Here are some of my thoughts about the current state of agricultural climate change mitigation policy in the US and what we can learn from agricultural water quality policies, which have been in place for decades...
Open access at Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1205510/full
What decades of policies aimed at agricultural water pollution can teach us about agricultural climate change mitigation: a US perspective
The Inflation Reduction Act has catalyzed resources for climate change mitigation in several sectors of the US economy, including agriculture. As these activities ramp up, a clear delineation of the US approach to agricultural climate mitigation is emerging. Practices and policy frameworks are similar to those used to address water quality concerns from agriculture, which started in the 1970s. In fact, some of the programs being deployed to address climate change are the same. In both cases, policies rely on a voluntary approach and subsidies, and focus on practices not outcomes. The experience of agricultural water quality programs can provide useful insights on the effectiveness of the approach being used in agricultural climate change mitigation. Voluntary practices have generally been ineffective in improving water quality. More comprehensive policies, or at least better targeted ones, and more system-based analytical capacity are needed.
The latest episode of the We All Want Clean Water podcast is out: "Our first farmHer and rancHer guest! In conversation with Megan Brown".
Megan talks about the struggles of farming in California, how she is working to make her ranch sustainable, including her direct marketing to consumers, and her experiences with sexism in agriculture and its relationship to many of its structural problems.
Give it a listen!
Apologies for crossposting, the latest episode of the We All Want Clean Water podcast is out - with Dave Swenson back for the THIRD time š .
"For the people: Dave Swenson's ideas on rural development" is about Iowa (and the Midwest)'s history, the role of agriculture, and the importance of centering our rural residents and thinking more holistically about regions and "micropolitan" anchor communities.
The link to the podcast is in my profile, and it's available on Apple, Spotify etc.
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They buried the lede.
Pillenās tax plan would also be devastating to key services that are disproportionately relied upon by the poor and working class. https://twitter.com/OWHnews/status/1619715750935109634
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Omaha World-Herald on Twitter
āGov. Jim Pillen's plan to cut the top income tax rate to 3.99% would save money for at least half of Nebraska filers but offer nothing for the rest.
https://t.co/7B9M0G6pREā
The LA Times environmental coverage is so much better than the NYT and WaPo thereās no comparison. Sometimes I wonder, if the Chesapeake Bay problems were adequately reported, would this country better appreciate the extent of our water quality problems?
Colorado River in Crisis: The Southwestās shrinking water lifeline
Colorado River in Crisis is a series of stories, videos and podcasts in which Los Angeles Times journalists travel throughout the riverās watershed, from the headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the riverās dry delta in Mexico.
If a colleague at the same institution with whom you have regular email interactions multiple times a month still misspells your first name after 6 years it is
When you remember this is the same Sen. Zumbach whose son in law owns the Bloody Run feedlot, in one of our least polluted areas, on karst porous topography and w/ a letās say shady permitting history, this makes perfect sense, you know heās real concerned about rural beauty.
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Iowa bill would limit commercial solar panel construction https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/iowa-bill-would-limit-commercial-solar-panel-construction/
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Iowa bill would limit commercial solar panel construction
Statewide proposal comes after Linn County OKād utility-grade projects
āA beaver dam prevented the waste from traveling farther.ā
Honestly sometimes I feel we should put beavers in charge of state environmental protection agencies, theyād do more that what we got now.
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āThe NC DEQ is investigating the discharge of an estimated 30,000 gallons of hog waste from a farm owned by Murphy-Brownā¦Smithfield, the worldās largest pork producer, is the parent company of Murphy-Brown.ā https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2023/01/29/30000-gallons-of-hog-waste-from-murphy-brown-farm-enters-creek-in-bladen-county/
š¦š: https://twitter.com/dcwiertny/status/1620180573758054407
30,000 gallons of hog waste from Murphy-Brown Farm enters creek in Bladen County | The Pulse
The NC Department of Environmental Quality is investigating the discharge of an estimated 30,000 gallons of hog waste from a farm owned by Murphy-Brown, according to a press release from state officials. The farm is in Bladen County, northwest of Ammon and southwest of Roseboro. It has a state permit to raise as many as ...
Ojibwe 'Olympic games' returning to Wisconsin after US government banned them nearly 150 years ago
For the first time in more than 150 years, the Ojibwe 'Winter Olympics' are once again being played on Madeline Island in Wisconsin.
