A team of pro-bono lawyers assembled assembled over 80 pieces of model legislation as a starting place for discussion and collaboration among elected officials, non-profit groups and the private sector for *Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States,* the title of an associated book released in 2019.

One of the models they provide is for State Healthy Soils Legislation!

The Book

The Environmental Law Institute has published Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States (Michael B. Gerrard & John C. Dernbach eds.). The book is a playbook of state, local, federal, and private legal pathways for enabling the United States to address what is easily among the greatest problems facing this country and the rest of humanity.

Over 35 separate chapters authored by 59 experts, it identifies more than a thousand legal options for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% from 1990 levels by 2050.  It builds on the U.S. work of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, and has been prepared in collaboration with that organization.

https://lpdd.org/resources/lpdd-model-law-state-healthy-soils-legislation/

Model Legislation

Model Laws for Deep Decarbonization - LPDD

• This website is for legislators, advocates, educators, and all those at the federal, state and local levels who seek to achieve deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
• Our team has authored over 80 model laws that are a starting place for discussion and collaboration among elected officials, non-profit groups and the private sector.

LPDD Model Law: State Healthy Soils Legislation