New Mexico election results and state report point to strong path forward on climate

3 years 10 months ago

This has been a busy election season in New Mexico with a ballot that included every seat in the state legislature, an important constitutional amendment and a critical presidential contest. On top of that, the state released its second annual interim climate report, with the key findings highlighting the need for further emissions-cutting action to […]

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Jon Goldstein

New Mexico election results and state report point to strong path forward on climate

3 years 10 months ago
This has been a busy election season in New Mexico with a ballot that included every seat in the state legislature, an important constitutional amendment and a critical presidential contest. On top of that, the state released its second annual interim climate report, with the key findings highlighting the need for further emissions-cutting action to […]
Jon Goldstein

How public benefits programs can help protect fossil fuel workers and communities in transition

3 years 10 months ago

This third report in a joint research series by Environmental Defense Fund and Resources for the Future examines public benefits programs designed to protect individual and community economic security and health as the U.S. transitions to a clean economy. Jake Higdon of EDF and Molly Robertson of RFF co-authored the report described in this blog […]

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Jake Higdon

New program pays landowners to protect forests on their farms in Brazil

3 years 10 months ago
Join us during London Climate Action Week for the webinar Demonstrating on-the-ground incentives to protect forests in Mato Grosso, Brazil on November 16th, 11:30 am EST where we’ll be discussing this issue and more. Watch the recording here. By Breno Pietracci, Ph.D., economist at Environmental Defense Fund Many Brazilian farmers have large tracts of Amazon […]
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New program pays landowners to protect forests on their farms in Brazil

3 years 10 months ago
Join us during London Climate Action Week for the webinar Demonstrating on-the-ground incentives to protect forests in Mato Grosso, Brazil on November 16th, 11:30 am EST where we’ll be discussing this issue and more. Watch the recording here. By Breno Pietracci, Ph.D., economist at Environmental Defense Fund Many Brazilian farmers have large tracts of Amazon […]
bpietracci

New program pays landowners to protect forests on their farms in Brazil

3 years 10 months ago
Join us during London Climate Action Week for the webinar Demonstrating on-the-ground incentives to protect forests in Mato Grosso, Brazil on November 16th, 11:30 am EST where we’ll be discussing this issue and more. By Breno Pietracci, Ph.D., economist at Environmental Defense Fund Many Brazilian farmers have large tracts of Amazon rainforest and Cerrado tropical […]
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