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More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the US Pacific Northwest

Nov. 17, 2024 17:53 PM EST

U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades. The U.S. Forest Service...

'Not an act of God.' How the Rev. Richard Joyner became a farmer, then a climate activist

Oct. 29, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

CONETOE, N.C. (RNS) — Congregants at Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church thought their pastor was crazy when he suggested his rural community take up farming as a way to improve their health and become more self-sufficient. The small, predominantly Black community, about 80...