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  • London's Trees Are Saving the City Billions

    March 09, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    A recent study on London's trees revealed benefits far beyond city beautification. The report found that trees saved the city billions of pounds in air cooling, air purification, carbon sequestration. The report also found trees brought workers increased productivity.

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  • The race to unravel the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the United States

    March 06, 2020 |

    Nature |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    When virologists and genomicists in Seattle, Washington realized that COVID-19 was likely to spread to the United States, they began to research ways to keep vulnerable poplulations safe. So far, early success has come from replicating the Seattle Flu Study, which uses a swab test to "reveal the trail that the flu takes as it passes around households, homeless shelters, office parks and communities in the city," and now investors are putting money towards getting these tests into households.

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  • Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren want a wealth tax. Wealthy Swiss say their model could work for America.

    March 03, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Switzerland

    Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren see Switzerland's wealth tax as an inspiration for an equitable model of taxing the rich. America's current model taxes income tax on a sliding scale but rates in the U.S. are low compared to the rest of the world. The biggest obstacle is the negative public perception, even though it would only impact those who make more than $32 million. Experts advising Warren and Sanders say the highest amount of wealth per adult in the world exists in Switzerland, proving that taxing wealth instead of income tax does not negatively impact the ability to accumulate wealth.

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  • The Beautiful Place that Stopped Big Bottled Water

    March 02, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Cascade Lockes, Oregon

    Washington State could pass one of the toughest restrictions on water bottling operations in the United States, thanks to activists who raised environmental concerns over a bottling facility that wanted to open in a town. Their advocacy is modeled after a similar legal fight in Oregon, where environmentalists, Native American tribes, and labor unions came together behind the campaign. Their success could provide a plan for similar efforts in other communities.

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  • Are Tiny Homes the Solution to the Housing Crisis?

    February 27, 2020 |

    NBCLX |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Across the country, the use of tiny homes allows millenials with massive debt and other vulnerable populations to become homeowners without enormous mortgage payments. IN the North Texas suburb of Lake Dallas, the country's first tiny home neighborhood allows residents to pay fair mortgage payments while having a place of their own.

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  • Down on the Farm That Harvests Metal From Plants

    February 26, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Malaysia, Borneo

    A group of scientists in Borneo have proven that plants can supply small levels of the minerals needed to sustain industrial products such as stainless steel. Specifically, a group of plants that thrive in metallic soil can produce nickel. While a small-scale trial has been successful, scientists are in the early stages of proving this can be scaled up - to reduce fossil fuels, support the land, and make metal a product that can be farmed sustainably.

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  • University of Notre Dame converts tons of dining hall leftovers into energy

    February 25, 2020 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Notre Dame, Indiana

    The University of Notre Dame installed three Grind2Energy systems, which aims to reduce the amount of food waste from the campus’ dining halls. The systems process the waste and send it to a local dairy farm where they break down the material to produce biogas that is used to generate electrical power for 1,000 homes each day in Plymouth, Indiana. While not everyone at the university has committed to the sustainability efforts, these systems can be scaled to be used on other college campuses.

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  • This Tiny Louisiana Police Force Is a National Leader in Taking Guns From Abusers

    February 24, 2020 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Thibodaux, Louisiana

    Despite a strong gun-rights culture in the state, Louisiana law enforcement agencies use aggressive gun-confiscation laws and procedures to disarm domestic abusers as part of a wider array of protections for victims. Thanks to the work of one abuse survivor turned cop in the small south Louisiana parish of Lafourche, new laws and local-federal collaboration have spread statewide, making convicted abusers less likely to have ready access to a gun.

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  • Case-By-Case, Gun-By-Gun: Denver Investigator Is Removing Firearms From Domestic Abusers

    February 23, 2020 |

    KUNC |

    Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Denver, Colorado, district attorney’s office assigned an investigator to methodically search for signs that domestic abusers possessed prohibited guns, and then uses that information to take the guns away. Firearm prohibitions are required by federal law or through protective orders issued by courts. But enforcement in many places is spotty to nonexistent. By taking an active rather than passive approach to enforcement, the office has confiscated dozen of guns from people deemed a threat.

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  • Illegal Fishing You Can See from Space

    February 21, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Indonesia

    A space-based initiative called Global Fishing Watch is using satellite imagery and data to hold companies accountable to their promise of providing sustainable sourced seafood. While the volume of data and cost of obtaining it can be a challenge, the organization has partnered with key collaborators to help with the effort. Countries like Indonesia and Panama are working with them to stop illegal fishing.

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