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Climate Solutions Week: Colorado neighborhood hardens homes against wildfire risk

R News | By Ishan Thakore

Published June 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM EDT

Climate change is pushing wildfires into areas that aren't used to them. But reducing wildfire risk is possible. For NPR's Climate Solutions Week, we visit a Colorado neighborhood that did just that.

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Courts have ordered the Trump istration to lift its freeze on federal funding, but lots of CLIMATE-related spending is still paused. In Colorado, the freeze has hit affected many projects.
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