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  • An overlooked climate solution unfolds in Memphis' energy challenges

    January 23, 2024 |

    Tennessee Lookout |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Memphis Gas Light and Water’s weatherization program is helping city residents prepare their homes for increasingly intense storms in ways that also reduce their energy use from fossil-fuel-derived sources and their utility bills. Contractors may install a new air conditioner or repair walls, but the resident is never charged for the services because ratepayers round up their bills to cover the cost.

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  • Plastic bag bans have already prevented billions of bags from being used, report finds

    January 23, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    A plastic bag ban in New Jersey helped eliminate more than 5.5 billion plastic bags annually, keeping the single-use plastic out of the environment where it can harm wildlife and contribute to pollution. However, some researchers question whether plastic bags are truly worse for the environment than single-use paper bags or reusable cotton bags, and some states have passed laws preventing local governments from adopting their own bans on plastic bags.

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  • At Sahara's edge, old habits protect crops from new climate

    January 19, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Senegal, Ndiob

    Farmers in Ndiob, Senegal, have returned to an ancient technique called zaï to combat drought, use less fertilizer, and increase their yields. Zaï involves drilling holes in the soil so rainwater can fill them and soak into the land instead of running off.

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  • A drying sea half a world away carries a message for those worried about the Great Salt Lake

    January 18, 2024 |

    Great Salt Lake Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    At the steadily shrinking Aral Sea and the Great Salt Lake, officials have stemmed some of the water, salinity, and biodiversity losses by sectioning off healthier sections of the bodies of water with a dam and a causeway.

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  • Power of Mama: the women firefighters of West Borneo

    January 18, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Ketapang

    An all-women firefighting team in Ketapang, Indonesia, is stopping people from setting fires to clear land, a practice called slash and burn, and putting out the fires they can’t prevent. Arsonists often set fire to peatlands, which pollutes the air and releases stored carbon dioxide.

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  • Yellowstone Club becomes first ski resort in Montana to turn wastewater into snow 

    January 18, 2024 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    The Yellowstone Club ski resort in Montana is misting treated wastewater into the air with machines to make snow. This keeps its ski runs open during dry winters and produces more runoff in the summers to recharge crucial aquifers.

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  • Houses that breathe: Vietnamese architects turning the tide to tackle climate change 

    January 15, 2024 |

    Mekong Eye |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    Architects in Vietnam are creating climate-resilient buildings with nature-based designs and materials that adapt to the local weather to reduce the building’s emissions throughout its lifespan by naturally regulating the temperature.

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  • Tidal power: What's holding it back?

    January 14, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    Researchers in South Korea and Ireland are harnessing the power from the up, down, and side-to-side motions of ocean tides as a source of renewable energy.

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  • This Louisiana town moved to escape climate-linked disaster

    January 13, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Isle de Jean Charles, United States, Louisiana

    In the face of increasing land loss and flooding due to coastal erosion and climate change, the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe made the decision to relocate their community to higher ground. After winning a grant from the National Disaster Resilience Competition, the tribe worked closely with the Louisiana state government to figure out where and how the new community would be built.

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  • Shining a Light on Snake Bites

    January 11, 2024 |

    Bluedot Living |

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    Response Location: India, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

    The addition of solar power mini-grids provides electricity to 50 houses in the village, making it possible for residents to monitor their homes for snakes — something that’s impossible to do without light — and prevent fatal snake bites. The 50 mini-grids were provided for free and since their installation in February 2023, the village hasn’t reported a single snake bite case.

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