Publication archives

Feb 25, 2020

There's nothing "mini" about the U.S. plan to unravel Europe's precautionary principle

Sharon Anglin Treat

The real goal of the United States and European Union’s so-called “mini-deal” on trade is unambiguous and goes to the heart of Europe’s way of life and approach to the rule of law. U.S. trade negotiators, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and American farm interests have all been crystal clear: the precautionary principle must go, and now is the time to finally axe it.

Feb 25, 2020

IATP Comment to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on Toxicological and Physicochemical Data of Engineered Nanomaterials

Dr. Steve Suppan

Download a PDF of the comment here.    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) NIOSH Docket Office

Feb 19, 2020

Keeping conservation dollars climate-friendly

Tara Ritter

The Farm Bill’s conservation title includes a suite of programs that pay farmers for implementing conservation projects on their land. These programs are beneficial for numerous reasons: they encourage practices that sequester carbon, clean up the water, create wildlife habitat and make farms more resilient to extreme weather.

Feb 19, 2020

Comment on the Environmental Quality Incentives Program Interim Final Rule

Tara Ritter

To download a PDF version of the comments, click here.  Matt Lohr Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, DC 20250 

Feb 6, 2020

Farm to Summer

Erin McKee VanSlooten

Katie Costello

Introduction

Feb 5, 2020

A false solution: Why carbon markets don’t work for agriculture

Tara Ritter

After too many years of inaction, climate policies are rapidly being introduced at the state and federal levels. Despite their poor track record, carbon markets feature heavily in many forthcoming climate policy proposals.

Feb 3, 2020

2020 – A year and decisive decade of climate reckoning: What policymakers do next on agriculture matters

Shefali Sharma

This blog is the second in a series of two posts about agriculture in the U.N. climate negotiations and what to look for in 2020. Read the first blog post here.  