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Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal

Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal

The White House says the program will provide paid training to 20,000 Americans in its first year. It’s much smaller than its New Deal predecessor, but targets a more diverse group of young people.
by Eric McDaniel

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Preparing homes for wildfires is big business that's only getting started

Preparing homes for wildfires is big business that's only getting started

Climate change, technological leaps, panicked insurers, the shifting sense of responsibility: All are powering the still-nascent, but fast-growing industry of preparing homes for wildfires.
by Alina Selyukh

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The climate crisis is causing climate anxiety

The climate crisis is causing climate anxiety

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the mental health impact of climate change on young adults and what can be done to help ease climate anxiety.
by Angela Davis and Matthew Alvarez

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Let skeeters feed on you for science? Welcome to front lines of mosquito control

Let skeeters feed on you for science? Welcome to front lines of mosquito control

At the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, working on the front lines of mosquito control can be a prickly job. A technician volunteered to stick her arm into a glass tank to give scores of the insects a chance to feed on her blood. It was all in the name of sustaining a species important for research.
by The Associated Press

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Some yellow school buses are turning green this school year

Some yellow school buses are turning green this school year

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is expanding its electric school bus program using three million dollars from the state’s settlement with Volkswagen over exaggerated fuel efficiency claims.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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