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Friday, May 27, 2022
The $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill that congressional Democrats are struggling to get across the finish line offers new incentives to expand production of biofuels while encouraging livestock operations to capture and sell biogas.
The House Agriculture Committee debated $66 billion in new spending for agricultural research, renewable energy and forestry over strenuous objections of Republicans, who used the deliberations to highlight President Joe Biden’s proposal to increase taxes on inherited assets.
The Department of Agriculture is trying to help rural communities reduce energy bills and impacts to climate by investing $464 million to enhance renewable energy infrastructure, officials said Thursday.
President Joe Biden’s drive to shift Americans to electric vehicles, something he showcased in a visit to a Ford electric vehicle plant on Tuesday, is getting pushback from Republicans on a couple of fronts.
PepsiCo is giving a big boost to efforts by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action to reduce greenhouse gases in agriculture, donating $5 million to a year-old partnership now rebranded as AgMission.
In this opinion piece, Lloyd Ritter with the Agriculture Energy Coalition discusses how USDA can expand and improve already existing programs to be climate focused.