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Carbon cuts could save U.S. farmers billions of dollars

Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions would make droughts less costly

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CASH FOR CLIMATE ACTION   Cutting carbon emissions could curb droughts, saving the U.S. agriculture sector billions of dollars annually in the coming decades, researchers estimate.  

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By Thomas Sumner

- More than 2 years ago

U.S. agriculture could reap big benefits from curbed carbon emissions. Such cuts would reduce the frequency and severity of future crop-parching droughts, saving American farmers billions of dollars annually by 2100, researchers calculate in the July issue of Weather, Climate and Society.