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  • Where war once raged in Iraq, Yezidi women plant hope

    April 14, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Iraq, Khanke

    The Clean Green initiative empowers Yezidi women who escaped the 2014 ISIS genocide to rebuild their lives and enviornment by planting more than 2,000 trees, specifically chosen to withstand Iraq’s shifting climate. The grassroots group started with just five volunteers, but now has more than 40 members.

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  • La batalla científica para salvar «el glaciar del juicio final»

    April 07, 2025 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: United States

    Arête Glacier Initiative, un grupo de científicos del MIT y del Dartmouth College, ha recaudado 5 millones de dólares para mejorar las previsiones de la subida del nivel del mar y estudiar la posibilidad de volver a congelar los glaciares en su lugar. Han usado los fondos para dar becas a cientificos que trabajan en soluciones críticas al cambio climático.

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  • After Lahaina fire, Hawaii residents address their risk by becoming 'Firewise'

    March 25, 2025 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO), a 25-year-old nonprofit, helps assess, evaluate, and deter a community's ignition vulnerabilities. Volunteers remove trees, haul waste, and help facilitate economic support for migration, retrofits, and more.

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  • As the Colorado River Shrinks, Southern California Is Embracing Water Recycling

    March 14, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Orange County, California

    Large-scale wastewater recycling is emerging as a crucial response to water shortages in Southern California, exacerbated by the declining Colorado River. The Orange County Water District's Groundwater Replenishment System has successfully produced over 450 billion gallons of recycled water since 2008, creating a reliable, drought-resilient local water source, despite high costs and issues surrounding initial public perception.

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

    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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  • As Heat Deaths Rise, Planting Trees Is Part of the Solution

    March 10, 2025 |

    The Revelator |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    To address shade inequality and rising heat deaths, the American Forests launched a digital tool in 2021 that scores geographic areas based on tree canopy and surface temperature, as well as other factors such as income, employment, race, age and health. It then calculates a Tree Equity Score and maps out the regions that have the greatest need for trees. With this information, Tucson aims to plant one million trees by 2030, and has already planted 120,000 over the past four years.

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  • Trash to Cash

    February 28, 2025 |

    Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt, River State

    In an effort to reduce plastic waste, recycling centers like Recyclift Recycling Technology Company collect plastic waste and crush it into processed pellets to be repurposed. The company employs over 50 people, all working toward the goal of crushing 100 tons of plastic each week.

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  • States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump

    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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  • The Revival of Germany's Carbon-Sequestering Peatlands

    February 10, 2025 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Various initiatives are restoring farmlands to peatlands, which is helping lower CO2 levels in agriculture and create markets for the native grasses, reeds and sedges that peatlands support.

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  • How GoFundMe Became a $250 Million Lifeline After the L.A. Fires

    February 09, 2025 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Though not without certain flaws, GoFundMe has facilitated critical and rapid financial support for thousands of people. The company charges a 2.9 percent fee on all donations, as well as 30 cents for every transaction, to cover credit card and bank transaction fees, but its primary source of revenue is voluntary tips.

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