Braun Says Fight Over USDA Carbon Bank Could Sink Bipartisan Climate Bill

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), a lead sponsor of bipartisan legislation on verifying carbon credits from the agriculture sector, is warning that a push from either side to clarify the role of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to create a carbon bank to finance climate mitigation measures and bolster carbon credits could sink the long-sought bill. Braun told the Agri-Pulse Policy Summit March 24 that he has warned Democrats, “don't ruin what we've gotten started by doing some of the stuff...