A Nov 18 Daily Camera story on Boulder County’s Climate Equity Fund reads like an Emmy-worthy “Portlandia” sketch, but it’s real money. Winners include $49,250 for a mural, $479,493 for “resident-designed resilience hubs,” and $50,000 for “climate equity infrastructure and strategy” (a deep sounding phrase until it’s defined).

My favorite: $621,888 for a solar-powered yurt in a “marginalized” mobile-home park so residents can charge their phones and doomscroll during blackouts. All that’s missing is a micro-dosed barista tending a bougie espresso bar to keep the community centered.

Meanwhile, Apache Nation elders who have done frontline work for decades received nothing, while newer, mostly white-led nonprofits took home the money.

To lighten the administrative burden, a consulting firm

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