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  • Virtual Power Plants Offer A Climate-Forward Response To Increasingly Hot Summers

    August 04, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States

    Virtual power plants are emerging in the United States and partnering with utility companies to manage energy demand during extreme weather and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These plants are actually a portfolio of energy resources, anything from smart appliances in homes to solar panels and electric vehicle infrastructure outside of homes, that are tracked and managed digitally. This enables virtual power plants to encourage minimal peak energy use, increase the amount of renewable energy sent back to the grid, and decrease the use of peaker power plants that rely on fossil fuels.

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  • One congregation's path to carbon neutral offers case study as diocese, denomination work toward 2030 goal

    August 04, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    St. Martin’s Episcopal Church went carbon neutral. After installing an eclectic heat pump system, the California-based parish regained momentum on a years-long renewable energy path, updated all its appliances to eclectic, and installed another solar array.

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  • Pushed To Action(III): The non-profits helping Nigerian communities access clean water

    August 03, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Obeagu, Enugu State

    The Network of Water Rights Initiative (NWRI) works with local organizations to improve access to safe water through education and awareness campaigns aimed at enlightening people about the health risks of contaminated water. NWRI has led water clean-up efforts, helped locals establish security measures to prevent people from dumping waste in water and even helped get a water bill signed into law that would improve water supply and sanitation services across the state.

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  • Fast electric, intercity rail is key to solving transport emissions. But could a train like The Overland be part of that future?

    August 03, 2023 |

    Cosmos Magazine |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    As airfare becomes increasingly expensive and oftentimes unreliable, several passengers are opting for train transportation, like The Overland. The Overland is an electric intercity railway that provides fast public transportation that reduces the need to rely on fossil fuels that power cars and planes.

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  • Ces pays qui recyclent les eaux usées en eau potable

    August 03, 2023 |

    The Conversation |

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    Response Location: Namibia, Windhoek

    Depuis 1968, la ville de Windhoek recycle les eaux usées pour les utiliser comme eau potable avec un processus qui comprend maintenant 10 étapes de filtration. Aujourd'hui, la ville tire 30 % de son eau du processus de recyclage.

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  • The women leading Kano's charge for a greener future

    August 02, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Dakata, Kano

    In Nigeria, the Arewa Women Initiative For Climate Change Advocacy And Environmental Sustainability works to educate people on climate change and empower them to make informed, environment-friendly decisions. Through events like tree planting campaigns, the initiative spreads awareness on a variety of issues while coordinating action.

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  • بخلطات صديقة للبيئة.. كيف يتغلب مزارعو اليمن على ارتفاع أسعار الأسمدة؟

    August 02, 2023 |

    رصيف22 (Rassef22) |

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    Response Location: Yemen

    يصنع مزارعون في اليمن الأسمدة الطبيعية من مكونات طبيعية متوفرة محليا كبديل للأسمدة الكيمائية مرتفعة التكلفة. يساهم هذا الحل في تحسين خصوبة التربة وزيادة الإنتاجية ويقلل من تكاليف الزراعة وآثار التلوث البيئي.

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  • Hire a Kick-Ass Trash Czar

    August 01, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Sanitation Commissions is cleaning up city streets with new practices and regulations curbing its trash problem. For example, she has started using data to track trash conditions across the city, she’s enforcing infractions, and she changed put-out and pick-up times.

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  • Pa. farmers dig into soil — and its ability to trap carbon — as one solution to climate change

    August 01, 2023 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Farmers are acting as citizen scientists for a soil health study organized by Pennsylvania-based Pasa Sustainable Agriculture. The organization is helping farms implement sustainable agricultural practices that improve soil health and reduce carbon emissions, like composting and planting cover crops.

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  • Ideas We Should Steal: Sustainability Education for All Students

    July 31, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, New Jersey

    New Jersey schools are working to make climate education widespread by implementing general education standards that include climate change education in every grade and subject. These new education standards have been inspiring students to brainstorm solutions to climate-related issues like reducing food waste and increasing coastal resiliency. The state has also earmarked $5 million to help local teachers attend professional development sessions to teach them how to create new climate change-focused lesson plans.

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