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  • الشمس تروي ظمأ ديالي وتعيد الأمل لمزارعيها

    August 17, 2025 |

    شرق العراق (East-Iraq) |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Iraq

    اعتماد المزارعين في ديالي في العراق على الطاقة المتجددة ساعدهم على تجاوز أزمة انقطاع الكهرباء وخفض تكاليف الري، وانعاش الإنتاج الزراعي. قام المزارعون بتركيب أنظمة ري تعمل بالطاقة الشمسية حيث تولد الألواح الكهربائية الطاقة اللازمة للتشغيل، مما يقلل من قيمة فواتير الكهرباء، ويساهم في تحسين الدخل، علاوة على كونها أقل تلويثا للهواء وأكثر استدامة.

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  • Can we undo extinction? A growing effort to restore lost sharks

    August 13, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia, Raja Ampat

    ReShark, the world's first shark rewilding program, has successfully transported surplus leopard shark eggs from aquariums to community-managed hatcheries in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, releasing 43 healthy juveniles that are surviving in the wild and demonstrating a replicable model for reversing marine extinctions through international collaboration and local stewardship.

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  • "C'est mieux que la clim" : à Lyon, un réseau de froid urbain rafraîchit des magasins sans rejeter d'air chaud

    August 11, 2025 |

    Franceinfo |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: France, Lyon

    À Lyon, le réseau de froid, situé sous le quartier de la Part-Dieu, est considéré comme plus efficace que la climatisation traditionnelle, refroidissant les commerces et les entreprises du quartier avec environ la moitié de l’énergie. Le système utilise l’eau souterraine pour refroidir les machines qui pompent l’eau glacée à travers un réseau de tuyaux sous la zone.

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  • As drought, climate change pressure El Paso water supply, farmers innovate to sustain orchards in one of nation's biggest pecan-growing hubs

    August 11, 2025 |

    El Paso Matters |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    El Paso pecan farmers are implementing innovative water conservation techniques—including cover crops, polymer soil treatments, and improved tillage practices—that are showing promising results in reducing water usage and salt buildup, with cover crops alone reducing weed populations by 80-90% while creating cooler, more moisture-retentive soil conditions that help orchards survive in increasingly drought-prone conditions.

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  • The 'frying pan of Spain' shows how cities can deal with extreme heat

    August 08, 2025 |

    CBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain, Seville

    Seville has implemented three innovative water-based cooling solutions—ancient Persian qanat technology, adiabatic cooling systems in 450+ schools, and urban evapotranspiration projects—that collectively reduce temperatures by 6-12°C in public spaces and buildings while using minimal energy and attracting international attention as replicable models for heat adaptation.

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  • Alaskans work to analyze and reduce risks of glacial outburst flooding

    August 02, 2025 |

    Alaska Beacon |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

    In response to recurring glacial flooding outbursts, Juneau has implemented an early warning dashboard, $8 million temporary flood barriers, and ongoing scientific research. The solutions are too new to demonstrate measurable flood damage reduction, but increased community participation in preparedness activities is one promising impact.

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  • Can rainwater-fed ponds revive Bangladesh's hilly streams?

    August 01, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Bangladesh, Khagrachhari

    In Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, conservationist Mahfuz Ahmed Russel is reviving dying streams by building artificial ponds that harvest rainwater to use in streambeds during dry seasons. Over seven years, aquatic life and vegetation have begun to repopulate and streambeds have remained wet throughout the dry season.

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  • How one California community is turning an old oil field into protected habitat

    August 01, 2025 |

    High Country News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Fullerton, California

    The Friends of Coyote Hills led a 30-year community campaign that successfully protected 24 acres of threatened habitat from development through voter mobilization, strategic fundraising, and federal wildlife protections, while securing $70 million toward purchasing the remaining 483 acres and demonstrating how grassroots organizing can leverage multiple funding sources and environmental laws to preserve urban green spaces.

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  • A forest garden project attempts to expand into the Sahel

    July 28, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Senegal

    The creation of forest gardens—the modern term for an ancient agroforestry model that mixes shrubs, herbs, vines, fruit and nut trees, and perennial vegetables—are helping supply communities in sub-Saharan Africa with food, medicine, and animal feed. The U.S.-based NGO TREES claims to have created 38,000 active forest gardens in five countries, each comprising about 4,000 trees. This has restored 99,743 acres of degraded land, having reached 56,273 farmers and their families across 174 community projects.

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  • Singapore's regreening is a model for cities everywhere

    July 22, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Singapore

    Government initiatives, certification programs, ecological consultants, and international environmental associations are all part of Singapore's concerted effort to coexist with its wildlife and reduce impacts of climate change like air pollution and stress.

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