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  • South Mountain HS cross-country team pushing for electric school buses

    August 16, 2019 |

    KPHO-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Because of a collaborative effort between a high school cross country team and Chispa, an environmental advocacy group, Arizona’s Phoenix Union High School District has bought its first electric school bus. While nearly three times more expensive than a regular school bus, the school district considered the long-term sustainability, not just in terms of fuel and maintenance costs, but in regards to larger, environmental efforts as well.

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  • How One City Saved $5 Million by Routing School Buses with an Algorithm

    August 12, 2019 |

    Route Fifty |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    A well-designed algorithm can help increase the efficiency of complex, and troublesome, transportation systems. In 2017, Boston Public Schools hosted a competition to redesign its complicated bussing system. The selected proposal, an algorithm created by PhD students, increased efficiency by 20% overall, helping BPD cut tons of carbon emissions and ease budget constraints. The savings will allow BPD to reinvest in its schools.

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  • Chevron starts its unique project that buries carbon dioxide underground

    August 10, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Barrow Island, Western Australia

    In the wake of a massive natural gas extraction project by Chevron, the Australian government asked the oil behemoth to bury as much as 4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. The technology fueling the burying initiative, called carbon capture and storage (CCS), has had success in similar projects around the world in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the oil creation process.

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  • How a State Plans to Turn Coal Country Into Coding Country

    August 10, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sheridan, Wyoming

    Since Wyoming passed legislation in 2018 requiring all grade levels to teach computer science curriculum by 2022, teachers have spent significant time outside of work getting themselves up to speed. The idea is that these coding skills will transition the state's economy away from the coal industry and keep young people in the state. However, some critics note that there are few success stories of technology clusters in remote areas.

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  • The Viking Guide to Oil Wealth Management

    August 10, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Norway

    Norway has been able to have a productive relationship with oil companies, while, at the same time, retain control over resource development and grow its resource revenue. Through the country’s culture of local control and indigenous governance, its resource revenue is over $1 trillion and helps pay for some of the country’s social programs; a model that could be potentially work in other places around the world.

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  • You can now pay to turn your carbon emissions to stone

    August 08, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Switzerland, Zurich

    A company based in Zurich pulls carbon dioxide from the air and turns it in to stone -- and you can subscribe to their services. The subscription program through Climeworks allows customers to sign up for different price levels in order to purchase the trapping of a certain amount of carbon dioxide per year.

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  • The UK now consumes as much energy as 50 years ago—with an economy three times larger

    August 05, 2019 |

    Quartz |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The UK is well on their way to reaching their goal of net-zero-greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, already reducing their emissions to that of 50 years ago. Although there are more improvements to be made, the country's move away from energy-intensive industries and fossil fuels to renewable energy and energy-efficient appliances has shown success.

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  • These high school runners train in 'nasty air,' so they're working to clean it up

    July 29, 2019 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Grassroots organization can generate change in carbon emissions practices at the community level. In Phoenix, the Chispa nonprofit organization that promotes environmental and social justice, is working to get schools to apply to Arizona’s Lower-Emissions Bus program, funded by money paid to the state in the aftermath of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal. By mobilizing volunteers to canvass neighborhoods and attend school board meetings, the group has succeeded in getting at least one school district to purchase an electric bus and implement a pilot program.

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  • How Chattanooga churches are making changes to go green

    July 22, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Churches in Chattanooga, TN are taking steps to make their spaces more environmentally -friendly and -conscious. Places like St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Grace Episcopal Church are taking on initiatives like motion-detected lighting systems, upgrading faucets to curb usage, and creating raised beds for community gardening. While they’ve made great strides, they’ve also reckoned with the challenge of creating making such unique spaces, with its high ceilings and stained-glass windows, more green.

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  • Bonneville, the Northwest's biggest clean-power supplier, faces promise and perils in changing energy markets

    July 21, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Grand Coulee, Washington

    The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state has a longstanding history of providing generating power and hydropower, but hasn't always been the most reliable operation and faces financial uncertainty. Still, it has a produced "public power at cost for Northwest utilities" and contributed to a boost in the numbers of salmon available for harvest.

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