WACD Reading List

New research from West Virginia University biologists shows that trees around the world are consuming more carbon dioxide than previously reported, making forests even more important in regulating the Earth's atmosphere and forever shift how we think about climate change.

As part his recent climate policy spree, Biden announced the establishment of a “Civilian Climate Corps Initiative” that could harness the energy of the very generation that must face – and solve – the climate crisis by putting them to work in well-paying conservation jobs.

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action (USFRA) —in conjunction with World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), The Mixing Bowl, and Croatan Institute has issued a new report that analyzes the state of soil health technology. The report also identifies opportunities to find new sources of capital to scale up the adoption of climate-smart agriculture on U.S. farms and ranches.

One topic most red, blue, and green politicians — and, even more strikingly, farmers — agree on is climate change; it’s real.In fact, notes the Dec. 2020 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, 58 percent of …

One of President Joe Biden's first post-inauguration acts was to realign the United States with the Paris climate accord, but a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine demonstrates ...

Legislation titled, “The Climate Commitment Act,” was heard in the Senate Energy, Environment & Technology Committee. The legislation, SB 5126, would establish a “cap and invest” program for greenhouse gas emissions in which emissions would be capped...

This is not the solution to our climate problems; it's a sweetheart deal for Big Ag.

The world is getting a better understanding of just how important forests are in the global fight against climate change.

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