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The Big PictureIn the United States, approximately 340 billion gallons of fresh water are withdrawn every day from rivers, streams, and reservoirs to support residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and recreational activities. This accounts for about one-fourth of the nation’s total supply of renewable fresh water. Almost 65% of this water is discharged into rivers, streams and other water bodies after use and, in some cases, treatment. Read More

Describes company efforts to address the environmental impacts of employee travel. Read More

Handbook makes the business case for biodiversity, touching on current biodiversity issues for business, corporate biodiversity strategies, and key biodiversity resources. Read More

Report details how five major corporations saved a combined $5.5 billion and each lowered their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60%. Read More

Report shows that agricultural organizations across the U.S. are joining this growing trend. Read More

Working paper compares three policy mechanisms that appropriately incorporate the potentially temporary nature of carbon sinks. Read More

U.S. DOE fact sheet briefly discusses a few applications of solar energy technologies in agriculture. Read More

Resources on the technologies and issues related to the production of methane (biogas) from biomass materials. Read More

Issue brief describes the link between agriculture and climate change and summarizes the benefits of acting now to reduce emissions and improve the world’s soil and carbon sequestration potential. Read More

Academic paper explores the barriers to developing biomass energy projects for emissions credits within CDM. Read More