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  • San Diego's Organic Waste Recycling program shows progress after first full year

    October 30, 2024 |

    KGTV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    To reduce methane emissions, California law SB 1383 requires every resident to recycle their organic waste instead of sending it to the landfill. San Diego residents put their organic waste into green bins to be picked up and composed.

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  • Is Denver's Big Bet on E-Bikes Paying Off?

    October 30, 2024 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Since 2022, Denver has given out almost 15,000 electric bike rebates via an online portal to make them a more accessible transportation option. The applications are so popular they’re gone in seconds, and they can only be redeemed in person at participating local bike shops.

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  • Report finds guaranteed income helped Louisvillians save money and avoid evictions

    October 23, 2024 |

    Louisville Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The city of Louisville, Kentucky, offered some residents of low-income neighborhoods $500 a month for a year with no strings attached as a part of its first ever guaranteed income program. The funds allowed people to start building savings and prevented evictions.

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  • The Futures of Right Whales and Lobstermen Are Entangled. Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Them Both?

    October 20, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Provincetown, Massachusetts

    Lobster is a crucial economic resource in New England, but entanglements with the fishing line from lobster traps are a major cause of death for endangered North Atlantic right whales. Scientists and lobstermen are testing ropeless, on-demand gear that minimizes the risk for whales and allows fishing to continue in areas that would otherwise be closed for months as the whales pass through.

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  • Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids

    October 18, 2024 |

    Canary Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Hot Springs, North Carolina

    A small community in the mountains of North Carolina, Hot Springs, relied on a solar-powered microgrid with battery storage when the substation that supplied its power washed away in the flooding after Hurricane Helene. Microgrids like that could be a critical part of building extreme weather resilience elsewhere, too.

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  • Minnesota cities tap utility fees to help fund local clean energy and climate action

    October 17, 2024 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Cities in Minnesota are using utility franchise fees to fund sustainability projects. The fees, which are usually passed on to customers via a small monthly charge, are collected from utility companies in return for allowing their infrastructure in public rights-of-way.

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  • Solar Power Brings Water to Thirsty Nigerian Community

    October 16, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Dala Dayeri, Borno State

    Community members, in collaboration with the non-profit Save the Children and the United States Agency for International Development, installed a solar-powered borehole earlier this year, making clean water more accessible to the village. Community members regularly clean the water taps and perform system maintenance to ensure the water supply isn’t disrupted, as the solar-powered solution has become their primary source of clean water.

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  • How One Indian State Went 100% Organic

    October 15, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Sikkim

    In 2016, the agricultural industry in Sikkim, India, was declared 100% organic. The process was intentionally slow, taking over a decade as programs like chemical fertilizer bans, organic certification training, and model villages demonstrating organic practices were implemented to ease the transition.

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  • Fighting Water Scarcity and Disease: Kenya's Sand Dam Revolution

    October 14, 2024 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kajiado West

    Amidst water scarcity and increased waterborne diseases, community members are using sand dams, an innovative water management system, to conserve rainwater for daily use. Sand dams offer extended water storage capabilities, lasting up to a year, ensuring community members have consistent access to clean water for farming, cooking and general hygiene. There are currently six sand dams in the community serving 600 households.

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  • A Year After Historic Civil Rights Settlement, Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities

    October 12, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Hope Hull, Alabama

    The nonprofit Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Projects is installing advanced, three-stage wastewater filtration systems at homes in Lowndes County, Alabama, where effective wastewater treatment options are urgently needed. The nonprofit installs and maintains the systems for $20 per month, using two major federal grants to cover the upfront costs.

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