Jake Caldwell 
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Jake Caldwell is Director of Policy for Agriculture, Trade and Energy at the Center for American Progress.
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Eight reasons for farmers to support global warming action 0
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks agoAgriculture, energy, and global warming are inextricably linked, which is why America’s farmers must be a part of the solution to global warming. Today the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture conducts a hearing on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, H.R. 2454. A close review of the legislation reveals that it provides a significant opportunity for U.S. farmers to increase their income while safeguarding their livelihoods and the nation’s food and energy supplies.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack called reductions of carbon dioxide a "new income source [that could] change the old ways of supporting farms."… Read More