Cotton industry aims to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 39 percent
The National Cotton Council, the umbrella group for growers, ginners, merchants and manufacturers, said the industry has set six goals for improving environmental stewardship by 2015, including a 39-percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions. The council’s chairman, grower Ronnie Lee of Georgia, says the industry “wants to be the supplier of choice for those who are… » Read More
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