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The Future of Seaweed Farming in America

Alexandra Talty

September 05, 2024 |

Civil Eats |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Seaweed farms in the United States are working to fight climate change by offering a more sustainable food source and a versatile raw material that could replace petroleum feedstocks and help industries decarbonize.

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Passive House standards a solution for efficient affordable housing

Audrey F. Henderson

September 04, 2024 |

Energy News Network |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Housing developers are following the Passive House standards to create affordable housing that’s incredibly energy efficient. These buildings are air-tight with efficient ventilation and strategically positioned windows, so they don’t need central heating and cooling systems.

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Massachusetts cities are quickly embracing new emission-slashing building code option

Sarah Shemkus

September 03, 2024 |

Energy News Network |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

The Massachusetts state government introduced a new building code, called the specialized stretch code, to set new construction up for decreased fossil fuel use. It’s an opt-in code, so municipalities vote on whether to adopt it, and many have.

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In France, One Group Seeks to Do the Unthinkable: Unite the Climate Movement

Anna Pujol-Mazzini

September 03, 2024 |

The Revelator |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France

A French climate movement called Earth Uprisings is bringing together activists from a variety of social justice causes across many progressive groups to call for climate action, an unprecedented kind of collaboration for the country.

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

Brandon Azim

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

Mike Digirolamo

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

Dylan Baddour

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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Can Backyard Farming Fix Kampala's Food Prices?

Rhonet Atwiine

August 26, 2024 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

Residents of Kampala, Uganda, are turning to various urban farming practices to grow their own food in light of rising food prices. Many of them grow enough excess that they're able to sell crops at local markets for additional income.

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Can bringing back nature save our cities from floods?

Laura Bicker, Jordan Dunbar

August 26, 2024 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: China

Cities and neighborhoods around the world are trying to transform into sponge cities to soak up enough rainwater to prevent flooding. They’re doing so by ripping up asphalt and concrete, replacing it with nature-based solutions like native plants and parks.

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El Paso solar cooperative helps homeowners save thousands on rooftop solar. It may be back next year.

Diego Mendoza-Moyers

August 25, 2024 |

El Paso Matters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

Several nonprofits are running a solar cooperative in El Paso, Texas, that helps homeowners come together to buy and install solar panels in bulk, which makes them more affordable.

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