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Conservation could create jobs post-pandemic

  • Written by Heidi Peltier, Research Professor in Political Science; Faculty Research Fellow at the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
imagePeople have been rediscovering nature during the pandemic, but it's not just good for public heath. Conservation also creates jobs.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Earlier this month, President Trump signed an executive order making it easier for pipeline projects and other oil and gas development to progress, claiming environmental regulations cause...

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