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USDA to help farmers navigate the murky world of soil carbon offsets

When Congress passed an omnibus spending bill in December, it included a bit of bipartisan climate legislation that had been languishing on the Hill since its introduction in 2020. The Growing Climate Solutions Act, supported by climate advocates and farmers alike, was devised to get the nation’s growers to adopt climate-friendly practices by encouraging their…

Poilievre pledges to honour Trudeau’s health-care funding offer to premiers

Poilievre pledges to honour Trudeau’s health-care funding offer to premiers

Author of the article: Canadian Press Stephanie Taylor Published Feb 08, 2023  •  3 minute read Join the conversation Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Feb. 1, 2023 as Pierre Poilievre listens. Photo by Blair Gable /REUTERS OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday…

How Russia Is Surviving the Tightening Grip on Its Oil Revenue

How Russia Is Surviving the Tightening Grip on Its Oil Revenue

Restrictions on Russia’s oil trade are raising the stakes in a protracted economic standoff that is reshaping the global energy market.Send any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share.An oil tanker in Novorossiysk, Russia, in October. Russia is facing a gradual ratcheting…

What time is it for Evan Bouchard? Right on schedule

What time is it for Evan Bouchard? Right on schedule

Published Jan 30, 2023  •  4 minute read 9 Comments Edmonton Oilers defencemen Evan Bouchard (2) checks Montreal Canadiens forward Nick Suzuki on Dec. 3. Photo by Perry Nelson /USA TODAY Sports What time is it in Evan Bouchard? Right on schedule. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.…

Gas fracking could start in NT’s Beetaloo Basin soon despite the government missing a key deadline

Gas fracking could start in NT’s Beetaloo Basin soon despite the government missing a key deadline

The gas industry’s peak body says licences to begin fracking in the Northern Territory could be issued in a month, despite the government missing a key deadline.Key points:A gas industry representative says it expects Beetaloo fracking production licences could be issued in a monthBut critics say fully implementing Pepper Inquiry recommendations is “impossible”The industry is…

Fuel : Marketers blame NNPCL as scarcity still persist

Fuel : Marketers blame NNPCL as scarcity still persist

As fuel scarcity still persist, oil marketers have accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, of politicising the supply process and making vain promises. The oil marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria claimed they had get fuel, despite the assurances from the Managing Director of the NNPCL Retail, Hubb…