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  • Three years of mining, 40 years of taxpayer clean up for river downstream of Vancouver Island copper mine

    December 16, 2019 |

    The Narwhal |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

    After an abandoned copper mine destroyed the Tsolum River in Canada, it took decades and cross-sector collaboration to reduce acid runoff and bring back fish populations. The government, a restoration society, and even the mining industry worked together to come up with solutions to save the river. Their latest attempt — capping the mine waste with glacial sediment and an asphalt covering — in 2009 succeeded. In 2015, 129,000 pink salmon came back to the river — a record return since fish counts began in 1953.

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  • Pollution Solutions

    November 06, 2019 |

    Making Contact |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    The Central Valley of California has an air pollution problem, so community groups are joining forces under the Central Valley Air Quality Coalition to work together towards change. Although progress is slow, the group has been able to teach citizen science in order to collect data as well as advocate for and get a state policy in place that "directs support and resources to environmentally and economically distressed California communities."

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  • How one utility powers its entire plant from wastewater

    June 02, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Downers Grove, Illinois

    A wastewater treatment facility in suburban Chicago has become energy neutral. By accepting waste from oil and other sources not normally treated together, the facility increases biogas that can power the plant. Besides saving energy, it saves the plant almost half a million dollars each year.

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  • One overlooked way to fight climate change? Dispose of old CFCs.

    April 29, 2019 |

    National Geographic |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Banned refrigerants called CFCs are being cleaned up and recycled to help offset climate change. The refrigerants were banned decades ago as part of the Montreal Protocol due to the extremely destructive effects they carry with them. The voluntary carbon market has allowed private companies in countries with more resources to travel to countries like Ghana and Costa Rica to transport the CFCs, clean them, and offset their carbon footprint on carbon markets.

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  • Six years later: Learning from the deadly West fertilizer plant explosion

    April 16, 2019 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, West, Texas

    Following a deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant, cities in Texas are taking preventative measures. Emergency Management Specialists have updated and are employing software that tracks hazardous material storage in facilities around the state and generates disaster scenarios. The software can be used in real-time by firefighters and other emergency responders on their way to the scene.

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  • Dying sustainably

    March 28, 2019 |

    Changing Florida |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Gainesville, Florida

    In Florida, a funeral home is specializing in green burial practices – such as hand-digging graves and using biodegradable urns – as a way of lessening the environmental impact that is often associated with both burials and cremation services. Although their methodologies are not entirely earth-friendly, they are still just one of a few burial cemeteries that is "abiding by strict laws that focus on reducing carbon emissions and land restoration."

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  • Robots decommission 700,000 munitions for recycling

    February 24, 2019 |

    New Atlas |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Anniston, Alabama

    At a US Army facility in Alabama, nine robots, created by Sandia National Laboratories, was able to decommission and recycle army munitions. What has historically been a dangerous job for humans, these robots are able to safely recycle these parts that have typically been discarded in ways that aren’t exactly environmentally friendly.

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  • How a team of researchers and high school students in California are working together to reduce pesticide exposure in children

    February 08, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    An on-going research study out of UC Berkeley's Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health has partnered with youth from the Salinas Valley for two decades to investigate the influence of pesticides on child development. Their findings have been published more than 150 times; the PSA that they designed is regularly aired on 10 radio stations across California, Oregon and Washington; and the children in the study grew up to form the first Youth Council to lead their own research on the impact of pesticides. As a result, many farmworkers in CA are now more educated about pesticide risks.

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  • On-the-ground pollution data spurred stricter zoning in Los Angeles

    January 31, 2019 |

    High Country News |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boyle Heights, California

    In Boyle Heights, a working class neighborhood of Los Angeles, members of the community have taken to the streets armed with clipboards and pens to document environmental hazards, zoning violations, and and other things that endanger their fellow residents. They then took this on-the-ground information, which they called "ground truths," to local politicians to advocate for change.

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  • This microplastic biodegrades instead of sitting around for hundreds of years

    January 28, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Microfiber company PrimaLoft has developed a new insulation material for clothing like fleece jackets that is made from recycled fiber. Other materials can take hundreds of years to biodegrade, but the new material breaks down quickly in landfills and oceans.

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