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Climate justice advocates believe that this policy, net energy metering 3.0, adoption will have long-standing impacts as solar incentives continue to diminish across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597f98e0a5790a04fd48baf1/9ea3e450-6db1-487e-bf96-08a5fe48228b/Screenshot+2025-04-28+at+08.27.32.png Climate Change and Justice - Understanding Farmworkers’ Agricultural Dust Exposure Risk Agricultural farming has always been difficult, often dangerous work. 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