Climate & Agriculture

Taskforce Priorities:

This task force will continue to highlight the value of climate smart agriculture and the need to protect the Inflation Reduction Act investments through the United States Department of Agriculture. The task force will push back against harmful actions taken by the Administration and Congress that exacerbate the climate crisis for farmers and rural communities. The task force also will work to identify additional opportunities in the Farm Bill to secure climate wins – this will include identifying areas with bipartisan support.

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Jan 12, 2024
LISTEN: Farmers make the case to lawmakers for the Inflation Reduction Act’s conservation program funding

By Noah Wicks and Steve Davies

Agri-Pulse

She said it. “The immediate economic incentives on the farm just don’t always align with making the right decisions for the climate. That is a textbook case for government intervention.” – New York farmer Ariana Taylor-Stanley, telling members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition that she knew planting trees on her farm would help sequester carbon, but she couldn’t afford it without USDA conservation assistance.

Jan 11, 2024
SEEC Celebrates America’s Food Producers Implementing Climate-Smart Conservation
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) — through the leadership of the SEEC Climate and Agriculture Task Force — hosted a public roundtable with farmers from red and blue states who are working to secure a climate-resilient food supply chain for Americans across the nation. Empowered with the $19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investments for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) climate-smart programs, our farmers, foresters, and ranchers are playing a pivotal role in the fight against the climate crisis that will benefit generations to come.
Apr 24, 2023
SEEC Climate and Agriculture Task Force Urges Protection of IRA Conservation Funds in Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Climate and Agriculture Task Force Co-Chairs, Rep. Chellie Pingree and Rep. Kim Schrier, along with the 16 other members of the Task Force, sent a letter to the House Agriculture Committee urging them to protect the nearly $20 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act for climate-smart agriculture programs in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill.
Feb 16, 2023
SEEC Announces Task Forces for 118th Congress
Washington D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) announced its task forces for the 118th Congress. Each task force is focused on a different aspect of the climate crisis that SEEC will push for congressional and executive action on this Congress.
Feb 16, 2023
The 2023 farm bill should be a climate bill, Democrats say

By Maxine Joselow

Washington Post

These House Democrats want the farm bill to be a ‘huge climate win'

Don't look now, but the divided Congress could pass a major climate change bill.

No, it's not version 2.0 of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats' sweeping climate and health-care package. Rather, the farm bill — the five-year reauthorization of hundreds of billions of dollars in agriculture and food programs — could help farmers tackle the climate crisis while feeding the nation.

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