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Wildfires are getting worse. Can an old technique help control them?

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Wildfires are getting worse. Can an old technique help control them?

Although wildfires are commonly associated with the West, the Great Lakes region has seen its share of destructive blazes. Lee Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, warns that we will likely see more wildfires due to heat waves and droughts caused by climate change.

Vern Northrup is a former fireman and is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe.

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After six years, Ohio moves to end coal bailouts that have been in place since bribery scandal

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After six years, Ohio moves to end coal bailouts that have been in place since bribery scandal

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Just shy of six years since the passage of Ohio’s infamous House Bill 6, a more than $1 billion coal and nuclear bailout at the center of the largest bribery and money laundering scandal in state history, state lawmakers approved a bill that would repeal the coal subsidy House Bill 6 established.

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Clean Technica

Blue States Sue Feds Over Halt To Wind Energy Projects

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Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have sued the federal government, alleging an executive order signed by the so-called president that mandated a halt to all wind energy projects both onshore and offshore is illegal, nonsensical, and contrary to other executive orders. New York Attorney General Letitia James is … [continued]

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