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  • A sporting chance for Rohingya refugees

    Rohingya refugees in India have found a home away from home on the football pitch thanks to the Rohingya Football Club India. Founded in 2017, the club provides a place for refugees to find community and a sense of normalcy, and players say the connections they've made with other footballers have inspired them to get involved in community service or reenroll in school.

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  • How Utah can control dust from the Great Salt Lake — and why it will cost lots of money

    To prevent particulate matter air pollution from the dried-out Owens Lakebed, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power used a myriad of measures including shallow flooding, tillage, laying gravel, and planting managed vegetation.

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  • Southwest Florida works around Hurricane Ian ahead of November election

    When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle weeks before a general election in 2018, then-Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order allowing counties to expand early voting and shift polling locations, with some opting for consolidated "voting supercenters." Though turnout in affected counties dropped by 7 percent, statewide turnout increased and election workers reported that some voters were even more motivated to get to the polls because of the disaster.

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  • Saving business and upgrading the city: how entrepreneurs get relocation help in Ivano-Frankivsk

    The Save Business Now initiative in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, is helping businesses to relocate from dangerous areas of the country. Businesses fill out an online application about their needs so the organization can help them through the process of looking for a new location and connect them with experts and other businesses for support.

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  • Decolonizing Regenerative Cattle Ranching

    Regenerative agriculture — a technique originally developed by Native peoples — is a farming practice that can not only improve the quality of farms and their products but also serves as a response to growing climate change concerns. While regenerative agriculture currently only accounts for 10% of farms and ranches today, the numbers are slowly increasing.

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  • "That goodness can't be measured": how Pallium for Ukraine initiative helps seriously ill Ukrainian children

    The Pallium for Ukraine initiative organizes evacuations through Polland for seriously ill children and their families in Ukraine. Along the way, and after the journey, the organization provides them with safe places to stay, medicines, and anything else they need.

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  • Great Salt Lake a sovereign entity 'worthy of legal rights,' group says

    Save Our Great Salt Lake is a group rallying local environmental activists to push legislators to care for the Great Salt Lake and take legislative action before the ecosystem collapses. Though it will be a long, uphill battle the group’s efforts have already led to some progress from local government, such as the newly built wastewater treatment plant that aims to get more water to the Great Salt Lake.

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  • Taller grasses, deeper roots: Texas ranchers adapt to era of extremes

    In order to keep up with the demands of climate change, beef producers are shifting how pastures are planted and managed, diversifying their cattle stock, and diversifying their businesses. Planting native grasses that cover the soil and help retain moisture and rotating cattle helps ranchers prepare for climate crises, like droughts.

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  • The life-changing power of West Virginia's only queer youth summer camp

    The Appalachian Queer Youth Summit, West Virginia's only summer camp for LGBTQ2S+ teenagers, provides a welcoming venue for campers to explore their identities and connect with other queer youth, all while building skills in storytelling, advocacy, citizen lobbying, and knowing your rights. Participants have gone on to advocate for changes in their state, successfully driving efforts to ban conversion therapy at the municipal level, and have also formed a tight-knit community that extends beyond the camp grounds.

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  • Uganda's swift response to yellow fever outbreaks pays off despite challenges

    Uganda's National Guidelines for Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response outlines procedures for detection, testing, and tracking of contagious illnesses. The strategy helped curb an outbreak of yellow fever in Wakiso district after health workers determined that the five cases that emerged there were in people who had recently traveled and brought the disease back with them.

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