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After years of pushing for prairie strips, this ecologist won a MacArthur 'Genius' grant
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After years of pushing for prairie strips, this ecologist won a MacArthur 'Genius' grant

Lisa Schulte Moore used to have to explain the benefits of her work to farmers in the Corn Belt. Now, over half of farmers in Iowa are willing to plant prairie strips next to cropland to improve soil health and water quality and mitigate climate change.
Politics
Farmers have long memories: Trump's climate record could hurt him in Iowa
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Farmers have long memories: Trump's climate record could hurt him in Iowa

In rural Iowa, farmers bearing the brunt of climate change may play an outsize role in electing the next president.
Solutions
Most farmers in the Great Plains don't grow fruits and vegetables. The pandemic is changing that
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Most farmers in the Great Plains don't grow fruits and vegetables. The pandemic is changing that

Amid massive tracts of wheat and corn destined for global markets, some farmers are planting cover crop mixes designed to be harvested by their communities.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Trump tariffs may raise U.S. wind energy prices and stall project growth

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Shell’s offshore oil ships face ongoing safety problems years after massive Nigeria spill

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Lawyers turn to pro bono work to drive climate solutions beyond the courtroom

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

CLIMATE
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EPA begins targeting offshore wind permits, slowing clean energy rollout

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Chile's lithium rush strains Indigenous communities and dries up a fragile desert ecosystem