The Biden administration s focus on agricultural emissions and potential for revenue from carbon markets at COP 26 was directed as much at U.S. farmers as it was at international groups focused on climate change. Climate change is not a future threat, but a current one, for farmers, Vilsack said during a panel discussion Friday.
The governors of Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin are taking steps to request a new E15 rulemaking from EPA following a recent court decision that ended year-round sales.
Executives from across the agricultural and food supply chains on Wednesday highlighted a litany of challenges finding and physically getting products or trying to ship their own products. The House Agriculture Committee had leaders in the dairy, bakery, grocery, agricultural retailers and the trucking industry testify on a supply chain hearing.
While at the G-20 meeting in Rome this past weekend, President Joe Biden reached an agreement with the European Union on steel and aluminum trade tied to reducing emissions from steel and aluminum production. The deal will incentivize emission reductions from sectors of the economy that are considered carbon-intensive but also restrict access to markets for steel from countries like China.
While at the G-20 meeting in Rome, the president reached an agreement with the European Union on steel and aluminum trade tied reducing emissions from steel and aluminum production. The deal will incentivize emission reductions from sectors of the economy that are considered carbon-intensive, but also restrict access to markets for steel from countries like China.