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Lawmakers press carbon‑credit development; experts say farmers could supply credits, exchanges can create products

2772155 · March 26, 2025
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Members and witnesses discussed voluntary carbon credit markets and their potential as income sources for farmers; experts said U.S. producers could supply credits and that exchanges could design marketable products.

WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee heard testimony on voluntary carbon credit markets and whether exchanges and regulators can structure reliable, verifiable commodity-like instruments that expand farmers’ revenue streams.

Representative Randy Feenstra and others pressed witnesses about the…

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