Tackling the climate crisis means taking drastic steps to reduce our output of greenhouse gases and carbon emissions, but what about removing excess carbon already in the planet’s atmosphere?
On this edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer and his guests explore how farmers can, or have already started, making money from selling the carbon their plants naturally remove from the air.
Iowa Public Radio’s Katie Peikes has been reporting on the science of carbon markets and joins the conversation with Kelly Garrett, a farmer in western Iowa who has found more than $341,000 in the carbon market. Garrett is the first and only Iowa farmer that has sold a high volume of carbon credits to a corporate buyer.
Joining the conversation to address the controversies with carbon markets is Anne Schechinger, a senior economic analyst for Environmental Working Group – a non-profit active in the areas of agricultural subsidies, toxic chemicals, drinking water pollutants, and corporate accountability.
Guests:
- Katie Peikes, Harvest Public Media reporter, Iowa Public Radio
- Kelly Garrett, farmer, Crawford County
- Anne Schechinger, senior economic analyst, Environmental Working Group
