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Peterson calls for mandating 50-million-acre CRP to address climate change

12/03/20 2:46 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Biden transition carbon sequestration Climate Change Collin Peterson Conservation Reserve Program Conservation Stewardship Program CRP CSP grassland House Agriculture Committee Joe Biden Robert Bonnie
Providing some parting advice on climate policy, House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson said he was introducing legislation that would require the Agriculture Department to take 50 million acres of cropland out of production through the Conservation Reserve Program.
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