New rules cutting farm emissions are kind of a big deal

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By Nathanael JohnsonApr 24, 2015, 2:23 pm32 pts
On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a program to cut net U.S. carbon emissions by 120 million metric tons, mostly from agriculture. That’s a big chunk: In 2013, U.S. farms produced 515.7 million metric tons of carbon-equivalent gases. The details of the plan are — not to put too fine…

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