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  • The New Mexico co-op breaking up with fossil fuels

    Mary Catherine O'Connor

    January 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    After years of community outreach and searching for alternate energy suppliers that didn’t rely on fossil fuels, the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative now distributes electricity from renewable energy to households and businesses in rural New Mexico.

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  • Las energías renovables compartidas que dinamizan el entorno rural

    Gema L. Albendea

    December 18, 2023 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain, Castile and León

    En 2018 nació la primera comunidad energética rural de España. La iniciativa ahora se está expandiendo a otros municipios que no solo busca el ahorro de costes energéticos, sino también revitalizar los pueblos y luchar contra la despoblación.

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  • Solar panels illuminate path to improved care

    Vandana K

    December 13, 2023 |

    Harvard Public Health |

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    Response Location: India, Mawtawar, Meghalaya

    The Indian government and the solar nonprofit Selco Foundation partnered to install solar panels at health facilities across the country to address blackouts that prevented them from providing adequate care.

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  • For climate and cohesion, a solution lies in the school commute

    Petra Stock

    November 23, 2023 |

    Cosmos Magazine |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    The Open Streets program encourages students to walk and bike to school in an effort to get people out of their cars. Opting for a form of “active transport,” like walking and biking, helps get people moving, offers more social connection and is better for the environment.

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  • "We Are Suffering": Despite Steps Taken, Gas Flaring Still Threatens Livelihoods in Niger Delta

    Ekpali Saint

    November 09, 2023 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ogboinbiri, Bayelsa

    Gas flaring penalties have done little to prevent the practice in Bayelsa, Nigeria, so locals are calling for changes like diverting it to produce usable energy and creating strong policies to regulate it.

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  • Diocese of San Joaquin nears its renewable energy goal, with 95% reliance on solar power

    David Paulsen

    November 08, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Diocese of San Joaquin in California worked together with a developer and local utilities to install solar panels at 14 of its locations to make 95% of its energy use renewable.

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  • Kauai became a clean energy leader. Its secret? A publicly owned grid

    Julian Spector

    November 07, 2023 |

    Canary Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    In an effort to lower electric rates and move toward more renewable energy, Kauai residents raised funds to acquire and turn the area’s for-profit utility company into a locally owned cooperative, the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). When it was formed in 2008, KIUC pledged to reach 50% renewable electricity by 2023, and last year it was already generating 60% of its energy from renewables like solar power.

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  • How Pennsylvania churches are addressing climate change by tapping the power of the sun

    Karen Hendricks

    October 18, 2023 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    As part of their commitment to “creation care,” some churches in Pennsylvania are installing solar panels in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. At Akron Mennonite Church, solar power is saving the congregation nearly $1,000 a month and helping to prevent unnecessary emissions of carbon dioxide.

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  • Renewables power Pakistan village

    Irfan Aftab

    October 13, 2023 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Lachman Kohli

    With funding and support from the Heritage Foundation Pakistan, a remote, off-grid village installed a solar energy system that supplies residents with free power and has improved their quality of life.

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  • Scientists turn pee into power in Uganda

    Jenny Morber

    October 10, 2023 |

    Upworthy Science |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kisoro

    Labs and researchers have discovered that urine can be used as a renewable energy resource by using microbial fuel cells to generate electricity. It’s a cheap, abundant resource and the nutrients in the urine can also be used to fertilize gardens and save on water. One lab has produced 1,760 fuel cells so far, some of which have been placed in local schools.

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