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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Yurok tribe makes millions selling carbon credits

    A few years ago, the Native American Yurok tribe in northern California became part of the state’s cap-and-trade program. They were issued two million offset credits so far. That’s millions of dollars for the tribe.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 17, 2018 • 1 min read

    A few years ago, the Native American Yurok tribe in northern California became part of the state’s cap-and-trade program. They were issued two million offset credits so far. That’s millions of dollars for the tribe.

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    3. 18:03The big fight in Venice over a planned homeless shelter
    4. 26:58Highlights from the debate between Dianne Feinstein and Kevin de León
    5. 38:40How the podcast ‘Serial’ influenced the Danish director of ‘The Guilty’
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