Re:Air quality worsens as drought forces California growers ...
by troyvit on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @10:30AM
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You're right according to the article. Despite this:
> agricultural burning remains a major contributor to pollution, despite a law banning it in 2003.
There's this:
> It costs about $500 an acre to burn crops, but more than $1,000 an acre to chip and shred them.
> In August 2021, the San Joaquin Valley air district accepted $178 million in new state funding to incentivize alternative methods of managing ag waste, including grants to repurpose dead or abandoned crops into mulch.
I bet a lot of that $178MM went into matches and gasoline.
> agricultural burning remains a major contributor to pollution, despite a law banning it in 2003.
There's this:
> It costs about $500 an acre to burn crops, but more than $1,000 an acre to chip and shred them.
> In August 2021, the San Joaquin Valley air district accepted $178 million in new state funding to incentivize alternative methods of managing ag waste, including grants to repurpose dead or abandoned crops into mulch.
I bet a lot of that $178MM went into matches and gasoline.