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Correcting the Record: The IRA Made More Money Available for All Conservation Work

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) invested billions of dollars in working lands conservation programs, making more money available to all farmers and for all conservation activities. This leaves dramatically more Farm Bill funding available to meet farmer demand for all other conservation activities.

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Building Resilience Through the Conservation Stewardship Program

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is perhaps the single most ready-made tool for farmers to voluntarily tackle climate change. CSP’s Approach to Conservation Farmers and ranchers are important managers of our shared air, water, and soil resources, and CSP recognizes and rewards this critical role.

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15 Projects Recognized With 2022 Governor's Awards For Environmental Excellence

PA Environment Daily

for Vicinity Energy Biogenic Fuel: Vicinity Energy converted four boilers at its Edison Station in Philadelphia to use a new biofuel, LR100. The trees planted along residential streets and throughout the downtown business district also provide an urban canopy which cools the natural environment and limits the “heat island” effect.

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What’s Up With Water – September 27, 2021

Circle of Blue

Six weeks later, there is little information about the spill, according to the science and conservation news site Mongabay. In the United States, conservation data released last week shows that California residents are barely conserving water at all. Statewide, residential water use dropped 1.8

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