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Dairy Defined Podcast: Prospects for Policies Supporting Net-Zero Goals Looking Up, NMPF's Bleiberg Says
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 09:08:03 CDT
From incentives for carbon markets to new conservation initiatives, the policies that will support dairy's Net Zero Initiative continue to take shape, says Paul Bleiberg, NMPF's Senior Vice President for Government Relations, in a Dairy Defined podcast released today.
The Growing Climate Solutions Act, which passed the U.S. Senate by a 92-8 vote in June, "is very helpful to our overall efforts because environmental markets are a key tool in the toolbox of the Net Zero Initiative," Bleiberg said. Meanwhile, an investment tax-credit bill for greenhouse-gas-reducing technologies "has started to make sore real headway," he said. And conservation programs built around climate-friendly agricultural practices "may be able to encompass some of the work that we're doing and help us build on it."
The full podcast is here. You can also find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. A transcript is also available. Broadcast outlets may use the M
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