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  • How One Company Gamified Health Insurance

    September 05, 2024 |

    Tradeoffs |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    A game called “Benefit Builder,” developed by the head of human resources at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, helped employees collaboratively develop equitable company-wide health insurance plans. Gamifying the process helped boost employee buy-in and morale.

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  • Can ‘Biden's Billions' Deliver True Environmental Justice?

    September 05, 2024 |

    Capital B (National) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Justice40, created through a sweeping executive order during President Joe Biden’s first term, is designed to ensure communities deemed disadvantaged receive at least 40% of the benefits of federal climate change and environmental investments. While no single tally of Justice40 spending or its benefits is available thus far, the White House Environmental Justice Scorecard says more than 500 projects have been funded through its efforts.

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  • Drip Irrigation Yields Promising Water Conservation Results in Utah

    September 05, 2024 |

    TechBuzz |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Farmers in Utah are installing drip irrigation technology to reduce their water use amid a drought by watering crops directly at the root. The technology, created by the Tel Aviv-based agritech company Netafim, can be tailored to meet the needs of different crops.

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  • The Future of Seaweed Farming in America

    September 05, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Seaweed farms in the United States are working to fight climate change by offering a more sustainable food source and a versatile raw material that could replace petroleum feedstocks and help industries decarbonize.

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  • First in the nation: Natural Bridge State Park pioneers accessibility for the blind

    September 04, 2024 |

    WSLS-TV |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Natural Bridge State Park, Virginia

    RightHear, an app for smartphones, is helping people who are blind or have low vision navigate and understand their surroundings in Natural Bridge State Park. As people hike, the app's narrator shares information that others could read on signs throughout the park, giving users a sense of freedom and widening accessibility.

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  • Passive House standards a solution for efficient affordable housing

    September 04, 2024 |

    Energy News Network |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Housing developers are following the Passive House standards to create affordable housing that’s incredibly energy efficient. These buildings are air-tight with efficient ventilation and strategically positioned windows, so they don’t need central heating and cooling systems.

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  • Austin's Rapid Rehousing Program, Explained

    September 04, 2024 |

    The Austin Common |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Austin’s Rapid Rehousing Program offers up to two years of rent assistance for people exiting homelessness alongside other support services that help connect them to the resources they need.

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  • In France, One Group Seeks to Do the Unthinkable: Unite the Climate Movement

    September 03, 2024 |

    The Revelator |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: France

    A French climate movement called Earth Uprisings is bringing together activists from a variety of social justice causes across many progressive groups to call for climate action, an unprecedented kind of collaboration for the country.

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  • Massachusetts cities are quickly embracing new emission-slashing building code option

    September 03, 2024 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    The Massachusetts state government introduced a new building code, called the specialized stretch code, to set new construction up for decreased fossil fuel use. It’s an opt-in code, so municipalities vote on whether to adopt it, and many have.

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  • La falla fatal en las operaciones de rescate de la Patrulla Fronteriza

    September 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Muchos creen que la Patrulla Fronteriza debería tener la responsabilidad principal por los rescates y la recuperación de migrantes. La agencia forma parte de CBP, la que a su vez es parte del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, con recursos muchas veces mayores que los de los equipos de emergencia locales y de organizaciones sin fines de lucro. Pero varios trabajadores humanitarios e investigadores fronterizos ven un conflicto de intereses entre el mandato principal de la agencia de detener y deportar a los migrantes, y el objetivo humanitario de salvar sus vidas.

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