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  • In Texas, Mexican Firefighters Are Saving the Rio Grande

    April 28, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    The Rio Grande River runs between the border of the United States and Mexico and supplies water to 5 million people across the nations. With wildfires continuously threatening the health of the river, an international firefighting crew known as Los Diablos are working to implement controlled, prescribed burns to rid the area of an invasive plant species that fuels the fires.

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  • How These Dogs Protect Elephants

    April 27, 2016 |

    National Geographic |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Ivory poaching has decreased the number of live elephants by one-fifth in the past decade. Although Kenya has ratified laws that make ivory poaching and trafficking punishable, identifying smugglers at border security is still a challenge. Airports in Kenya and Tanzania have employed dogs to sniff out ivory hidden in transit with a high success rate of 18 busts in four months at the Kenya location.

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  • Carbon credits: How to tell if they're the real deal or not

    April 22, 2016 |

    Eco-Business |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: New Zealand

    As the global community accelerates efforts to curb climate change, carbon neutral labels are becoming a common sight on products and services. How can consumers tell if these claims are the real thing or just fluff?

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  • The Navajo Are Fighting to Get Their Water Back

    April 22, 2016 |

    TakePart |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Utah

    In Navajo Nation, access to water is scarce and 38% of people don't have it. In several states tribes have been signing away their rights to rivers and other water sources in exchange for help with building the infrastructure to bring clean water to many who have been without.

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  • How Dwindling Fish Stocks Got a Reprieve

    April 19, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Giving fishermen a business incentive to fish sustainably can “unleash their creative capacity” to help solve the problem, says one expert.

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  • Controversial Railway Splits Kenya's Parks, Threatens Wildlife

    April 18, 2016 |

    National Geographic |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Tsavo

    As a new railway is built in Kenya, conservationists are using satellite collars to study elephant movement and how they interact with the transport system. There are some overpasses at various points throughout the track for the elephants to cross through, but little is known about how they are passing under the railway. While building overpasses can be costly, conservationists hope the data can convince the government to ensure that any future infrastructure will include this design to allow the animals to migrate.

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  • Can Nepal defeat its deepening energy crisis?

    April 17, 2016 |

    The Discourse |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nepal, Bhorleni

    Micro-grids powered by wind and solar energy offer a path toward alleviating energy challenges in remote, underserved areas. In Bhorleni, Nepal, the government’s Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) cooperated with the community’s Wind and Solar Energy Users’ Committee to open a renewal energy plant. The initiative represents an effort to scale efforts in other areas of Nepal to achieve the goal of clean and affordable energy.

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  • Birth Control for Bambi

    April 15, 2016 |

    Undark |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

    The overpopulation of white-tailed deer is a conservation realization and an environmental disaster for the communities that harbor them. Hastings-on-Hudson, a progressive community, has opted for a humane birth control method PZP that is injected by darts into does. The method is successful for its non-lethal approach and the population growth has slowed, but as of yet has not significantly decreased.

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  • The innovators: the smart systems driving motorists towards smarter cities

    April 03, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge

    How can traffic efficiency be improved? A Cambridge-based tech firm is pioneering apps that let drivers quickly find available parking spaces (helping save fuel by preventing them from circling the block while they look), alerting local councils when roads are icy, or even increasing the lighting on particular roads when there's an emergency.

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  • Coexisting with Carnivores

    April 01, 2016 |

    OR Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Wolves and ranchers have a long history of conflict. Today, wolves are back in Oregon, and ranchers are learning how to coexist with them, using an array of nonviolent techniques to protect both their herds and the predators.

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