Climate change is fueling extreme swings between wet and dry weather worldwide. But as western Mass faces drought and wildfire risks, the Trump administration is cutting local climate supports.
As UMass backs out of a commitment to consider divestment, a Shoestring investigation reveals its endowment has millions indirectly invested in defense contractors and other entities targeted by student activists.
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