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Nitrogen Pollution Impacts in the US
February 16, 2012
Climatewire
Researchers say man's sprawling nitrogen footprint could increase with climate change
November 1, 2011
Bangor Daily News
Shellfish harvesters plagued by acidic "dead muds"
September 10, 2011
Colorado News Agency/Ag Journal
Algae cleanup eyed: Is it worth the effort?
August 19, 2011
Baltimore Sun
How to Fight the Nitrogen Threat
August 9, 2011
One Earth
Lake Erie Death Watch
May 11, 2011
Science Daily
New Strategy Aims to Reduce Agricultural Ammonia
February 25, 2011
Yahoo! News
N-Print Project Launches Nitrogen Footprint Calculator Tool
January 10, 2011
Reuters
Nitrous Oxide, a Greenhouse Gas, Three Times Higher in Rivers than IPCC Estimates
November 23, 2010
KUNC-FM
Rocky Mountain National Park has a Nitrogen Pollution Problem, but New Energy Plan Could Help
October 11, 2010
Columbus Dispatch
Fouled by Farms: Farm Pollution in Ohio (Series)
August 1, 2010
Grist
The Nitrogen Dilemma: Is America Fertilizing Disaster? (Series)
June 21, 2010
Scientific American
Sour Showers: Acid Rain Returns "This Time It Is Caused by Nitrogen Emissions, Scientific American
January 14, 2010
Christian Science Monitor
Earth’s Growing Nitrogen Threat
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Fertilizer and The Global Nitrogen Challenge
March 12, 2012
Bloomberg
Water Pollution From Farming Is Worsening, Costing Billions
October 13, 2011
Financial Times
Oil and gas: Link between fuel and crop prices grows stronger Financial Time
June 4, 2011
New York Times
A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself
March 11, 2010
TIME
Tropicana: Trying to Make a Greener Orange Juice
June 19, 2009
New York Times
Fertilizer Divide: Too Much, Not Enough, Dot Earth
March 20, 2009
Scientific American
Nitrogen Fertilizer: Agricultural Breakthrough And Environmental Bane
May 15, 2008
WIRED
Reactive Nitrogen: The Next Big Pollution Problem
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Nitrates and Groundwater Contamination
March 13, 2012
MSNBC
Farming communities facing crisis over nitrate pollution, study says
March 13, 2012
AP in Washington Post
Report: Nitrate contamination in Salinas, Central valleys’ drinking water pervasive, spreading
October 1, 2011
The Fresno Bee
Don’t Drink The Water: Special Report The Fresno Bee
June 1, 2011
LA Times
(Video) And Not a Drop to Drink
February 2, 2011
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Poison on Tap
November 7, 2010
Los Angeles Times
In Tiny Seville, Trouble on Tap
July 6, 2010
The Atlantic
Something in the Water
March 13, 2010
California Watch
Coping with Nitrate Contamination (Multimedia Series)
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Coastal "Dead Zones"
July 21, 2011
Yale Environment 360
On Lake Taihu, China Moves To Battle Massive Algae Blooms
May 18, 2011
PBS News Hour
Farm Runoff in Mississippi River Floodwater Fuels Dead Zone in Gulf
January 20, 2011
World Resources Insitute
New Web-Based Map Tracks Marine “Dead Zones” Worldwide
July 7, 2010
The Guardian
China Launches Armada to Head Off Algae Plume
April 29, 2010
Grist
Gulf of Mexico: From Magnificent Resource to Industrial Sacrifice Zone
August 29, 2009
Huffington Post
Record Corn Crop Spells More Trouble for Gulf of Mexico Fisheries
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Farm-Level Solutions
January 21, 2012
State Journal-Register (Springfield IL)
Opinion: We can have high yields and protect environment
October 19, 2011
Fast Company
Sysco’s Produce Division Makes Room For Local Farmers
October 12, 2011
Star Tribune
U researcher offers ideas to feed world without ruining planet
August 14, 2010
The Philadelphia Enquirer
Researchers Alter Cow Diets to Help Environment
June 16, 2010
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Unprecedented Cropland Study Confirms Conservation Practices Work On Farms in Upper Mississippi River Basin
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Biofuels
December 6, 2011
Des Moines Register
Congress ‘lost faith’ in advanced bioenergy, key lawmaker says
July 27, 2011
New York Times
Lots of Talk, Too Little Action
July 24, 2010
Washington Post
It's time to end the excessive subsidies for corn ethanol
November 10, 2009
Detroit News
Carbon Rules Could Damage Michigan’s Biofuel Industry
October 23, 2009
National Public Radio
Scientists: Biofuel Laws May Harm Environment
April 8, 2009
The Economist
Biofools: Farming Biofuels Produces Nitrous Oxide. This is Bad for Climate Change
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New study: Eating less meat to reduce climate change

Meat consumption in the developed world needs to be cut 50 percent per person by 2050, and industrial and agricultural emissions need to be cut in half to meet the IPCC's aggressive strategy to reduce the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide.

The findings are from a study by Dr. Eric Davidson published April 13 in Environmental Research Letters. It also finds that improving management of fertilizer and manure sources will lead to significant nitrous oxide reductions. The Guardian UK wrote, that's because "fertilizers used in growing feed crops for cattle produce the most potent of the greenhouse gases causing climate change."

Can we get Americans to eat less steak? "If you had asked me 30 years ago if smoking would be banned in bars, I would have laughed and said that would be impossible in my lifetime," said Davidson. "And yet it has come true."
The press release is here.

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