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Welcome to the US Biochar Coalition
Welcome to the US Biochar CoalitionWelcome to the US Biochar CoalitionWelcome to the US Biochar Coalition
Welcome to the US Biochar Coalition
About Us
Biochar
Biochar is the solid material obtained from the thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment. In addition to biochar’s unparalleled agronomic, environmental, electrochemical, and structural benefits, it is a carbon dioxide removal (“CDR”) taskmaster. One ton of high temperature biochar placed into a durable sequestration permanently removes up to three tons of CO2 from the atmosphere, fixing the CO2 stored in biomass and taking it out of the carbon cycle for millennia.
Our Most Powerful Climate Tool
Integrating carbon negative bioenergy production with biochar CDR and biochar application to soils to support soil health, climate smart agriculture, and ecosystem conservation creates a pathway to:
- removing a combined 50 Gigatons of CO2 a year by 2050
- avoiding and displacing billions of tons CO2 from biomass waste recycling, fossil fuel displacement, nature based restoration
- creating billions of dollars in economic impact and opportunity for rural communities.
Claiming Biochar System's Seat at the Table
The U.S. Biochar Coalition is galvanizing the collective power of businesses, investors, and civil society to influence and accelerate policy change, secure action for industry growth, and build the political infrastructure and collaborative industry relationships we’ll need to scale biochar systems across multiple markets.
With membership spanning the entire biochar systems ecosystem: producers, technology providers, developers, R&D, finance, carbon markets, climate tech, carbon removal, and diverse end markets; the Coalition is poised to raise the voice of biochar systems in a powerful way and dramatically transform the industry’s growth trajectory.
First Priority: Biochar in the Farm Bill
U.S. agriculture policy is guided by a Farm Bill that is typically passed every five years. We are currently operating under an extension of the 2018 Farm Bill, but Congress has declared its intention to complete a new Farm Bill this year. This presents a historic opportunity accelerate the many uses of biochar legislatively, so that the benefits of improved soil health and increased agricultural yields are made available to more Americans. Through new initiatives and strategic changes to existing Farm Bill programs, biochar can be a vital tool that improves economic and environmental outcomes for American farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.
The U.S. Biochar Coalition is advocating for addition of measures to the Farm Bill to enable more farmers and forest landowners to engage in conservation, adopt climate smart practices, implement climate resilience solutions, and climate proof their livelihoods by utilizing existing core Farm Bill programs.
Call To Action Starts Now
There is no more powerful climate solution available to us than biochar systems. It is time that all key stakeholders and decision makers in the climate change, agriculture, biodiversity, finance, adaptation, and resiliency ecosystems recognize the value of this carbon triple threat and step up to rapidly deploy it. We have no time to lose. The call to action starts now.
FOUNDING MEMBERS
