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ST. CLAIRSVILLE The city council will once again be meeting face-to-face after nearly a year of teleconference sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Monday, Council President Jim Velas announced the 7:30 May 17 meeting will be in person.
“Due to the relaxation of some of the people in the meetings, we will have enough room in our council chambers to accommodate the entire council and the city officials,” Velas said. “They will follow all of the guidelines laid down by the health department … We are in serious hopes that they will relax them even a little bit more, where we will be able to consider bringing the general public back into the meeting.”
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(Reuters) - When Microsoft Corp made a massive purchase of carbon credits in January, it turned to a relatively new source: farmers who plant crops meant to trap carbon in the soil.
A cover crop of tiller radishes is seen in a corn field in Butler County, Nebraska, U.S. April 6, 2021. Lukas Fricke/Handout via REUTERS
The credits are financial instruments generated by projects that reduce or avoid the release of greenhouse gases, such as solar farms or tree-plantings. The projects’ owners can sell the credits to companies who then use them to make claims of offsetting the climate impact of their operations.
(NAFB) – Farmers are struggling to enter carbon markets.
A new report from Reuters says a climate push from the Biden administration is sparking interest in farm-based carbon credits. Companies like Microsoft are purchasing credits and others like Bayer and Cargill have subsidized projects to incentivize farmers to reduce emissions. The Department of Agriculture is monitoring the success of the carbon markets with an eye on future farm bill programs.
However, a Nebraska farmer told Reuters, “It’s very new; it’s still the wild west.”
Lukas Fricke is generating carbon credits for Microsoft but expects the $20 per credit to not cover the cost of expenses to participate. Much of the cost to companies purchasing credits goes towards verifying carbon-capture claims.