| ConservAmerica President Jeff Kupfer Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and Ranking Member John Boozman in support of the Growing Climate Solutions Act as a durable approach to address climate change that has bipartisan support. ConservAmerica joined 60 agriculture and environmental organizations in praising S. 1251, the Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021. The Growing Climate Solutions Act would create a certification program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help remove technical entry barriers to agricultural and forestry sector participation in carbon credit markets. These hurdles have limited both landowner participation in carbon markets and the adoption of practices to help reduce emissions. By providing access to information about carbon markets and qualified technical assistance providers, the legislation would help lower the cost of reducing emissions and provide a strong economic incentive for the agriculture community to sequester carbon. In so doing, it aims to capitalize on the synergies between our environment, the economy, and the agriculture, forestry and land use industries and is a great example of the type of nature based, market-oriented policies that are needed to deal with climate change. ConservAmerica applauds the lead sponsors – Senators Mike Braun, Lindsey Graham, Sheldon Whitehouse and the Chair – as well as all of their staffs for their hard work on this legislation. We urge its swift passage. The full text of ConservAmerica’s letter is available here. The Agriculture Committee holds a business meeting today at 9:30 a.m. ET to consider S. 1251, the Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021. The business meeting coincides with the 51st observance of Earth Day. |
