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This morning we @TheBTI released our new report: "Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud." In the report we outline an idea that the Biden Administration seems to already be taking to heart: climate policy can be most successful and lasting when it's about JOBS https://bit.ly/bti-saying-the-quiet-part-loud
The report is great and covers a wide range of topics from grid modernization, to EV charging, to dairy sector revitalization. The work in the report covers lots of the great work my colleagues have been working on for the past year or so. TLDR: http://bit.ly/QCP-One-Pager
Because this website seems centered on self-promotion, I wanted to highlight a piece of my own work that went into this report:
Agricultural schools at public and Land-grant Unis across the country have an astounding $8.4 billion maintenance backlog, limiting research capacity, disenchanting researchers/students, and hampering ag innovation
Public and LG unis are also crucial sites of agricultural extension, driving adoption of new technologies, and connecting researchers to producers. In short, ag schools are very important for the continued success and improvement of US agriculture. They NEED maintenance funds.
The backlog impacts big and small universities alike, with more than half of all agricultural buildings at LG universities, tribal colleges, and public HBCUs more than 30 years old and facing critical issues. https://www.aplu.org/library/a-national-study-of-capital-infrastructure--deferred-maintenance-at-schools-of-agriculture/file
Funding the backlog would create thousands of jobs in construction and maintenance at these universities, often in rural and agricultural areas, make ag research a more attractive field, and drive productivity growth and environmental improvements in US AG.
Please read the report! It contains multitudes: http://bit.ly/bti-saying-the-quiet-part-loud
