Farm Sector Groups Wary Of California Bill Setting Carbon-Storage Goals

A coalition of California agriculture and business groups is raising early concerns about a state Senate bill that would require agencies by mid-2022 to set carbon sequestration goals for “natural and working lands,” and potentially broader “CO2 removal targets” for 2030 and beyond. “This coalition is concerned that the resulting action by the agencies, due to the time constraint and lack of oversight, would be done in haste, without an iterative stakeholder driven process, and contrary to the current course...