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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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  • More Power

    February 17, 2025 |

    Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Umoulu, Rivers State

    The Youth and Environmental Advocacy Center, in collaboration with NXT Grid, built a solar-powered mini-grid in a rural area to connect community members with power, some of whom were being connected for the first time. Community members donated to help fund the project, resulting in 200 of the 262 structures in the area receiving electricity.

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  • The solar-powered intervention improving access to health care at the General Hospital Maru

    February 07, 2025 |

    Gold City FM 105.5 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maru, Zamfara

    Amidst electricity shortages, Health System Consultant Limited came to a local hospital’s aid, outfitting the medical center with solar panels to ensure patients can still access healthcare services. Since the installation, patients at the General Hospital in Maru say diagnosis speed and the quality of care they receive have improved.

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  • Inside Africa's Trailblazing Solar Repair Movement

    January 27, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    Nonprofit SolarAid trains repair technicians who can fix solar energy kits. In the 2023-24 financial year, SolarAid’s teams across Zambia and Malawi repaired 2,422 solar products, reducing electronic waste, increasing the lifespan of products, and improving access to solar lights, as well as creating job opportunities

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  • Green Microgrids Are Powering a More Resilient Future

    January 17, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Blue Lake Rancheria, United States, California

    Microgrids, small-scale energy systems that can operate either independently or as part of the larger electric grid, are growing in popularity and effectiveness. In one example on tribal land in California, a microgrid saves 25 percent of electricity costs and reduces Blue Lake Rancheria's carbon footprint by hundreds of tons of carbon annually.

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  • How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels

    December 21, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    In Boston, climate activists with HEET, a nonprofit that develops neighborhood-scale geothermal systems, worked closely with gas utility executives to find a solution to gas leaks and transition to cleaner energy sources. Making the case for switching to geothermal energy comes with its challenges, but their collaboration and advocacy led to the signing of legislation allowing gas utilities to provide geothermal heating and cooling as an alternative to gas throughout their service areas.

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  • Could pilot programs bringing heat to low-income residents in Denver, NY work in Dallas?

    December 16, 2024 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Pilot projects in New York City and Denver have successfully installed electric heat pumps in a variety of tenant spaces, citing ease of installation, attractive aesthetics, and energy and financial savings as boons for both tenants and the environment. In New York, heat pump units achieved an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and an estimated 50% reduction in fuel costs compared to traditional central steam heating systems.

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  • How the Navajo Nation is using mutual aid to connect families to the electric grid

    December 10, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

    Mutual aid program Light Up Navajo is helping families get connected to the power grid through volunteer workers and private and federal funding. Over the past five years, crews have built miles of powerlines across the reservation, powering nearly 850 households, many of whom are receiving power for the first time.

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  • Why Community Solar Is Key to the Clean Energy Transition

    December 10, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    In the U.S., around 6.5 gigawatts of installed capacity of community solar—typically households or small businesses who subscribe to, or sometimes own, a portion of the energy generated by a solar array—are currently in use. This saves around 5.9 million metric tons of CO2, equivalent to powering almost 1.2 million homes’ electricity for one year, or taking almost 1.5 million cars off the road.

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  • Wisconsin advocates push home energy efficiency program funded with Inflation Reduction Act dollars

    November 19, 2024 |

    WUWM |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    By combining rebates from the Inflation Reduction Act and funding from the state’s Focus on Energy program, Wisconsin homeowners can make energy efficient upgrades at a fraction of the typical cost, with some low-income residents paying as little as $1. Though the future of the funding is uncertain with a new presidential administration, one Wisconsin contractor specializing in green projects currently has 10 projects in progress with another 50 on tap.

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