Environmental Working Group: In Drought-Addled Colorado River Region, USDA Programs Give Farmers Billions for Business as Usual
June 06, 2024
June 06, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release:
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Reform urgently needed to ensure climate adaptation on farms
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Even as the climate emergency drives rising heat and worsening drought in the West, two major Department of Agriculture programs fail to help Colorado River region farmers adapt to climate change, a new Environmental Working Group investigation finds (https://www.ewg.org/resea . . .
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Reform urgently needed to ensure climate adaptation on farms
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Even as the climate emergency drives rising heat and worsening drought in the West, two major Department of Agriculture programs fail to help Colorado River region farmers adapt to climate change, a new Environmental Working Group investigation finds (https://www.ewg.org/resea . . .