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This California nonprofit is fighting fire with finance

Wildfires are getting worse, but there isn't enough federal funding to treat the land and reduce the risk. Blue Forest Conservation aims to get money to the communities that need it the most.

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Funding for Wisconsin farm conservation programs could nearly double

A sweeping federal investment in combating climate change will almost double the amount of money Wisconsin receives for some of its farm conservation programs, meaning more farmers will be able to get help protecting their soil, reducing runoff and improving water quality.

Causes
Carlsbad air pollution from oil and gas
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Carlsbad's air pollution from oil and gas probed by New Mexico agency

State officials said they expected the oil and gas industry would be found as the primary culprit of air pollution in Carlsbad.
Causes
dairy air emissions regulations
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Oregon DEQ: Don’t regulate dairy air emissions just yet

DEQ said it does not have funding to design and implement a regulatory program.
Politics
new mexico climate politics
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New Mexico leaders call on Biden to take action on climate change

After President Joe Biden’s signature piece of environmental legislation appeared to stall in the U.S. Senate, New Mexico leaders and activists called on the President to use his executive powers to declare a “climate emergency” and take steps to address pollution throughout the country.

Impacts
Biden’s Chance to Save the Everglades
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Biden’s Chance to Save the Everglades

Reviving the South Florida ecosystem enjoys bipartisan support and deserves federal funding.
Impacts
Trump threatens to end federal aid to California in tweets slamming Gov. Gavin Newsom
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Trump threatens to end federal aid to California in tweets slamming Gov. Gavin Newsom

Trump, in a spate of postings on Twitter, lambasted what he called Newsom's "terrible job" regarding the state's forest management practices

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Young woman in a crowd holding Planet over Profit cardboard sign.

Trump's withdrawal from Paris Agreement renews U.S. climate isolation

Small wooden house on the edge of the water in the Arctic.

Melting Arctic permafrost releases vast stores of carbon into the atmosphere

A group of houses in Greenland on a hill adjacent to water and patchy snow.

Trump’s plan to claim Greenland could spark a climate crisis

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Trump’s climate pivot: exiting Paris Agreement and boosting fossil fuels

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Closing coal plants in environmental justice communities first would save more lives: Study

Lee Zeldin, Trump's pick for EPA administrator, speaks at a podium.

Trump’s EPA pick faces Senate grilling over climate rollback plans

CLIMATE
People sitting in an outdoors table working on a big sign.

Op-ed: Why funding for the environmental justice movement must be anti-racist

Series of wind turbines installed in the ocean with a ship in the background.

Trump halts new offshore wind leases in sweeping first-day order