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Causes
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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EPA moves to further limit protections for wetlands

Burned foundation of a home next to burned out car and trees.

Wildfire survivors face hidden risks from lingering toxic pollution

A hand places pennies in a glass jar with an image of a house roof covered in solar panels in background.

Solar power surges ahead despite political opposition

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

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US Supreme Court clears way for climate lawsuits against Big Oil

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Farmers face funding cuts as Trump administration reconsiders climate-linked grants

CLIMATE
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

Facade of the Environmental Protection Agency with blue sky and clouds behind.

EPA faces legal pushback over canceled climate grants