This week President Biden unveiled a $5.8 trillion, fiscal 2022-23 budget proposal that officials say aims to maintain a focus on efforts to combat climate change, boost clean energy and promote conservation programs. The White House spending proposal is an annual recommendation that shows the...
The House Agriculture Committee this week launched its first significant effort to shape climate policy as part of a new farm bill next year, examining the role of the USDA in addressing climate change. Chairman David Scott (D-GA) has called climate change agriculture's "greatest challenge" – and...
Testifying on the impact of the 21st straight year of drought in the west – "an unprecedented disaster for many farmers and ranchers, their families and rural communities across the West" – SfL Board member Pat O'Toole offered a congressional subcommittee Wednesday a set of recommendations and...
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