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  • As Floods Keep Coming, Cities Pay Residents to Move

    July 06, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    The city of Nashville is a model for other U.S. cities focusing on how to deal with homes that are flooding more consistently than before. The National Flood Insurance Program exists to help insure homes that wouldn't be covered by private insurance; for some homeowners, the frustration of constant flooding is alleviated by the city's initiative to buy back those properties from their owners, turning them instead into more environmentally friendly parks, paths, and other flood buffers.

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  • A tiny tweak in California law is creating a strange thing: carbon-negative oil

    July 01, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Switzerland

    A collaboration between an oil company, a Harvard professor and California lawmakers has resulted in the creation of a large-scale energy plant. While there are still goals yet to be me, this plant is capable of capturing carbon dioxide from the air while simultaneously recovering oil.

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  • Think Globally, Sustain Locally

    June 26, 2019 |

    CivicStory |

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    Response Location: United States, Holmdel, New Jersey

    A New Jersey nonprofit, Sustainable Jersey, is taking a collaborative approach to environmental health, action, and sustainability. The organization is primarily a certification program, giving New Jersey towns guidelines to follow when it comes to energy use, waste, water, and health, and spotlighting those that are doing it well. At its annual summit, it brought together organizations from across the state, calling upon them and others to take more drastic actions, especially when it comes to waste reduction.

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  • Is it time for a radical new approach to fighting global warming?

    June 25, 2019 |

    Global Ground Media |

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    Response Location: Indonesia

    Geoengineering, a term used to cover a broad range of large-scale, drastic measures to combat climate change, has the science and policy communities divided. These measures are currently being explored across the world, and while they could work as a response to climate change, many cite them as temporary band-aids that will only delay the effects of global warming. Many cite the need to understand the complexity of the issue and, rather than bandaging the issue, take a comprehensive, structural approach.

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  • Can planting billions of trees save the planet?

    June 19, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: England

    Across the world, TreeSisters is partnering with local organizations to help reforestation efforts. The nonprofit is centered on bolstering local, community-based, and usually women-led initiatives in countries like Kenya and Madagascar. The organization cites the fact that women are most often the ones interacting with the environment, and so raising awareness and taking action in such a gendered way can leverage the most impact.

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  • The rise of wildfire-resilient communities

    June 17, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Sisters, Oregon

    Coordination and planning can prove to be the best defensive measures against wildfires. Funded by the US Forest Service, the Community Planning Assistance for Wild Program (CPAW) promotes community fire adaptation, including measures like prescribed burns. Policymakers and city planners enrolled in CPAW benefit from teaming up with foresters, economists, and other experts to model risk and mitigate the impact of fires.

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  • A new generation of leaders understands that individual actions won't fix our environmental problems

    June 13, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States

    The rollout of the Green New Deal signals a changing culture and mindset toward climate change. While many past responses have been on the individual level – not using plastic straws or carrying reusable bags when going to the store – there is a growing call for and understanding of structural changes across the designed systems that are currently harming the environment.

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  • New York is building a wall to hold back the ocean

    June 11, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Resilient infrastructure is one way to prepare cities for the unpredictable effects of climate change. In Staten Island, which was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, officials have secured millions in funding to build a seawall, which will prevent coastal erosion and decrease the risk of flooding. Seawells or any type of resilient infrastructure, however, need to be combined with other solutions for the best chance of success.

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  • The Dirt on Waste: Understanding College Recycling Programs

    June 06, 2019 |

    Pepperdine University Graphic |

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    Response Location: United States, Malibu, California

    Pepperdine University is having some trouble as they try to go about achieving the goal set by the California government stating that 75% of waste must be diverted by 2050. This article covers the specifics of the conservation efforts at Pepperdine, and also looks at more successful programs going on at UCLA and Santa Clara University. Some effective tactics include a comprehensive education plan on recycling, requiring faculty and staff to dispose of landfill waste themselves by only collecting recyclable waste, and partnering with athletic teams to champion conservation.

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  • This California Neighborhood Was Built to Survive a Wildfire. And It Worked

    June 03, 2019 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    In the Rancho Santa Fe neighborhood of California, one neighborhood was designed and built to protect homes from wildfires. Included in the design were certain regulations, like regulating weeds, brush, and mulch, and installing noncombustible siding and roofs. Because of climate change, the strength and frequency of wildfires have increased across the state, prompting residents, firefighting professionals, and legislators to become more resilience- and prevention-oriented.

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