A climate change law once hailed as a bipartisan triumph may be fading out before it’s even in place.
Congress enacted the Growing Climate Solutions Act in 2022 with the aim of helping farmers navigate the nation’s unfolding carbon markets and cut greenhouse gas emissions on their operations. The idea was to create a network of government-certified providers to verify greenhouse gas reductions from climate-smart farm practices.
Three years later, the Department of Agriculture shows few signs of implementing the law, which former President Joe Biden signed as part of a consolidated spending bill for fiscal 2023.
Outside groups that once pushed for its passage are no longer talking about the legislation publicly. An advisory council the Biden administration appointed a few weeks before leaving office has yet to receive any instructions from the new administration and hasn’t met, despite a deadline to do so that passed in April.
