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The agriculture counselor to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson says new revenue streams for producers are among the various climate change legislation directions taking shape, although legislation is not likely to pass this year. Larry Elworth told Brownfield at the NAFB Convention last week that the impact of climate change on agriculture due to shifts in related weather conditions and the issue of energy independence are important considerations. And Elworth says that whether other countries address climate change should not be a factor in whether the United States does. “Those are things that in the United States we can continue to take leadership on, irrespective of what the rest of the world has done. The United States has taken leadership on economic development and on fighting terrorism – and all of those. Our responsibility and our opportunities to take action – and bring the rest of the world along with us in that situation – because of our leadership has been a key to our policies,” Elworth says. In less than a month international negotiators will be at the table in Copenhagen for UN-sponsored talks with a goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. The Obama administration wanted climate change legislation passed in the U.S. before then. This week, Senate leadership announced that debate on climate change legislation this year is being crowded out by health care, financial regulation reform and other measures and likely won’t be taken up next year. The American Farm Bureau Federation and other ag groups applaud the decision. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) AUDIO: Larry Elworth, agriculture counselor to EPA Administrator, at Trade Talk during 2009 NAFB Convention (11 min., MP3)

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SwineCast 0482 Show Notes: Informa Economics VP Dave Ryman hooks up with Bruce Cochrane for a good discussion of current economic issues across North America and his view of the timing for the eventual industry turning point.

SwineCast 0483 Show Notes: Looking at the current state of climate change legislation and regulation with NPPC's Chief Environmental Council Michael Formica at the National Association of Farm Broadcasters meeting in KC.  GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ANIMAL AGRICULTURE