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A Malibu Model for Residents on the Fire Frontlines

Colleen Hagerty

March 18, 2025 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Community Brigade program is a partnership with the LA County Fire Department that works to bolster community wildfire preparation and response by training volunteers on how to fight against and recover from wildfires, most recently proving to be extremely effective against the Palisades fires and during recovery efforts.

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The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump's Purge

Julian Lucas

March 14, 2025 |

The New Yorker |

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Response Location: United States

After President Donald Trump’s administration began removing key research and datasets from government websites, archivists, librarians, and organizations banded together to form the Data Rescue Project, which is coordinating efforts to preserve vital information. The movement has recruited volunteers from a subreddit forum called r/DataHoarder that’s frequented by hobbyists with IT knowledge, and so far the project has cataloged more than 400 publicly available backups of government data compiled by volunteers.

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Laudato Si' 101: Catholic University students boost energy efficiency at Newark Archdiocese

Brian Roewe

March 11, 2025 |

National Catholic Reporter |

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Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

Students at Catholic University of America in a net-zero design course are analyzing church structures and making suggestions for green improvements to address the climate crisis, reduce carbon emissions and support the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ mission to conserve energy and protect the planet. Though in its early days, the course has proven beneficial for U.S. dioceses, and students say it’s impacted the way they see architecture and design, and how it can have implications tied to the environment.

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Trump Cuts Research Lab That Helped Nurture 'Mississippi Miracle'

Greg Toppo

February 20, 2025 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Mississippi

Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) are research centers that support states and school districts as they implement new practices, such as in Mississippi, where an REL helped the state train its teachers in the science of reading and successfully bring its fourth-grade reading proficiency scores from 49th in the nation to 29th. However, the federal government recently terminated all of its contracts with RELs, jeopardizing the future of programs already in progress.

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States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump

Maria Gallucci

February 20, 2025 |

Canary Media |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

To reduce carbon emissions from transportation and buildings, states are implementing "Buy Clean" laws that go beyond electrifying vehicles and installing heat pumps, focusing instead on lowering the carbon footprint of construction materials like steel and concrete. These laws, enacted by nine states, require suppliers to provide Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), which act as "climate nutrition labels" detailing the emissions associated with material production.

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Neighbors Build Climate Resilience in Their Watersheds

Dalya Massachi

February 01, 2025 |

Everyday Climate Champions |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The Watershed Project works with residents to protect and restore landscapes that drain into waterways—creeks, rivers and ultimately—around the San Francisco Bay. Strong community outreach aims to connect people, the environment, and government agencies, municipalities, legal firms, and private and public investors.

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Where Art Thou, Rebuild?

Malcolm Burnley

January 22, 2025 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia’s Rebuild project leveraged revenue from a new tax on soda along with philanthropic funding to renovate parks, recreation facilities, and libraries throughout the city. Because of its focus on equity, the program funneled roughly 20 percent more funding into disadvantaged areas compared to the city’s previous capital projects, but due to delays in the process and the level of repairs and renovation needed, the city was ultimately only able to tackle about half the number of Rebuild projects it originally projected.

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WA tribes crucial to salmon recovery, conservation throughout decades of work with state

Genevieve Belmaker

January 14, 2025 |

Tacoma News Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Widespread involvement of numerous relevant government bodies at the tribal, city, state and federal level has led to a number of conservation wins in the Pacific Northwest, reflecting the huge influence tribes in the state have had on how environmental issues and conservation work are framed and executed.

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How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels

Phil McKenna

December 21, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

In Boston, climate activists with HEET, a nonprofit that develops neighborhood-scale geothermal systems, worked closely with gas utility executives to find a solution to gas leaks and transition to cleaner energy sources. Making the case for switching to geothermal energy comes with its challenges, but their collaboration and advocacy led to the signing of legislation allowing gas utilities to provide geothermal heating and cooling as an alternative to gas throughout their service areas.

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With 'Giving Circles,' Anyone Can Be a Philanthropist

Anna Patton

December 20, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States

Giving Circles allow average people to make a larger impact with their philanthropy by pooling donations from members for larger gifts to chosen causes and organizations. Between 2017 and 2023, there were nearly 4,000 of these groups in the United States, with total donations totaling $3.1 billion.

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