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2022 marked a historic year for climate change action in the Executive Branch. The Biden-Harris administration continued to deploy a “whole-of-government” approach to combating climate...
Work on 2023 Farm Bill has begun. Growing Climate Solutions Act GCSA may be included in Farm Bill. Supreme Court limits EPA authority to regulate carbon emissions. Social cost of carbon reinstated in 5th Circuit. USDA will invest $1 billion in climate-friendly agriculture.
Rostin Behnam, President Biden’s nominee for Commodity Futures Trading Commission, told Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., that through her Growing Climate Solutions Act, “You are creating a financial services market.”
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[co-author: Shawn Whites] The U.S. Senate recently passed the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act (Act) by a 92-8 vote to help American farmers, ranchers and private forest owners adopt, and ultimately profit from, activities that reduce or sequester greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among its key provisions, the Act directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Certification Program (USDA Certification Program) to “provide transparency, legitimacy, and informal endorsement of third-party verifiers and te...