Forestry, Climate Change Dominate Democrats’ Agriculture Bill

摘要

Climate change and forest restoration are the biggest components of the House Democrats’ proposed agriculture portion of a $3.5 trillion spending measure, with farm aid taking a backseat.The prospective legislation would provide $9.7 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, $9 billion in grants for forest restoration and resilience projects, and $4.5 billion to develop theCivilian Climate Corps, a Biden initiative to conserve and restore public lands and waters.