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  • 8 years into America's e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?

    Syris Valentine

    April 15, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    E-scooters have struggled to find their footing since spreading across the United States as an eco-friendly transportation option. Companies like Lime are looking for ways to increase rider safety and ensure the scooters are as sustainable as possible.

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  • Krakow Can Breathe Again

    Jan Zabka

    April 15, 2024 |

    Transitions Online |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Poland, Krakow

    An activist organization in Poland, Krakow Smog Alarm, teaches people about poor air quality in their city and helps them organize together to lobby their local governments for effective clean air measures.

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  • The best coffee for the planet might not be coffee at all

    L.V. Anderson

    April 10, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands

    “Beanless coffee” companies around the world are taking inspiration from coffee substitutes of the past to create a drink that mimics coffee’s flavor and caffeine content that is more climate-resilient with less of an environmental impact.

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  • A Phoenix farm is making renewable energy while also providing shade for crops

    Madison Knutson

    April 09, 2024 |

    KJZZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    A farm in Phoenix, Arizona, uses agrivoltaics to generate renewable energy with limited space and provide shade for crops in extreme heat. The agricultural practice involves installing solar panels above crops on the same plot of land.

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  • 'Valuable and largely overlooked': Interest in virtual power plants grows

    Robert Zullo

    April 07, 2024 |

    Utah News Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States

    Utility companies across the United States are using virtual power plants to meet electricity demand, access backup power, and lower the electric bills of participants. To make these power plants work, the utilities use energy from the battery storage systems of customers who have home solar arrays.

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  • The climate watchdog holding the UK government to account

    Akshat Rathi

    April 04, 2024 |

    Zero |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Following the passage of the Climate Change Act, the United Kingdom created a Climate Change Committee to oversee the country’s efforts to reach net-zero emissions. The committee acts as a watchdog by analyzing ways to decarbonize the economy and publishing information that can be leveraged by policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and private sector industries. Its model has since been replicated around the world.

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  • Manufacturers Paying for Recyclable Waste

    Courtney Duchene

    April 04, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States

    State governments in the United States are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility laws to fund recycling programs. The laws impose a fee on the manufacturers of products that become recyclable waste. The money earned is designated for projects that increase recycling rates.

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  • Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit' for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

    Lindsey Byman

    March 29, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Biochar is an organic material that can be mixed with soil to improve soil health, increase crop production, and sequester carbon. To make it, wood or other biomass is heated at high temperatures in an oxygen-deprived environment, like a kiln.

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  • The Great Wall of Surajpura

    Roli Srivastava

    March 29, 2024 |

    The Migration Story |

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    Response Location: India, Surajpura

    The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) is a job program that employs locals to work on climate resilience projects like building water security infrastructure to support local farms and communities. In the past year, with the help of the work from MGNREGA, local farms have come back to life, wells have been replenished and migratory birds have begun returning to the area.

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  • He's Got a Plan for Cities That Flood: Stop Fighting the Water

    Richard Schiffman

    March 28, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: China

    Cities in China are moving away from using traditional water managment approaches, like drainage pipes and flood walls. Instead, they are becoming “sponge cities” by installiing green infrastructure designed to absob excess water, like green roofs and ponds.

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