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  • This city just made it illegal to advertise SUVs. Here's why.

    June 15, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

    Edinburgh’s city council banned fossil fuel advertisements on city property in hopes of making people less likely to opt for things like gas cars and international flights while removing a space for fossil fuel companies to mold their public image.

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  • 'Precision ag' promised a farming revolution. It's coming, just slowly

    June 13, 2024 |

    St. Louis Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Illinois

    A St. Louis-based company, Impossible Sensing, is creating sensors that can be attached to the back of a planter to help farmers understand factors like nutrient level and soil health. It’s a form of precision agriculture, which essentially follows the notion that having more precise data leads to more efficient and sustainable farms.

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  • The cafeteria as classroom

    June 06, 2024 |

    Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Georgia

    The nonprofit World Wildlife Fund is working with elementary schools in the United States to develop programs that teach students about food waste in hopes of encouraging environmental responsibility. They practice ways to reduce their waste at lunch, learn how to compost and sort garbage, and keep track of the amount of waste they’ve reduced.

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  • Geothermal system is a US first

    June 05, 2024 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Eversource Energy, a utility company in Massachusetts, installed a networked geothermal system that provides heat for residential and commercial buildings across the city of Framingham. The connected system allows excess heat from one building to be redirected to another that needs it. It’s the first of its kind in the United States.

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  • First-in-the-Nation Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Comes to Massachusetts

    June 04, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Framingham, Massachusetts

    A utility company in Framingham, Massachusetts, worked with climate advocates to build a unique geothermal heating and cooling project that spans a whole neighborhood. A group of residential and commercial buildings share the infrastructure necessary to harness stable underground temperatures for heating and cooling, which reduces their greenhouse gas emissions and energy bills.

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  • Can AI Help Cut Plastic Waste From the Food System?

    June 03, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    The new Global Plastics AI Policy Tool, developed by plastic waste and ecology experts, uses machine learning to predict how policy interventions like capping production and investing in recycling infrastructure would reduce plastic pollution by 2050. It could be of particular use as countries work on an international, legally binding treaty to address the plastic crisis.

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  • UGA Campus Compost Program Gives Waste a New Purpose

    June 03, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Interns of the Campus Compost Program ride electric bikes around the University of Georgia collecting bags of food scraps and other compostable materials. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the waste is turned into fertilizer for the local community at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill.

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  • Swap Shop at UGA: Turning Trash to Treasure

    June 01, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Students at the University of Georgia created a place to trade second-hand clothing and other household items on campus, called Swap Shop, to reduce students’ waste and address overconsumption.

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  • As temperatures in India break records, ancient terracotta air coolers are helping fight extreme heat

    May 31, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India

    Artists, architects, and urban designers in India are reimagining the ancient practice of cooling water in terracotta pots to create terracotta structures that cool the air nearby during extreme heat.

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  • Daytona considering free rides in Midtown via systems that use electric vehicles

    May 31, 2024 |

    Daytona Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    Two transportation companies, Freebie and Slidr, are teaming up with towns in Florida to provide free, on-demand shuttle services with electric vehicles. The app-based system helps bolster transit networks and fill gaps in services.

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