The U.S. Senate Ag Committee plans to take up the Growing Climate Solutions Act this Thursday during a committee hearing to coincide with Earth Day.
Chair Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, says the bill has added more producers to an advisory board, prioritizes equity, and provides startup funds for USDA to create a structure of climate incentives after feedback from Republicans. “We want something that is bipartisan, is workable, that’s voluntary, and that’s producer-led,” she says.