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  • Carbon removal: What's the local government's role?

    Ysabelle Kempe

    May 15, 2024 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    Response Location: United States

    Local governments in the United States are taking the lead on carbon removal projects to meet net-zero goals, which could help bring down the cost of the technology to make it more widely accessible. A coalition of governments in Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, for example, awarded grants to projects that store carbon dioxide in concrete.

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  • This Utah County Will Buy Your Lawn to Save Water

    Morgan Sjogren

    May 14, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    A turf buyback program run by the Washington County Water Conservancy District in Utah pays residents to swap their lawns for native plants. It's reducing the amount of water used for landscaping amid a drought.

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  • Moroccan Farmers Are Banking Traditional Seeds for a Hotter, Drier Future

    Soukaina Almouhtadi

    May 10, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Morocco, Sidi Ifni, Guelmim

    A seed bank was established in Sidi Ifni, a farming community in Morocco, to revive drought-ridden land by enabling the cultivation of traditional, drought-resistant crops. An accompanying training program is helping farmers market these crops to improve their livelihoods.

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  • Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity

    Brad Plumer Nadja Popovich

    May 07, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California and Texas are among the states in the U.S. installing giant lithium-ion batteries to store renewable energy to use when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. These batteries are reducing the use of fossil fuels as a backup energy source when demand is high.

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  • Could a Landfill Power Your Home?

    Miranda Lipton

    May 02, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    Landfills in the United States are capturing a potent greenhouse gas, methane, that would otherwise be released into the air and converting it to electricity or natural gas.

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  • What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?

    Joseph Winters

    May 01, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States

    The nonprofit PR3 is working to standardize reusable packaging systems for businesses like coffee shops and grocery stores to make them easier to scale and adopt as a replacement to single-use materials.

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  • 'Composting Our Emotions': How Climate Action Cultivates Well-Being

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    April 30, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Several groups are emerging to help youth cope with eco-anxiety and the mental health effects caused by climate change. Groups like the Bay Area Youth Climate Summit educate and facilitate conversations about climate change with young people, helping them build a sense of community with others who share their concerns. Research shows those who participate in climate work and have a social support system have reduced feelings of eco-anxiety and depression linked to climate change.

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  • Inside the Icelandic plant turning CO2 into rocks

    Adrienne Murray

    April 28, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Iceland

    A direct carbon capture plant in Iceland sucks carbon dioxide out of the air, mixes it with water, and pumps it underground to help combat climate change. When the mixture reaches the basalt bedrock, it causes a chemical reaction that turns the carbon into a solid so it can be stored underground in the porous rock.

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  • Mexico's Floating Gardens Are an Ancient Wonder of Sustainable Farming

    Peter Yeung

    April 26, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    Farmers in Mexico are keeping a 1,000-year-old tradition alive to produce reliable yields of healthy crops despite facing historic droughts. They're using chinampas, which are man-made “floating gardens” created by placing soil from the lake on top of reeds and grasses.

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  • Keeping Food Scraps Out of Landfills Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think

    Carl Smith

    April 25, 2024 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Orange County, California, is increasing the amount of organic waste it diverts from landfills by encouraging residents to put compostable material in the bins they use for yard waste and composting it.

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