A few weeks ago, I shared coffee with Mary Ignatiadis, a forest economist with Renoster, a start-up firm in Maine that works with rural communities on establishing carbon credits. I have to admit, ...

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The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against ...

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2024 was the hottest year on record, causing floods, droughts, wildfires, and other extreme weather events. Experts say lowering carbon emissions can slow the warming trend. So how do we do that? All ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...