Policy Comments

Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program, Request for Information [Doc. No. AMS-LP-24-0012], submitted to U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 6/2024

Commission Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts; Request for Comment (RIN: 3038-AF40); submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; submitted 2/2024

COP28 and Implications for US Agriculture; an explainer by Debbie Reed; drafted December 2023

ESMC Comments on Use of Electronic Identification Eartags as Official Identification in Cattle and Bison (Docket No. APHIS-2021-0020); submitted 10/2023

ESMC Comments on Request for Public Input about Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act Funding (Docket ID: NRCS-2022-0015); submitted 12/2022

Testimony by ESMC’s Debbie Reed to the House Ag Committee on Voluntary Carbon Markets in Agriculture and Forestry (September 23, 2021)

ESMC comments on the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) request for input on extending the deadline for federal agencies to propose updates to National Environmental Policy Act procedures. July 29, 2021

ESMC comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) request for input on advancing racial justice and equity for underserved communities as part of its implementation of Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. July 15, 2021

ESMC Comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) request for input on the Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains. Submitted June 21, 2021

ESMC Comments on U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) request for input on the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. Submitted April 29, 2021

ESMC Letter to Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis – June 18, 2020 Letter submitted in response to request for input from rural and agriculture stakeholders on the impacts of extreme weather and climate change. Read more here.