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Apr 2, 2024

Environmental Quality Incentives Program funds expensive industrial agriculture practices, turns aspiring conservationists away

MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that an outsized share of the funding for the conservation program Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) financed expensive practices with little or no conservation benefits, while two-thirds of farmer applicants were rejected from the program

Apr 2, 2024

Costly versus cost-effective

Michael Happ

This report takes a close look at the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a farmer-focused conservation cost-share program. In the report, we examine the agricultural practices that EQIP helps farmers finance, how much funding went toward these practices in Fiscal Year 2023, including additional funding through the Inflation Reduction Act.

Mar 20, 2024

NSAC Comments on the Fiscal Year 25 CSAF List

Michael Happ

The following comment was sent to Deputy Chief, Science and Technology Noller Herbert and National Climate Coordinator Dana Ashford-Kornburger of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture on March 15, 2024.  Deputy Chief Herbert and Coordinator Ashford-Kornburger,

Mar 12, 2024

IATP Comment on Voluntary Carbon Markets — IOSCO Consultation Report

Dr. Steve Suppan

IATP submitted the following comment to the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on March 3, 2024. 

Mar 6, 2024

SEC climate-related financial risk rule provides some transparency, falls short of meeting investor needs

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, by a 3-2 vote, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its final rule on the disclosure of climate-related financial expenditures, costs and risks, including those related to greenhouse gas emissions. The rule applies to U.S.

Mar 6, 2024

Genetically modified corn trade dispute continues with formal submission from Mexico

MINNEAPOLIS—On March 5, the Mexican government’s formal response to the United States in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade dispute was published by the USMCA secretariat.

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