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By David Calkin, Kimiko Barrett, Jack Cohen, Mark Finney, Stephen Pyne, and Stephen Quarles for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection for the Pulitzer Center-Public News Service Collaboration. Consider several of the most devastating fire disasters of the last century. In August 2023, the wildfire-initiated urban conflagration of Lahaina, Hawaii, damaged or destroyed more than 2,200 structures and killed 98 people. .....

Indiana will soon get a dedicated person to help farmers, ranchers and other landowners apply for federal grants to help fight pollution and climate change. Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it would hire 40 individuals as Climate Change Fellows. ...

Opponents of a new law to cap carbon in Washington state are waiting to see if their initiative to repeal it will appear before voters in November. Supporters argued eliminating it could have a range of impacts on the state. The Climate Commitment Act was passed in 2021 and created a cap-and-invest program to reduce carbon from the states largest emitters over time. ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is marked the end of 2023 by highlighting on-the-ground projects and partnerships that are building economic prosperity for farmers, families and communities nationwide. 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it is hiring 40 Climate Change Fellows to help with the record numbers of applications from farmers, ranchers and rural …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is marking the end of 2023 by highlighting on-the-ground projects and partnerships that are building economic prosperity for farmers, …

The Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the Rural Energy for America Program.

By incorporating agrivoltaics into the upcoming Farm Bill, Congress can help ensure that solar development is complementary to --rather than competitive with -- America’s agricultural interests.

WASHINGTON, December 22, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is marking the end of 2023 by highlighting on-the-ground projects and partnerships that are building economic prosperity for farmers, families, and communities nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for 40 newly-created Climate Change Fellowship positions. The positions will be filled with the intention of assisting the record number applications from farmers, ranchers and rural small...