According to the Scientific American, Minnesota State has just decided to create a carbon fee of between $4 and $34 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions to the cost of coal-fired electricity.  View the rest of the post here

In an interesting coincidence that highlights the complexities of major policy issues confronting agriculture, the FAO and IFPRI have both recently issued major reports highlighting the challenge that the world will face in producing enough food in the future. The FAO analysis indicates a need to produce 70% more food by 2050, while the IFPRI analysis projects that the impact of a changing climate will reduce global agricultural output, with child malnutrition projected to increase by 20%. This leads to some interesting challenges when it comes to designing policies to mitigate greenhouse emissions attributed to agriculture. View the rest of the post here