The following comments were submitted on Dec. 12, 2024 to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
MPCA’s guiding principles on PFAS pollution are laudable ones, and they are principles that we agree should be pursued:
Prevent PFAS pollution wherever possible.
Despite a range of climate policies backing factory farm gas, the emerging sector is highly controversial, particularly in rural communities where the highly polluting operations are located.
Uncertainty is an integral part of agricultural production. This brief discusses lessons learned from recent research on public stockholding programs in developing countries. We make some recommendations for policy makers intended to improve their design and implementation.
At first glance, funding climate action through soil carbon credits instead of taxpayer dollars may seem like a win-win solution. But real-world evidence suggests that improving soil health and supporting farmers as they adapt to more sustainable practices would be far more effective.
A wave of new policies is making climate-related disclosures mandatory for a large swath of the global economy, including many of the world’s largest food and agriculture companies.
