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Sharing the shortage

JR Logan

May 27, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Talpa, New Mexico

Farmers and land owners in the Rio Grande del Rancho region are using a collaborative, community-based approach fostered by acequias to ensure better sharing of water resources in times of scarcity.

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After years of drought and overuse, the San Luis Valley aquifer refills

Paige Blankenbuehler

May 26, 2016 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Centre, Colorado

An over-taxed basin in Colorado is getting its water use under control through the sub-district project, an innovative user-led solution for solving water problems.

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The number one thing we can do to protect Earth's oceans

Liza Gross

May 23, 2016 |

Ensia |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

Despite humanity's shared need for healthy oceans and marine biodiversity to support life as we know it, there is no central regulatory body able to protect the massive, critical swaths of ocean beyond any one country's marine borders, where pollution and climate change are proving disastrous to the ecosystem. But as the effects of the changing oceans become more prevalent to those on land, a few determined groups are slowly bringing together various governing bodies to create reserves and pass key legislation to hopefully give our oceans - and our planet - a chance.

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U.S. Fish And Wildlife Cease Dell Creek Wolf Pack Kill

Melodie Edwards

May 20, 2016 |

Wyoming Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Bondurant, Wyoming

Growing wolf populations in Wyoming are forcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make hard decisions about culling the endangered species in order to preserve local wildlife and livestock.

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After Paris, A Move to Rein In Emissions by Ships and Planes

Fred Pearce

May 19, 2016 |

Yale Environment 360 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France, Paris

While international initiatives have helped curb carbon emissions in numerous sectors like forestry, manufacturing, and energy production, two of the biggest CO2 contributors have remained unchecked on the sidelines until recently: shipping and aviation. Thanks in part to the Paris Agreement, these industries are starting to be held accountable for their contributions to climate change, and to implement solutions such as improved practices and policies, biofuels, and more efficient technologies.

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Separation Anxiety

Avery Trufelman

May 17, 2016 |

99% Invisible |

Multi-Media |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

Garbage is an ever-mounting issue in cities around the world, as emerging economies adopt the single-use consumerism habits of the West and disposal of solid waste material becomes increasingly problematic. The city of Taipei has implemented some clever ways to help encourage citizens to reduce their trash generation - including unusual "singing garbage trucks" and making garbage disposal a more publicly visible process - while increasing incentives to compost and recycle.

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When the River Rises: an investigative report on flooding in Richland County, Ohio

Dillon Carr

May 16, 2016 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

As farmers continue to experience floods—and lack control over the dredging of the rivers running through their farms—a few have looked to homegrown solutions, and others to amending policy to create "subdistricts."

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Repaying the Human Cost of Our Gadgets

Rachel Cernansky

May 04, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

Nearly 300 people have fallen ill from working in Samsung’s Seoul-located factory. In order to advocate for those that became sick and the rights of current employees, the Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in the Semiconductor industry (SHARP) was founded. SHARP has made gains through a 24 hour presence outside the factory; developing a coalition of environmental and occupational health professionals, labor unions, and affected families; and winning a court case that linked the cause of illness to the effect of working at the Samsung factory.

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Inside the moss mystery: How the organisms helped reveal Portland's pollution

Julia Rosen

May 02, 2016 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Throughout the city of Portland, there is moss growing in urban trees. When scientists began studying its growth, they were able to not only detect a citywide air pollution problem, but also pinpoint the origin of it which allowed city officials to take steps towards mitigating the issue.

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How the bison, once nearing extinction, lived to become America's national mammal

Elahe Izadi

April 29, 2016 |

The Richmond Register |

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Response Location: United States

Bison in the United States went from being plentiful to near-extinct. Today, their numbers are strong once more and America's national mammal can be found in every state.

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