The fight against climate change is overlooking rural America as both a source and solution to rising greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report.
Rural areas contribute a disproportionate share of emissions tied to climate change — but also can play a bigger role in tackling the problem than their big-city neighbors, said the report from a funding collaborative called the Rural Climate Partnership.
The partnership published the report, called a “Rural Reality Check,” on Tuesday as an update to its first such report last year.
The partnership is a project of the Heartland Fund, a nonprofit organization “building power toward a thriving democracy, healthy climate, and shared prosperity across diverse communities in rural areas and small cities,” according to its website.
