The Legal Framework for Enhanced Rock Weathering in Minnesota
This paper focuses on the legal regulation of terrestrial enhanced rock weathering in Minnesota.
H.R. 3220 – RENEW Conservation Corps Act
This bill would establish a Restore Employment in Natural and Environmental Work (RENEW) Conservation Corps within the Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
S. 1458 – Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2021
This bill would amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to support and de-risk the adoption of cover cropping.
H.R. 2803 – Agriculture Resilience Act
This bill would bolster agriculture and climate research and incentive programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
S.1356 – Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act
This bill would create a permanent soil health program within EQIP that provides $100 million to producers who adopt practices that sequester carbon, prioritizing underserved farmers.
H.R. 2757 – The Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act
This bill would require Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to consider climate benefits including emissions reductions, carbon sequestration, and other resilience benefits when developing conservation practice standards.
H.R. 2820 – Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021
This bill would create a Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Certification Program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Microsoft’s Pledge
Microsoft is committing to remove more carbon than it emits through a portfolio of negative emission technologies including afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, BECCS, and direct air capture.
2020 Democratic Party Platform (Draft)
This is the United States Democratic Party’s draft policy platform that includes sections on the potential role of carbon dioxide removal/negative emissions technologies to combat climate change.
Options for supporting Carbon Dioxide Removal
This report sets out to examine the broad policy frameworks that can support the development and upscaling of CDR and, in particular, whether CDR can be supported by offsetting schemes.