• Land

The UK Launches Revolutionary Carbon Sequestration Trials

• carbon footprint
• carbon sequestration
• carbon sinks
• CO2
• Forests
• greenhouse gasses
• peat
• trees

To meet the goals of the Paris agreement, experts say the world must invest in removing carbon from the atmosphere in addition to cutting emissions. But that can be a tall task as crucial carbon sinks fall victim to human activity and rising temperatures. The U.K. is facing this challenge head-on and has launched a series of carbon sequestration trials using trees, peat, rock chips, and charcoal.

Why This Matters: Carbon sinks are declining worldwide. 

• Land

Read This: What Parts of the National Park System To Save From Climate Change?

• climate change
• National Park Service
• National Parks

National Parks are increasingly being permanently altered by climate change and the Park Service (NPS) is now forced to reckon with it, according to an eye-opening story by Zoë Schlanger in The New York Times.

Why This Matters: The mission of the National Park Service has been to protect America’s “Crown Jewels” from change, but that’s not possible anymore.

• Land

Banks Threaten “Less Access to Credit” In Response to Federal Debt Relief for Black Farmers

• American Relief Plan
• BIPOC
• farmers
• loans
• National Black Farmers Association
• USDA

Black farmers have been hit the hardest by industry consolidation, predatory loan terms, and high foreclosure rates. Now, an effort by the Biden administration to provide $4 billion in debt relief for minority farmers is being met with staunch opposition from banks, who don’t want the financial support to Black farmers to cut into their profits on the loans.

Why This Matters: Since 1920, the number of Black-owned farms has declined from one million to under 40,000.

• Land

Listen To This: Reaching Back to the New Deal for the American Jobs Plan’s Climate Corps

• American Jobs Plan
• Civilian Climate Corps
• climate change
• disasters
• jobs
• wildfires

National Public Radio (NPR) did a terrific story on the climate corps to provide jobs for young people that the administration proposed in the American Jobs Plan.  The proposal provides for $10 billion to launch “The Civilian Climate Corps,” to address the threat of climate change by strengthening protections on public lands.

• Land

Oxford Study Says Nature-Based Solutions Crucial in Fight Against Climate Change

• 30 by 30
• carbon sequestration
• climate mitigation
• nature based solutions

by Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer A new study from the University of Oxford published Wednesday has found that nature-based solutions (NbS) land management and ecosystem restoration will play a key role in limiting global temperature rise. If implemented properly, these practices could remove gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere in the next century. Currently, […]

• Land

Biden Administration Releases America The Beautiful plan to Reach 30×30

• 30 by 30
• American the Beautiful
• Biden Administration

by Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer On Thursday, the Biden administration announced detailed steps to protect 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030. The report, titled “Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful,” calls for a 10-year commitment to making conservation and restoration a priority.  The plan details strategies to purify drinking water, increase green space, improve access to outdoor […]