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When AI Meets Conservation

Manon Verchot, Sanshey Biswas

December 19, 2024 |

Neighbird |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Gabon

Okala, a technology company, has developed smart camera traps equipped with a mini-computer and a satellite connection that, with the help of artificial intelligence, send researchers real-time notifications about which species pass by. Real-time camera alerts are not only helping researchers, but also surrounding communities intent on keeping people and crops safe from wild animals.

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Could pilot programs bringing heat to low-income residents in Denver, NY work in Dallas?

María Ramos Pacheco

December 16, 2024 |

Dallas Morning News |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Pilot projects in New York City and Denver have successfully installed electric heat pumps in a variety of tenant spaces, citing ease of installation, attractive aesthetics, and energy and financial savings as boons for both tenants and the environment. In New York, heat pump units achieved an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and an estimated 50% reduction in fuel costs compared to traditional central steam heating systems.

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The algorithm says crisis. The social worker says trust

Ethan Ward

December 11, 2024 |

AfroLA |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles County social workers are using AI to find people at risk of homelessness before they become unhoused. Instead of traditional programs that wait for people to seek help themselves, this technology is more preventative, allowing social workers to provide assistance ahead of time. The program launched in 2020 and has since served over 400 people.

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Why Community Solar Is Key to the Clean Energy Transition

Sarah Sax

December 10, 2024 |

Time Magazine |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In the U.S., around 6.5 gigawatts of installed capacity of community solar—typically households or small businesses who subscribe to, or sometimes own, a portion of the energy generated by a solar array—are currently in use. This saves around 5.9 million metric tons of CO2, equivalent to powering almost 1.2 million homes’ electricity for one year, or taking almost 1.5 million cars off the road.

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GHGSat and Carbon Mapper satellites take flight as landfill gas monitoring tech matures

Jacob Wallace

December 09, 2024 |

Waste Dive |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Monitoring satellites are starting to play an important role in helping nations find and address greenhouse gas emissions; from space, new satellites' data and other technologies are identifying methane plumes around the world.

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Nimble Electric Trucks Are Supercharging African Trade

Geetanjali Krishna, Sally Howard

December 05, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Rwanda

In Rwanda, a fleet of simple, efficient trucks is helping farmers get their harvest to market before the goods spoil. For one farmer renting space in one of the trucks, the improved market access enabled them to go from selling 400 to 4,000 kilograms of produce a week.

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Are high efficiency stoves the solution to Keene's wood smoke pollution?

Elijah de Castro

November 29, 2024 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

In New England, government incentives and education are supporting and encouraging residents to swap their wood-burning stoves for high-efficiency models that burn less wood and emit less smoke. The aim is to reduce air pollution and its public health and climate impacts.

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How Keene's community air monitoring project could be a national climate solution

Elijah de Castro

November 29, 2024 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

A professor at Keene State College, her students, and community volunteers installed affordable, commercial air monitors throughout the New Hampshire town to fill gaps in available data. The monitors help them track air quality in real time and alert the public when pollution levels rise.

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Trump and his allies could kill funding for life-saving resiliency hubs

Yessenia Funes

November 27, 2024 |

Yale Climate Connections |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Federal tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act enabled Community Church Atlanta to create a resiliency hub in its community center, serving as a food pantry and critical emergency shelter. Reduced energy bills from the recently installed solar panels are helping them expand their food pantry beyond the 32,000 they fed last year, and pursue even greater structural enforcements.

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Spreadsheets spreading hope in Western North Carolina

Dana Winter

November 26, 2024 |

WHNS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

A resident of Western North Carolina started a google form and spreadsheet to connect community members with volunteers offering the help they need to recover after Hurricane Helene.

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