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Maine's Heat Pump Boom Has Been Promising for Rural Workforce Development. Can It Last?

Kristian Moravec

June 10, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Maine

To meet the state’s clean energy goals, Maine communities and institutions like Kennebec Valley Community College are launching training initiatives to bolster HVAC, refrigerant and electrical knowledge to support the clean energy workforce. With the help of these initiatives, in Somerset County alone, where KVCC is located, the number of clean energy workers has grown by 44% since 2020.

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No Bull: Nepal's Biogas Revolution Reaches a Turning Point

Manish Koirala

June 09, 2025 |

The Xylom |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal

Between 1992 and 2011, Nepal and the Netherlands collaborated to install 260,000 domestic biogas digesters across the country that convert livestock and human waste into clean cooking fuel to address energy security and deforestation challenges. The program has helped families save $111 annually on gas and prevents over-consumption of firewood.

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'It's loud again': Phone bans are changing Colorado's school culture

Leigh Paterson

May 27, 2025 |

KUNC |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Colorado

Some Colorado school districts are banning cell phones in school for the entire day to reduce distractions and encourage students to connect more with their peers. Teachers report seeing students take more time on tests and homework, and most students are easily adapting to the new rules, finding other ways to connect and entertain themselves during downtime, like lunch periods.

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SoCal officials unleash sterile mosquitoes in bid to curb disease — with promising results

Lila Seidman

May 06, 2025 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Local agencies tasked with controlling disease-spreading organisms are releasing sterile male mosquitoes to help reduce the pest’s population and prevent the spread of dengue. This strategy has decreased the mosquito population by about 82% in parts of Southern California, marking the first time in eight years that the population has declined instead of increased.

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How Pakistan pulled off one of the fastest solar revolutions in the world

Laura Paddison

May 01, 2025 |

CNN |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Pakistan

Faced with severe heat waves, escalating electricity costs and frequent blackouts, Pakistan took a grassroots approach to transitioning to solar power, making electricity more accessible and affordable. They’ve become a major market for solar, importing 17 gigawatts of solar panels from China in 2024 alone, doubling their 2023 numbers, making Pakistan the world’s third-biggest importer of solar panels.

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La batalla científica para salvar «el glaciar del juicio final»

James Temple

April 07, 2025 |

MIT Technology Review |

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Response Location: United States

Arête Glacier Initiative, un grupo de científicos del MIT y del Dartmouth College, ha recaudado 5 millones de dólares para mejorar las previsiones de la subida del nivel del mar y estudiar la posibilidad de volver a congelar los glaciares en su lugar. Han usado los fondos para dar becas a cientificos que trabajan en soluciones críticas al cambio climático.

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Why Steubenville, Ohio, Might Be the Best School District in America

Chad Aldeman

April 01, 2025 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Steubenville, Ohio

Despite having less money and staff than similar districts, Steubenville schools excel at teaching youth to read, consistently getting 95% to 99% of its third graders over the proficiency level. The schools achieve this with various strategies, including offering subsidized preschool starting at age three, prioritizing reading time across all school subjects and allowing students to work with their peers to read aloud and practice their fluency skills.

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Steaming ahead: Are community boilers the answer?

Pracheta Sharma

March 31, 2025 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: India, Surat

SteamHouse’s community boiler system supplies steam energy to about 45 companies in Surat’s industrial area, offering more affordable, reliable, and environmentally friendly ways to power factories.

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Schools face a shortage of social workers – but Howard University has a plan that helps

Ela Jalil

March 31, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

Project PRESS, which stands for Preparing Responsive and Effective School Social Workers, addresses the social worker shortage in schools by motivating social work students to pursue careers as school social workers providing them with the proper training to do so. It’s a year-long program that focuses on staffing historically Black and low-income areas, and has placed 22 social workers in schools in its first year.

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Kenya's cities adopt Miyawaki method to restore lost ecological glory

Dann Okoth

March 28, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Nairobi is using a unique restoration technique called the Miyawaki method to restore local ecosystems by creating forest islands in urban areas that have lost their green spaces. Since 2007, this reforestation method has established mini forests in three regions throughout the city, as the project has planted over 236,212 seedlings.

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