Statement by Environmental Defense President Fred Krupp on Agricultural Carbon Offsets in Carper-Alexander Clean Air Bill

WASHINGTON – Environmental Defense President Fred Krupp today issued the following statement on provisions for agricultural carbon offsets in the Clean Air Planning Act of 2006, introduced today by Sens. Thomas Carper (D-DE) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN):
 
“This bill reduces the cost of carbon cuts by allowing American farmers to sell low cost carbon offsets that they produce by changing their farm practices or planting new crops that soak up carbon from the air.   Think about it –markets can bring in farmers to help solve global warming. Some other climate bills fail to tap into this way to lower carbon levels in the atmosphere.”
 
“From the farms of Kansas to the coal fields of Illinois, cost-effective solutions to deliver a cleaner, healthier environment for America are at hand.”

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