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"How Absentee Landowners Keep Farmers From Protecting Water And Soil"

"Lisa Schulte Moore loves nature. To stand in an old-growth forest, she says, 'I can only describe it as healing.' When she moved to Iowa to teach ecology at Iowa State University, she didn't get that same feeling when she found herself amid acres of corn. She wasn't hearing birds or seeing many bugs. 'All I can hear are the leaves of the rustling corn,' she says. 'Not one biological noise. You know, they call it the green desert.'"

Source: NPR, 07/17/2020

"FERC’s New PURPA Rule Undermines Clean Energy Projects, Advocates Say"

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has changed the rules for a federal law that allows independent energy projects to secure utility contracts for their power. Utility groups say the changes will reduce costs for customers, but clean-energy groups and independent power developers say they’ll stifle open competition."

Source: Greentech Media, 07/17/2020

"Trump’s NEPA Changes Imperil Communities of Color, Advocates Say"

"Low-income Black and Latino communities will be pummeled by the Trump administration’s changes to the nation’s permitting rules for federal infrastructure projects, according to environmental justice leaders across the country."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/17/2020

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