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What’s in Canada’s climate plan With the United States back on track with climate change planning and Canada’s recently released plan, North America is set to act boldly on climate change issues.  Canada’s climate plan released in mid-December 2021 offers a pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change, carbon pollution, carbon pricing, climate change resilience, clean…

American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act of 2019 This act would levy a fee (tax) on US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, largely on carbon dioxide (CO2). It would significantly lower GHG emissions in the United States while generating substantial revenue—all of which would be returned to the American people. How effective can a carbon fee be? Under the carbon fee scenario in the proposed American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act, emissions fall almost 45% from…

Can we help farmers and get carbon credits for climate friendly actionLegislation is set to help climate-friendly farmers interested in carbon credits. A bill to create a Climate Action Rebate Fund floated by a bipartisan group of senators was enacted in July 2019 and was rolled into a larger package. The Rebate Fund would efficiently…

Good Food Cities DeclarationFourteen global cities committed to the C40 Good Food Cities Declaration, in order to promote and preserve the health of citizens and the health of the planet. Mayors will work with their citizens to achieve a ‘Planetary Health Diet’ for all by 2030, with balanced and nutritious food, reflective of the culture,…

30 x 30 for Nature Senator Tom Udall in October 2019 introduced a Senate resolution expressing the need for the federal government to establish the “30 by 30” goal making science the foundation of conservation decisions, sequestering carbon and greenhouse gases in US lands and oceans, and addressing environmental justice issues. The Senate resolution is part of a…

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