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  • Coffee grounds and poultry litter proving a viable biomass option in the UK

    May 19, 2017 |

    Edie Newsroom |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Birmingham, West Midlands

    The United Kingdom is finding creative ways to simultaneously address renewable energy needs and waste disposal. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants are utilizing chicken manure from farms and coffee grounds to create electricity. The initiatives have the added benefit of improving standards for the treatment of poultry, as well as reducing the distribution of harmful toxins from the waste.

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  • The Big Green Bang: How renewable energy became unstoppable

    May 18, 2017 |

    Financial Times |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, Greater London

    An economic shift to renewable energy could take decades, but thanks to rapidly evolving disruptive technologies, dropping prices of solar and wind power sources, and increasing market demand for green business, the new age of renewable energy could encompass the world economy much more quickly.

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  • The Detroit Success Story Visible From Space

    May 18, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In just three years, Detroit carried out an ambitious $185 million project to re-illuminate the city's 88,000 streetlights, half of which were dark, with new energy-efficient LED lights. Through its new Public Lighting Authority, the city used an innovative funding scheme to pay for the lights even in the midst of municipal bankruptcy. After the lights went up, residents felt safer, and businesses felt a noticeable bump.

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  • Detroit's DIY Cure for Urban Blight

    May 18, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In an attempt to come back from bankruptcy, the city of Detroit created the country's largest land bank to facilitate the demolition of blighted houses around the city. The land bank helps dilapidated homes find new owners willing to pick up the pieces.

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  • Keeping it cool: Malaysia looks to district energy systems.

    May 17, 2017 |

    Eco-Business |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malaysia, Sedenak, Johor

    A collaborative effort among the United Nations' District Energy in Cities Initiative, the Malaysian government, and private partners has facilitated planning in Malaysia's rapidly developing southern state of Johor for a "District Energy System": a single heating and cooling network which decreases energy consumption by converting waste heat from large power stations. Because of this intervention, Iskandar is projected to decrease its energy use by almost 40% -- all while saving money on energy costs, recycling heat energy, and contributing to the nation's goals under the international Paris Accord.

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  • Turning Goats into Water

    May 16, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Pakistan, Pathan Goth, Sindh

    Fariel Salahuddin was determined to tackle the extreme lack of access to fresh water she encountered in rural Pakistani communities, but she wanted the model to be sustainable, not dependent on donations. Most of the communities didn't have regular access to rupees to help sustain their solar water pump micro-enterprises - what they did have, however, were goats. Salahuddin set up a scheme where villagers could pay for their clean water access with livestock instead of cash, which she then sells using Facebook at high rates during Muslim festivals to generate a sustainable revenue source.

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  • This Camden Halfway Home is Reducing Recidivism Across the River

    May 11, 2017 |

    Billy Penn |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    Many previously incarcerated people struggle to both rehabilitate and gain the necessary skills for a successful post-prison life. This article looks at Hope Hall, a halfway house using a comprehensive approach meant to address underlying issues of incarceration as well as prepare participants for future employment.

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  • Food waste is the world's dumbest problem

    May 10, 2017 |

    Vox |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Since 1999, the FoodCam has helped to nearly eliminate food waste at one MIT lab. Any time someone has leftover food at the lab, they can place it under a camera and hit a button, which then triggers the FoodCam to take a photo of the food and post it to slack, Twitter, and an email list. The simple invention has significantly reduced food waste, representing a small positive change to a serious global challenge.

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  • This Cuban lung cancer drug is giving some U.S. patients hope

    May 09, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Cuba, Havana

    CIMAvax, a new lung cancer treatment based in Cuba, has proved to stop and reduce the growth of tumors. Although it's not FDA regulated, many Americans are turning to the therapeutic drug in hopes of reducing the effects of cancer.

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  • When Chicago cops moonlight, no one is watching

    May 08, 2017 |

    Chicago Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    There is much to be learned from The Chicago Police Department's failure to regulate moonlighting police officers. Boasting the nation's weakest oversight of documenting its officer's second-shift jobs, the department has seen repercussions both in shooting statistics and tax payer dollars. It's not what Chicago is doing that is a solution, but what others are doing that they should learn from.

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