And one more from The Greenhouse Network, a story about another way U.S. agricultural interests may impact the situation:
June 6, 2003 - Reuters
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is setting up incentives for farmers to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the battle against global warming, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said on Friday.
Veneman said the USDA will provide an unspecified amount of financial incentives for farmers, as well as technical assistance and training in management practices to increase the removal of harmful carbon dioxide and other gases from the atmosphere, a process called "carbon sequestration."
"These actions will help ... (Read on in: USDA Teaming with Farmers to Fight Global Warming )
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