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The Biden Administration is Spending Its ‘Climate Smart’ Funding in the Wrong Places, According to New Analyses
Two new reports say that some of the Department of Agriculture’s “climate smart” designations encompass methods that are bad for the climate. Millions of dollars are still heading their way.
By Georgina Gustin
The Biden administration set out to make American farmers and farming methods central in its plans to address the climate crisis, but is instead spending billions of dollars on agricultural practices that have questionable benefits and, in some cases, may contribute to more greenhouse gas emissions.
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