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  • Northern Lights: Large-Scale Solar Power Is Spreading Across the U.S.

    March 23, 2017 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Once largely confined to the desert Southwest, solar power is making its way across the United States. Due to decreasing prices in installations, coupled with government incentives and increasing knowledge of energy harvesting capabilities, solar has recently found its way into places such as Idaho, Maine, Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, and Nebraska - with places like Georgia and Florida are looking to expand. Despite the pushback from the newest presidential administration, even cynics of the solar power movement are declaring it the most viable option.

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  • A passive house takes an active stand for the environment

    March 22, 2017 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    The heating and cooling of homes accounts for some of the greatest energy consumption in the United States, and contributes significantly to the release of CO2 into the atmosphere. A movement of "passive housing" is cropping up in response - the building of small, low-impact houses that are energy efficient and eco-conscious. One in Boulder, CO - built by an amateur architect - has received international certification and may serve as a model for future housing construction.

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  • Renewables roadshow: how the 'nonna effect' got Darebin's pensioners signing up to solar

    March 22, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Australia, Darebin, Victoria

    Although solar installations have been on the rise, it's often those that could most benefit from this renewable energy source that can't access it. The Darebin City Council in Australia recognized this challenge faced by very low-income households, and began what is now known as the Solar Saver program. Although it initially began as a way to help these families cut electricity costs, it is now focused on making solar more accessible by providing no cost installations and a 10-year payment plan that ultimately helps the families cut costs.

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  • While Trump promotes coal, other countries are turning to cheap sun power

    March 21, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Chile

    The Atacama Desert in Chili is known to be so arid, that very little can survive the harsh climate. Despite its inhospitable climate, however, it is the world’s best place to produce solar energy. In fact, it's so ideal for producing solar energy, the Chilean Energy Minister Andrés Rebolledo claims that “we’re talking about an infinite fuel source.”

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  • Sea Ice Retreat Could Lead to Rapid Overfishing in the Arctic

    March 17, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

    As arctic sea ice continues to melt at alarming rates due to climate change, new concerns about increased exposure of these virgin waters to the ravages of commercial fishing arise. Taking lessons from the population collapse of fish populations in the Bering Straight due to lack of regulation and data, international leaders from nations along the Arctic Circle are working together to protect these new territories and hopefully preserve capacities for the future.

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  • Solar air heating in factories reduces carbon emissions

    March 10, 2017 |

    India Climate Dialogue |

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    Response Location: India, Theni

    Businesses across India are using a practice called solar air heating to produce electricity and energy more efficiently. The process – which uses black, rooftop surfaces to capture heat under a glass panel that’s then carried through forced air and pipelines – has shown to save time and money in its effectiveness and ability to reduce traditional energy consumption.

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  • The 'sun king' who built a solar city in China

    March 08, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: China, Dehzou, Shandong

    Shandong Province in China is burdened with heavy air pollution due to being a hub of coal mining. To create a cleaner energy system, one man created a "city" entirely powered by solar energy, complete with a "solar museum" and "solar hotel". The buildings are designed to adopt solar panels into its structure, making the "city" not only beneficial to the environmental, but a one-of-a-kind architectural masterpiece.

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  • A beneficial way to dispose of the Sierra's lost trees: Use them for energy

    March 07, 2017 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    What do you do with 102 million dead trees, strewn across the Sierra Nevada’s forests? According to California’s Forest Service, something productive; previously left to stand in place and risk spreading fire at a much faster rate, the trees are now being used to produce energy. Though this solution had been tested in the 1990s and was found to produce more environmental harm than good, a few small, innovative companies are now working to extract energy through an environmentally sound method.

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  • Dinheiro que dá em árvore

    March 07, 2017 |

    InfoAmazonia |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Mato Grosso

    O especial multimídia mostra como agricultores familiares, técnicos ambientais e governantes ajudam o Brasil a produzir alimentos e a recuperar a floresta amazônica na região do Mato Grosso.

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  • Nepal brick kilns rebuilt after quake become cleaner

    March 07, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    Kathmandu is one of the most polluted countries in the world--a title once caused by the excess smoke produced by brick creation in the city. However, after a 2015 earthquake destroyed much of the old technology used to fuel the brick industry, leaders took to leveraging updated technology with an increase in energy and production efficiency.

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