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Ore. Rev. Stat. §526.780 et seq. – Oregon forestry offsets

2019
Enacted Legislation
This law permits the state forester to develop contracts with non-federal forest landowners to market, register, transfer or sell forest carbon offsets, which includes activities related to afforestation and reforestation, as a stewardship incentive.

Agriculture and Climate Change: Policy Imperatives and Opportunities to Help Producers Meet the Challenge

2019
Think Tank Report
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
This position paper reviews the science related to climate change mitigation and adaptation on farms in the U.S., in order to provide a sound rationale for current and future policy development and advocacy related to climate change and agriculture.

Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda

2019
Scientific Report
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
This comprehensive National Academies of Sciences report covers all aspects of Negative Emission Technologies from fundamental science to full-scale deployment and defines the essential components of a research and development program.

Capturing Leadership Policies for the US to Advance Direct Air Capture Technology

2019
Think Tank Report
John Larsen, Whitney Herndon, Mikhail Grant , Peter Marsters
This is a report prepared by the Rhodium Group to asses the role of Direct Air Capture technology in the US response to climate change and identify near and medium-term policy actions to advance the deployment of Direct Air Capture technology.

A.2718 – Carbon Farming Tax Credit

2019
Proposed Legislation
State of New York
This bill establishes a tax credit for farmers who maximize carbon sequestration potential through a "carbon farming" land management strategy.

Bill H.873 – Healthy Soils Program

2019
Proposed Legislation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
This bill creates a Healthy Soils Program within the Commission for Conservation of Soil, Water and Related Resources, which shall seek to optimize climate benefits while supporting the economic viability of agriculture in the state.

S.160 – An act relating to agricultural development

2019
Enacted Legislation
State of Vermont
This bill establishes the Soil Conservation Practice and Payment for Ecosystem Services Working Group and the Vermont Forest Carbon Sequestration Working Group.

S. 2452: Climate Stewardship Act of 2019

2019
Proposed Legislation
This bill provides incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program.

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