• Politics

Carbon Capture Tax Credit a Bust — So Far

• carbon capture
• carbon sequestration
• Club For Growth PAC
• tax credit

Congress in 2018 gave a lucrative tax credit to the nascent and controversial carbon capture industry, but so far, according to The New York Times, the Internal Revenue Service has yet to promulgate the regulations that would allow businesses that qualify to get the tax benefit. 

Why This Matters:  The Republicans’ big plans on carbon capture and sequestration won’t mean bupkis if the Trump Administration won’t implement them.

• Land

UK’s Post-Brexit Farm Subsidies Will Prioritize Carbon Sequestration

• agricultre
• Brexit
• carbon sequestration
• regenerative farming

Throughout Brexit, many have wondered about the environmental implications of the UK leaving the European Union. When the split becomes official at the end of the month it will also mean a severing with Europe’s notorious farm subsidies. As Science Mag reported, many researchers see this as a good thing as this week “the U.K. […]

• Land

Farmers: Help Us, Don’t Blame Us When it Comes to Sustainable Farming

• carbon sequestration
• cover crops
• Land use
• sustainable farming
• USDA

Land use and agriculture have recently gained attention as a means to store more carbon in the ground and help fight climate change. However, in the United States, while federal programs do exist to help farmers better manage their soil (most notably the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)) there are too many farmers […]

• Land

Senator Booker Proposes “Nature-Based” Climate Legislation

• agricultre
• carbon sequestration
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• climate change
• farmers
• Forests
• restoration
• the New Deal
• wetlands

Presidential hopeful Senator Cory Booker last week introduced legislation in the Senate to combat climate change through farm conservation, reforestation, and wetlands restoration, The Hill reported. 

• Forests

Your TP may be causing the destruction of Canada’s forests

• carbon sequestration
• deforestation
• Forests
• paper
• sustainability
• virgin forests

A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Stand.earth called “The Issue with Tissue” reveals that Americans use three rolls a week and our preference for super soft tp is destroying Canada’s boreal forests and causing widespread environmental damage.