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  • In Pa., climate change stresses old infrastructure. Stormwater fees are seen as a way to help limit flooding, pollution

    August 21, 2023 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

    Stormwater fees, which are based on property runoff, are funding infrastructure upgrades and green spaces to absorb rainwater, reduce damage from flooding and improve water quality. Several municipalities have seen reduced flood damage and increased water quality after implementing stormwater fees, and have even hosted community events to educate residents on how the fees are used to make improvements.

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  • How this youth group redefined voter engagement in Adamawa

    August 21, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Adamawa

    The nonprofit YIAGA Africa is increasing voter participation in general elections by providing grants to youth across Nigera looking to launch their own voter engagement projects. The grant recipients help people register to vote, run awareness campaigns, and work with local organizations.

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  • Marvin Hayes Is Spreading ‘Compost Fever' in Baltimore. He Thinks it Might Save the City.

    August 21, 2023 |

    Capital B (National) |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The grassroots Baltimore Compost Collective is pushing to end the city’s reliance on waste-to-energy incineration and combat climate change by teaching locals the importance of composting, and how it can improve the polluted urban soil to help them grow food.

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  • Nonprofits work to fill in gap to provide food to migrants

    August 18, 2023 |

    Spectrum News 1 New York |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Poughkeepsie, New York

    Community food organization Fareground is providing free meal donations to migrant men staying in nearby hotels. The group is providing fresh produce and hot meals to those in need as the local government works to push the Biden administration to expedite work authorization for migrants.

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  • Where sun pays the bills: how a village in India is testing the limits of solar power

    August 17, 2023 |

    Unbias The News |

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    Response Location: India, Modhera

    Thanks to a government-funded electrification project, Modhera is the first solar-powered village in India, and as a result, nearly all of the residents pay nothing for electricity. Instead, they earn money from selling unused power back to the grid.

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  • The Trans Community is Fighting Tough New Laws

    August 17, 2023 |

    Solutionaries |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Given legislative changes restricting access to hormone therapy and medical care for transgender individuals, many groups and individuals across the U.S. have developed community-based healthcare clinics and support networks to serve impacted individuals. One organization, Plume, has helped 13,000 patients in 45 states with its virtual gender-affirming care, which includes hormone therapy, primary care, and mental health support, plus legal and social navigation assistance.

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  • ‘We Have a Right to Put It on the Ballot': How Organizers Are Defending Direct Democracy

    August 16, 2023 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Organizations in politically divided states like Arkansas, Idaho and Ohio are hard at work to protect direct democracy through community organizing and education. These groups have rallied to pass measures like minimum wage increases, medical marijuana and have even organized voters to fail ballot measures like Ohio’s recent Issue 1.

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  • Episcopal mobile ministry distributes necessities to people displaced by Maui wildfires

    August 15, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Maui, Hawaii

    A Cup of Cold Water is a volunteer collaboration between four local Episcopal churches that has been providing assistance to residents who lost their homes in the recent wildfires through the group’s community outreach program. Since a day after the wildfires started on August 8, volunteers have driven a van around the island to distribute supplies like toiletries, food, clothing, bottled water and other necessities.

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  • Jovem timorense transforma água do mar em potável e ajuda famílias em Liquiçá

    August 15, 2023 |

    Diligente |

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    Response Location: Timor-Leste, Liquiçá

    Cooperativa mantém projeto para tirar sal da água do mar e oferecer para a população. A produção vendida tem certificado do Ministério da Saúde do Timor Leste e minimiza o problema da falta de água potável.

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  • A Community-Led Approach to Stopping Flooding Expands

    August 10, 2023 |

    Borderless Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    The Center for Neighborhood Technology’s RainReady program is creating flood mitigation projects most suitable for Illinois communities in need by ensuring community members have input. The program designs nature-based solutions, like widening creeks and installing rain gardens, based on demographics and flood data. And community committees are involved throughout.

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