be Fed by Feed (as in Silage)"
"The alcohol in silage can drive significant ozone formation, exceeding the contribution from tailpipe emissions."
Source: Science News, 04/27/2010
"Rooftop Farming Booming in New York"
"Urban farming is a growth industry in New York city's concrete jungle, and with little open land free agriculturalists and beekeepers have taken to the rooftops to pursue their passion."
Source: AFP, 04/27/2010
"Biotech Crops Go Before Supreme Court This Week"
"The U.S. Supreme Court is considering genetically engineered crops for the first time, in a case that has divided conventional and organic farmers."
Source: Des Moines Register, 04/26/2010
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