Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
Summary
Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) assess the impediments to the conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) establish national conservation and restoration priorities regarding these areas. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal, freshwater, or saltwater wetlands that have the ability to sequester and store carbon.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
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Introduced Nov 18, 2021
Last action Nov 18, 2021
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Nov 18, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Nov 18, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lisa Murkowski
RRepublican
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Sheldon Whitehouse
DDemocratic
Co
Susan M. Collins
RRepublican
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