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The White House’s New Plan To Help Farmers Grappling With Climate Change
The White House’s New Plan To Help Farmers Grappling With Climate Change
By Jeff Spross
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is scheduled to announce the creation of seven climate “hubs” throughout the country on Wednesday — part of the White House’s ongoing efforts to tackle climate change.
The first of their kind, and officially dubbed “Regional Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change,” the centers will look into climate forecasting and data, risk assessment, and how to adapt farming and livestock practices to climate change and new forms of extreme weather. They’ll also serve as an information and coordination hub for their particular region, linking farmers and ranchers up with universities, government agencies, scientific research centers, and other groups in an effort to spread the best farming practices and the best climate adaptation strategies.
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The seven main hubs will be built on top of agricultural and research centers that are already in operation:
Three of those hubs will also have a subsidiary hub, dedicated to more specific issues. The “sub-hub” for the Midwest will be in Houghton, Michigan, and will focus on climate change; the Southwest sub-hub will be in Davis, California, and will be devoted to specialty crops and the southwest forests; and the Southeast sub-hub will be in Pio Piedras, Puerto Rico, and will look into the health of the Caribbean.
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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/05/3250741/white-house-climate-hubs/
By Jeff Spross
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is scheduled to announce the creation of seven climate “hubs” throughout the country on Wednesday — part of the White House’s ongoing efforts to tackle climate change.
The first of their kind, and officially dubbed “Regional Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change,” the centers will look into climate forecasting and data, risk assessment, and how to adapt farming and livestock practices to climate change and new forms of extreme weather. They’ll also serve as an information and coordination hub for their particular region, linking farmers and ranchers up with universities, government agencies, scientific research centers, and other groups in an effort to spread the best farming practices and the best climate adaptation strategies.
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The seven main hubs will be built on top of agricultural and research centers that are already in operation:
For the Midwest: the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Agricultural Research Service, in Ames, Iowa.
For the Northeast: the Northern Research Station, Forest Service, in Durham, New Hampshire.
For the Southeast: the Southern Research Station, Forest Service, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
For the Northern Plains: the National Resources Center, Agricultural Research Service, in Fort Collins, Colorado.
For the Southern Plains: the Grazinglands Research Lab, Agricultural Research Service, in El Reno, Oklahoma.
For the Pacific Northwest: the Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forest Service, in Corvallis, Oregon.
For the Southwest: the Rangeland Management Unit / Jornada Experimental Range, Agricultural Research Service, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Three of those hubs will also have a subsidiary hub, dedicated to more specific issues. The “sub-hub” for the Midwest will be in Houghton, Michigan, and will focus on climate change; the Southwest sub-hub will be in Davis, California, and will be devoted to specialty crops and the southwest forests; and the Southeast sub-hub will be in Pio Piedras, Puerto Rico, and will look into the health of the Caribbean.
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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/05/3250741/white-house-climate-hubs/
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The G.O.P., Inc. (R) announced today its lavishly corporately-funded counter move to thwart America's attempt to reckon intelligently with reality.
The Republicons, Inc. will establish Climate Bullshit Hubs across the Fruited Plains to spread further lies and spin about the gawdawful reality of climate change, now wreaking havoc across the nation and around the globe.
"We can outspend them, and our lies -- told often enuf -- will convince a whole fat segment of American Sucker Proles that they should sit on their chubby keesters and completely ignore reality. Smirk. Sneer." - Republicons, Inc. (R)
