#FossilFuel Interests Are Working to Kill #Solar in One #Ohio County. The Hometown #Newspaper Is Helping.
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A retired #gas industry executive, a shadowy “grassroots” group and a controversial #media company are spreading #misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm — and each other.

propublica.org/article/ohio-mo…

#News #Journalism #CleanEnergy #Agriculture #Oil #Koch #Climate #Energy #Politics #Government

The Secret Playbook Behind Effort to Kill Solar in an Ohio County

A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy “grassroots” group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm — and each other.

^ProPublica

🗑️ The legacy of corn nitrogen fertilizer: Study shows lengthy impact in tile drained systems

phys.org/news/2024-09-legacy-c…

#corn #nitrogen #pollution #agriculture #waste #environment #ecology #usa

The legacy of corn nitrogen fertilizer: Study shows lengthy impact in tile drained systems

Midwestern soils are among the most productive in the world, thanks in part to extensive tile drainage systems that remove excess water from crop fields. But water isn't the only thing flowing through tile drains.

^{Lauren Quinn (Phys.org)}

Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows—here are three promising benefits

(… might help growing plants in the moon if they can be kept passive for two weeks)

phys.org/news/2024-09-darkness…

#plants #agriculture #argonomy #botany

Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows—here are three promising benefits

Plants can grow with much less light than previously thought, according to a new study on tiny water-based organisms called microalgae that has been published in Nature Communications.

^{Sven Batke (Phys.org)}