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  • When Wildfires Choke California, This Activist Helps Get Masks To Those Who Need Them Most

    Mask Oakland uses donations to distribute masks to overlooked and marginalized committees that need them most when wildfire smoke fills the sky in California.

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  • Microbes on the farm: a solution for climate change?

    Agricultural microbial technology can be used to create different soil applications like fertilizers and fungicides. These products can improve soil health and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere by the industry.

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  • How Washington raised $300 million for climate action from polluters 

    The first auction of Washington State’s cap-and-invest system raised $300 million dollars from businesses buying greenhouse gas emission permits. The system is meant to incentivize emission reduction while raising money to address climate change in the communities most impacted by pollution.

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  • In southern Arizona, an entire K-8 school tackles dust, COVID-19 with DIY air purifiers

    With help from Arizona State University, Red Rock Elementary school built DIY air-filtering devices called Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes for each classroom. The boxes are made up of air filters, cardboard, and a box fan and are helping to improve the air quality.

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  • In response to COVID-19, Las Cruces middle schoolers are taking action to improve the air quality of their school

    Students at Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy are taking action to protect themselves and others against COVID-19 and other allergens by building homemade air filters, called Corsi-Rosenthal boxes. The boxes are relatively inexpensive when compared to standard HEPA air filters and help reduce COVID-19 virus transmission and improve air quality. So far, students at the Academy have built nine box filters to help push clean air into their classrooms.

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  • Las Cruces middle schoolers take action to improve the air quality of their school

    Middle school students in Las Cruces, New Mexico, built homemade air filters called Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes to help improve air quality and limit the spread of COVID-19 in classrooms.

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  • Dhaka's first metro rail to drive cleaner transport and jobs

    The city government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, launched the first metro rail line. The metro provides a more reliable transportation option for residents than busses or the congested streets, and it’s run on electricity in hopes to reduce carbon emissions by encouraging people not to use their cars.

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  • Prince George's County Almost Tore Down a Playground to Put Up a Gas Station

    When plans for a new gas station were announced, community members from the Carole Highlands neighborhood organized 11 citizens living near the proposed spot for the project to make their case for why the company should withdraw their plans – and in the end, they did.

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  • This electric vehicle is wiping out air pollution in arenas

    Ice rinks in Canada are swapping ice resurfacers that run on fossil fuels and propane for electric models. The electric resurfacers don’t emit pollutants like nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide, so they improve air quality inside the arena and reduce environment-harming emissions.

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  • Facing Unique Challenges, Rural Communities Find Unique Solutions to Protect Against Wildfire Smoke Exposure

    The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection installs air-quality sensors in rural communities to address monitoring deserts where wildfire smoke affects communities but there is no data available on the exact air quality measures. The organization then works with trusted community sources, like libraries, to run public awareness campaigns and educate locals on protection measures.

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