Climate crisis will effect and cost more and more in every state in every which way you can think of. Of course Texas and Florida are the largest takers of our taxes for the climate crisis, mostly flooding as the sea rises, warmer waters, and more intense storms with the southern states from Texas to Florida and then up the east coast, but there are quite a few more government programs besides FEMA that get involved. The USDA, for example, has a few programs dealing with costs of the climate crisis;
A cotton farm in drought-stricken Arizona using Colorado River water for irrigation.
Farming and ranching in the Western U.S. sucks up 75% of the Colorado River basin’s water supply. A new analysis shows the federal government is paying these farmers billions in crop insurance, but not helping them adapt to climate change.
From 2017 to 2023, farmers in the Colorado River region received $5.6 billion from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for crop losses caused by drought, according to a report from the nonpartisan Environmental Working Group. That includes farmers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
More than $2 billion of the drought-related crop payments went to farmers growing hay and alfalfa for beef and dairy cattle, the analysis found.
During that same six-year span, the USDA paid farmers $521 million to install efficient irrigation systems through its Environmental Quality Incentives Program, one of the agency’s largest conservation initiatives.......
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