Environment

IATP encouraged by initial committee vote banning sludge spreading to curb PFAS contamination

Today, 10 of 13 members of the Maine Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted to ban the unsafe practice of spreading sludge and sludge-derived compost on land.

TACD Recommendations for the EU-U.S. cooperation agenda

Introduction After years of tensions, a new cooperation agenda between the EU and the U.S. is welcomed by the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD), a coalition of over 75 leading European and U.S.-based organisations representing the consumer interest.

IATP comments to the Council on Environmental Quality on the "National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions"

To read the full comment, please download a PDF of the comment.  Dear Chair Mallory:

Trade agreements and sustainability: innovations and illusions in EU and US agreements

As the climate emergency deepens, governments, civil society, corporations and individuals must pursue multiple paths in order to meet or exceed the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. The Paris Agreement is not self-enforcing, and the commitments of the signatory governments are voluntary.

Farmers in all 50 states routinely closed out of climate-friendly conservation programs, new report

A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that 67% of farmers who applied to access critical government conservation programs from 2010-2020 were rejected, due in part to lack of funding.