American Clean Energy and Security Act and the importance of agriculture’s inclu

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American Clean Energy and Security Act and the importance of agriculture's inclusion in forthcoming climate legislation.
   
   There were several key components of the American Clean Energy and Security Act that are critical to ensuring that agriculture will be a strong contributor to curbing the impacts of climate change including:
   o A robust offset trading market will be widely available to producers. To ensure this type of market, the USDA will now implement this program with farm and forestry projects to offset carbon emissions from the capped sectors instead of the EPA. This will result in greater producer participation.
   o Producers will have good opportunities to generate wind and solar energy, and to utilize digester technologies to producer biogas or electricity. Further, additional changes make biomass power generation more accessible to producers.
   o Several provisions in the bill recognize pioneering producers who have already begun to institute conservation and stewardship practice that sequester carbon.
   • This legislation provides the possibility for hundreds of millions of acres of farmland to be tended with greater conservation practices.
   • Agriculture has a key role to play in US efforts to curb climate change and any legislation that is written for this purpose must include a role for agriculture. When the house votes again later this year on climate legislation, ask them to make sure that agriculture is included.
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   Just another reason why a yes vote was important on this bill. Too bad Ohio Congressman Charlie Wilson who also lives in a rural area failed to see the benefits to farmers, but could only see the problems this bill would cause to his big time lobbyists in the coal industry. Charlie Wilson doesn't support farmers in his district, He only supports Dirty Coal Lobbyists!

Dennis Spisak
Mahoning Valley Green Party
Ohio Green party

www.ohiogreens.org
www.votespisak.org/thinkgreen/