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Illinois U.S. Rep Sean Casten: "Every year over 1.7 billion tons of cropland soil are lost to erosion, posing a serious threat to our..."

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Sean Casten tweeted the following:

"Every year over 1.7 billion tons of cropland soil are lost to erosion, posing a serious threat to our food systems.
Today, I introduced the COVER Act to support farmers planting cover crops that improve soil health & water quality and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions."
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Here are other recent tweets from Sean Casten:

"In the U.S., over 34% of our carbon pollution comes from the transportation sectorand 83% of those emissions come from our roads.

Thats why I joined 58 @HouseDemocrats in support of a new @USDOT proposal that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050." on July 26
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"Did someone say #HotFERCSummer?
@RepMcNerney and @RepMikeLevin & I introduced two bills to help @FERC improve the reliability of our electric grid in the face of extreme weather." on July 25
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"In 30 years, our children are not going to judge us by whether or not we did what was politically possible.
They're going to judge us by whether or not we did what is scientifically necessary to save our planet." on July 25
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