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  • Cool Ways of Keeping Things Cool

    August 20, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Inventors have come up with energy-efficient refrigeration options. A fridge uses water and ice to protect vaccines in places with irregular access to electricity. An engine that runs on liquid nitrogen reduces fossil fuel dependence in food shipping.

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  • UPS Trucks Don't Turn Left and Neither Should You

    August 17, 2018 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    By having its drivers eliminate most left turns on their routes UPS has saved millions of gallons of fuel and reduced the output of tons of carbon dioxide. The company put the policy in place in 2004 after its vehicle routing software in all its trucks determined left turns wasted time and money stopping them also reduces accidents. These gains could increase exponentially if every driver eliminated left turns but that is probably unlikely.

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  • Lyft will pay you $550 to ditch your car for a month

    July 31, 2018 |

    The Verge |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Ride-sharing company Lyft is testing an experiment: they are offering $550 to 100 city residents who agree to give up their own car for one month. The $550 will come in the form of Lyft ride credit, a bike-share stipend, money toward Zipcar, and the rest toward the local public transportation train system. This is part of a greater discussion over whether personal car ownership will become obsolete; Lyft is betting the answer is yes. The company argues for the environmental and economic benefits of ride-sharing, and this test will help support that claim.

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  • Green Upgrade: How California Is Pioneering ‘Energy Justice'

    July 30, 2018 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Boasting one of the top five largest greenhouse gas cap-and-trade programs that has raised over $6.5 billion, California is leading the way in financially successful renewable energy initiatives. One of the state's more recent projects now aims to allocate a percentage of those funds to bringing renewable energy resources to lower socioeconomic communities.

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  • How 3,000 streetlights turned San Diego into America's smartest city

    July 25, 2018 |

    Digital Trends |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    A municipality’s ability to collect data and implement small changes can mean cost savings, increased efficiency, and improvements to daily life. By incorporating the ‘internet of things’ into thousands of streetlights, San Diego is able to collect and disseminate data on street usage, parking spots, and traffic optimization.

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  • The West Coast Electric Highway Enables Zero Emission Road Trips

    July 20, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Although electrical cars are not of the majority in the United States, their popularity is steadily increasing. Stretching from Baja California to British Columbia, the West Coast Electrical Highway is providing electric vehicle drivers a means to greater access to charging stations while consequently helping to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.

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  • Conserve Energy on Summer's Hottest Days With a Text

    July 13, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    Shave The Peak is an online tool that helps people cut their emissions use by informing them of peak energy times during the hottest days in the summer. The tool started as a mass email and a text sent out to 100 environmentally concerned citizens before expanding. “For now, we have to educate and involve citizen advocates using short-term projects so we can eventually create long-term change.”

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  • Undercooked: An Expensive Push to Save Lives and Protect the Planet Falls Short

    July 12, 2018 |

    ProPublica |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    An international effort to supply developing countries with low-pollution cookstoves fell short. Efforts failed to consider to what degree their new stoves really solved the problem—and whether or not people would actually use them.

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  • California slashes emissions, hits major greenhouse gas goal years early

    July 12, 2018 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Due in large part to the expanded use of renewable energy and decreased use of natural gas, California was able to cut greenhouse gas emissions significantly and ahead of their scheduled goal.

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  • Electric Rain

    June 16, 2018 |

    AzerNews |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

    Turning rainwater into electric power may sound farfetched, but it has become a reality thanks to 15-year-old Reyhan Jamalova in Azerbaijan. Appropriately dubbed Rainergy, this new source of renewable energy has the potential to bring power to underprivileged communities as well as be marketed internationally.

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