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FEMA Is Going Door-to-Door to Help Vermont Flood Victims

Hannah Feuer

September 25, 2024 |

Seven Days |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Vermont

Federal Emergency Management Agency employees are knocking on doors across Vermont to demystify the financial assistance process and help people impacted by flooding apply.

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Slaughterhouse Workers Seek a 'Brave New Life' but Challenges Remain

Grace Hussain

September 24, 2024 |

Sentient |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Greeley, Colorado

The volunteer-run Brave New Life Project is helping slaughterhouse workers in Colorado find less-grueling jobs that are meaningful and pay as well as the slaughterhouse. The nonprofit helps them create resumes, get transportation to new jobs, and access translation services.

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The Poachers Who Could Save Mexico's Vaquita

Daniel Shailer

September 24, 2024 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, San Felipe

Seeking to protect the endangered vaquita, a charity in San Felipe, Mexico, is encouraging fishers who poach totoaba, another endangered species, to swap their gillnets for cimbra. The hook-and-line style fishing equipment allows them to target totoaba that are worth more, meaning they can catch less while making the same or more income and keep other species out of the often harmful nets.

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How a North Carolina Farmer is Moving Toward a Sustainable Future

Dawn Attride

September 23, 2024 |

Sentient |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Transformation, an initiative aiming to end factory farming, is helping chicken farmers who are in debt and looking to transition out of the industry convert their barns into greenhouses.

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They've Got a Plan to Fight Global Warming. It Could Alter the Oceans.

Brad Plumer Raymond Zhong

September 23, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

The startup CarbonRun developed a machine that adds limestone to rivers to increase the amount of carbon dioxide they trap. Adding the alkaline substance to the water as a powder converts carbon dioxide into a stable molecule, which keeps it underwater.

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Would mandatory voting work in the U.S.? Australia's success shows the way.

Dan Tucker

September 23, 2024 |

WBEZ |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Australia

Australia has compulsory voting, which means those who don’t vote in federal elections will face a small fine. After the policy was instituted in 1924, turnout for federal elections shot up from about 60% of registered voters to more than 90% and has never dropped below 89% in the century since. Proponents also say the system results in better representation that more accurately reflects the country’s demographics, and because more of the population votes, politicians must appeal to a broader electorate rather than focusing on ideological extremes.

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From wastelands to wetlands: The fight to save Sri Lanka's natural flood buffers

Zinara Rathnayake

September 21, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sri Lanka, Colombo

Sections of the massive network of wetlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka, went from being overwhelmed by garbage to biodiverse ecosystems that are a critical part of urban planning and flood prevention. The government and community groups worked to clean them up, and keep them clean, so the wetlands can do what they’re naturally good at.

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'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5,000-year flood

Sophie Hardach

September 20, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Austria, Vienna

Vienna’s flood risk management strategy and flood defense system are critical to protecting the city as Europe experiences one of its most flood-plagued periods. They consist of a flood control channel that eases water pressure on the river and plenty of emergency drills.

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These Alabama Workers Were Swamped by Medical Debt. Then Their Employer Stepped In.

Noam N. Levey

September 19, 2024 |

KFF Health News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The PhiferCares Clinic and pharmacy offers its employees and their families free healthcare and prescriptions. Phifer, a global manufacturing company, opened the clinic five years ago as a way to prevent medical bills from driving coworkers into debt and keeping them from retirement. This no-cost access to healthcare has helped 90% of Phifer employees hit their retirement goals, up from about 75% five years ago.

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From Scooters to Microtransit, Cities Are Embracing Alternatives to Short Car Trips

Sarah Sax

September 18, 2024 |

Time Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Getting to public transportation can be difficult for commuters. Microtransit is easing that burden and reducing emissions by replacing individual car trips. Partnerships between cities and companies ensure shared, on-demand scooters, bikes, or vehicles are available to help people reach public transportation.

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