Publication archives

Feb 18, 2022

Letter to the NRCS on Conservation Practice Standards

by
Michael Happ
To read the full letter to USDA Chief of Natural Resources Conservation Service Terry Cosby, download a PDF of the letter. 
Feb 7, 2022

What is systems thinking?

by
Sophia Murphy
It is not easy to describe systems thinking. After all, the very heart of a systems approach is the opposite of simple: complexity. That is exactly why IATP chooses a systems approach — because in complexity, we find the possibility of transformative change. Beware “win-win” solutions and silver bullets.
Feb 3, 2022

Who really won the U.S. versus Canada dairy trade dispute?

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
The first formal trade dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the renegotiated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), is moving to a new phase, with a legally-binding panel decision against Canada’s allocation of dairy Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs)
Dairy in Crisis: TPP Dumping on Dairy Farmers
Jan 24, 2022

Testimony supporting LD 1911 to close sludge-spreading loopholes

by
Sharon Anglin Treat
To read the full testimony of Sharon Treat for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy supporting LD 1911, "An Act To Prohibit the Contamination of Clean Soils with So-called Forever Chemicals" sponsored by Representative William Pluecker before the Maine Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee on January 24, 2022,
Jan 19, 2022

IATP Comments to the Maine Board of Pesticides Control on Proposed Rule Amending Chapter 20 Implementing LD 264 on PFAS in the State

by
Sharon Anglin Treat
The following comments were submitted to the Maine Board of Pesticides Control on January 14. Download the comment here. 
Jan 19, 2022

Maine proposes PFAS disclosure for pesticide registration

by
Sharon Anglin Treat
On January 14, 2022, IATP submitted comments on rules proposed by the Maine Board of Pesticides Control to require disclosure by pesticide manufacturers about whether their products contain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), and to ban stor
PFAS foam
Jan 10, 2022

IATP comment to the CFPB regarding proposed rule on data collection

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
The following comment was submitted to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection regarding the Proposed Rule on Small Business Lending Data Collection Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B) on January 6.
Jan 6, 2022

IATP Comment on MN Clean Fuels Standard Principles

by
Ben Lilliston
The following comment was delivered to Tim Sexton, MN Department of Transportation, and Andrea Vaubel, MN Department of Agriculture on January 5, 2022. Download a PDF of the comment.