California Advances Bill Requiring ‘Lands’ GHG Goal Amid Farmers’ Pushback

California lawmakers are advancing a bill requiring the state air board to set a 2045 greenhouse gas target for “natural and working lands” (NWL) amid pushback by the agriculture industry, which fears an unfair, first-time “industry-specific” goal and seeks assurance that any future actions by farmers to sequester carbon remain “voluntary.” The new NWL GHG goal “should really be crafted based on what’s economically and technologically feasible. Especially for the working lands sector, what’s agronomically feasible will be really important,...