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  • Mt. Bachelor mountain biking series for women aims to foster community

    August 29, 2024 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Bend, Oregon

    A mountain bike riding series for women at Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor is making the sport more accessible by giving new and returning riders the chance to hone their skills with other women on closed trails.

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  • Kansas City saved energy by switching to LED streetlights. But it has bigger climate issues

    August 29, 2024 |

    KCUR Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Kansas City has converted nearly 100,000 of its streetlights to LED bulbs over the last several years. The swap saves on energy, meaning less power is needed from the local coal-fired power plant.

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  • A new solution for flood-prone cities? Concrete made from shellfish waste.

    August 29, 2024 |

    Grist |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: England, Blackpool

    Concrete mixed with shellfish waste is more porous than traditional concrete, allowing water to drain through rather than running off the surface of the pavement. The material has helped prevent flooding in places such as a community garden in Blackpool, England, which is in an area with many fish processors who can provide the needed shells for the concrete mix.

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  • Giant 'living tractors' are bringing nature back to post-industrial wastelands

    August 28, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Turkey

    Water buffalo are becoming a crucial species in many conservation projects. Their natural habits like grazing and wallowing in water and the spreading of seeds through their dung increase biodiversity and create microhabitats for other important species.

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  • Michigan clerks say pre-processing absentee ballots led to faster results

    August 27, 2024 |

    Votebeat Michigan |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    After Michigan updated laws surrounding the processing of absentee ballots, local clerks were able to begin opening, verifying, and scanning absentee ballots up to eight days before the state’s August primary, depending on the size of the city or town. In Detroit, election staff were able to report 80% of the absentee ballot results by 10:30 p.m. on election day, as opposed to the next morning, which clerks say helps avoid public concerns about election security.

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  • Is Housing First a cure for homelessness?

    August 27, 2024 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The Housing First model focuses on helping people experiencing homelessness to find stable housing and meet their basic needs before addressing anything else. It's taking off in cities across the United States.

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  • Across California, jurisdictions work collaboratively to comply with regulations put in place by the state's food recovery legislation

    August 27, 2024 |

    Waste Today |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    In 2016, California adopted a law to reduce the amount of organic waste in state landfills by 75 percent, which led cities and counties to develop their own organic waste diversion programs, such as organic waste collection and edible food recovery. In 2022, 11.2 million tons of organic waste were diverted, while 201,000 tons of edible food were recovered that year.

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  • How a Technology Similar to Fracking Can Store Renewable Energy Underground Without Lithium Batteries

    August 27, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Three startups in Houston are using a technique similar to fracking, a practice used in the oil and gas industry, to store renewable energy without batteries. They use excess renewable energy to pump pressurized water into manmade caverns underground. When energy is needed, they open the caverns, sending the water back to the surface to turn a turbine and generate power.

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  • Cherokees take new approach to helping addicts

    August 27, 2024 |

    ICT News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Cherokee Nation, United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    The Cherokee Nation harm reduction program provides supplies like clean needles and Narcan to those using drugs and even offers safe, clean environments for drug use with staff available to assist during overdoses. As opioid addiction has disproportionately impacted Indigenous communities, the program also provides opportunities for people in recovery to participate in cultural activities. So far, the program has encountered several thousand people and has saved 44 lives with Narcan distribution.

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  • How coastal communities are adapting to sea level rise with 'living shorelines'

    August 27, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Coastal communities in Maine are building living shorelines to adapt to sea level rise and address erosion concerns. This nature-based solution uses native plants and materials, or even discarded holiday trees, to bolster shorelines against strong storms and higher tides. And they get stronger as nature takes its course over time.

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