Document Comments

May 12, 2022

IATP response to the European Commission's call for evidence for the "Certification of Carbon Removals - EU Rules"

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) welcomes the opportunity to give feedback on the planned carbon removal certification framework. We urge the European Commission (EC) to fundamentally rethink its approach on integrating carbon removals into the EU climate framework.
Apr 12, 2022

Comments on the proposed trade pillar of an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

To read the full letter to USTR Katherine Tai submitted on April 11, 2022, please download a PDF of the letter. 
Feb 18, 2022

IATP responses to a public consultation paper on Science Based Targets Initiative net zero standard for Forestry Land and Agriculture Group (FLAG) of companies

To read the full comments submitted on February 18, 2022, please download a copy of the comments here. 
Feb 18, 2022

Letter to the NRCS on Conservation Practice Standards

To read the full letter to USDA Chief of Natural Resources Conservation Service Terry Cosby, download a PDF of the letter. 
Jan 24, 2022

Testimony supporting LD 1911 to close sludge-spreading loopholes

To read the full testimony of Sharon Treat for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy supporting LD 1911, "An Act To Prohibit the Contamination of Clean Soils with So-called Forever Chemicals" sponsored by Representative William Pluecker before the Maine Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee on January 24, 2022,
Jan 19, 2022

IATP Comments to the Maine Board of Pesticides Control on Proposed Rule Amending Chapter 20 Implementing LD 264 on PFAS in the State

The following comments were submitted to the Maine Board of Pesticides Control on January 14. Download the comment here.