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  • Pace of Harris County home buyouts slower than hoped for after Hurricane Harvey

    Sara Willa Ernst

    August 24, 2022 |

    Texas Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Harris County, Texas

    Harris County Flood Control District voluntary buyout program, funded by FEMA, allowed the local government to purchase entire clusters of homes in floodplains that they will repurpose for public projects that will also mitigate flood damage in the future. The district has completed almost 750 buyouts, far below buyouts in previous years, but 5,000 properties are still on the buyout list. Residents receive payments for their homes and coverage of fees like closing costs, moving costs and a variety of bonuses. Some homeowners can also receive down payment assistance and closing costs on a new home.

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  • A Bear's Necessities

    Louisa Gilbert Jemma Titheridge

    August 23, 2022 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

    A biologist studies bear dens in the forests of British Columbia, Canada, to create artificial alternatives as forestry practices make suitable dens rarer.

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  • This grass can save Salt Lake City residents water and money in Utah's drought

    Ben Winslow

    August 23, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    A Salt Lake City collaboration created a blend of grass designed to thrive in the local climate and conserve water. It uses at least 30 percent less water than traditional turf options. The city sells it to residents for $8.50 a bag.

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  • "I wanted to quit a million times, but how will they be without me?": how the Dnipro shelter saves animals from the front line

    Natalia Kulidi

    August 22, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Dnipro

    The We Are for the Right to Life animal shelter in Dnipro, Ukraine, cares for animal refugees by treating their injuries and health issues and giving them a place to stay until they can be rehomed.

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  • Surge Africa's nature-based solutions boosting Nigerian farmers' resilience to climate change

    Adam Alqali Stephen Enoch

    August 22, 2022 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Surge Africa is a nonprofit helping Nigerian farmers learn about and implement agroforestry and agroecology practices to more sustainably manage their land and improve their yields despite the negative impacts of climate change.

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  • More than a day at the beach: Piping plover volunteers work to save a species

    Peter Feuerherd

    August 20, 2022 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A secular community of volunteers formed the NYC Plover Project to watch over a group of the in-danger shorebird species that nests in sand dunes at a local beach. Volunteers scan the nesting ground for threats with binoculars and educate beachgoers about the problem at hand.

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  • Solar power helps Indian women make light work of spinning

    Moushumi Basu

    August 19, 2022 |

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    Response Location: India, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh

    Solar-powered spinning wheels allow rural women to boost their work opportunities and incomes in an environmentally-friendly manner. About 4,000 women in various villages have been trained to spin using renewable energy, a practice that benefits both the community and the individual worker.

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  • The Saguaro Solution

    Elizabeth Miller

    August 18, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    The United States Forest Service, local organizations, and volunteers came together at Tonto National Forest in Arizona to replant cacti in the Sonoran Desert after a wildfire devastated the area. So far, most of the over 700 cacti planted over the past two years have survived.

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  • Can Denmark Save Every Smørrebrød?

    Charlie Metcalfe

    August 18, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Too Good To Go offers a digital platform where food businesses can offer food approaching its expiration date at a third of its original cost. Too Good To Go helps supermarkets recover costs, connects people with cheap food and reduces food waste. Since launching in 2016, the program has saved more than 11 million meals in Denmark alone and the company has now expanded across 17 countries in Europe and North America.

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  • Nugget the cow: Seaweed-munching bovine chews on solution to methane problem

    Hadley Barndollar

    August 18, 2022 |

    Providence Journal |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    By feeding cows a seaweed diet, researchers at the University of New Hampshire are testing if the additive can reduce the amount of methane that cows burp, which contribute to climate change. Questions still remain if the seaweed impacts milk, meat, and human health, but trials suggest that the diet can reduce emissions by 20 percent.

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