The Department of Agriculture will redouble its efforts to fight climate change through conservation, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today. In a speech at the Center for American Progress, Vilsack said USDA would put an additional $72.3 million into its Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to encourage reduced tillage and other measures to help reduce carbon emissions from agriculture. "We're excited about the future," said Vilsack, who predicted that better agricultural practices could contribute a 2 percent reduction in greenhouse emissions toward the administration's goal of a 26 to 28 percent drop over 15 years.
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