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  • Oregon Is Turning Sewage into an Endless Supply of Green Energy

    Britany Robinson

    March 17, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Clackamas county, Oregon

    A wastewater treatment plant in Oregon not only cleans water that is released into the local river, but it also creates fertilizer that is sent to farmers to use on non-food crops and it produces renewable power from methane. The green energy created at the plant heats five buildings on the site and produces half of the energy the facility uses. This kind of co-generation system is growing in other places in the United States, China, Brazil, and Norway.

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  • Kansas increasingly meeting the need for rural broadband speed

    Stan Finger

    March 16, 2022 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas

    Kansas has increased access to high-quality broadband, especially in rural areas, by using $60 of the $250 million Congress allocated to Kansas for coronavirus-related costs. The Statewide Broadband Expansion Planning Task Force had already made recommendations to the state legislature, which were approved in the 2020 session. Companies who won the bids to expand access quickly deployed about 350 miles of fiber and fixed wireless service in some areas. Other grant-funded initiatives will continue to improve access, particularly to low-income areas.

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  • The ‘timber detectives' on the front lines of illegal wood trade

    Peter Yeung

    March 09, 2022 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

    At the Thünen Institute in Germany, a team of 15 people are working to identify culprits of the world’s third largest criminal sector: the illegal wood trade. Since 2013, they have been analyzing and identifying the origin of wood products to determine if they were made from endangered or protected tree species. In 2021, they analyzed about 10,000 samples and are working with organizations and authorities around the world to prevent illegal logging.

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  • AirBnB regs may impact housing markets. But what about housing local workers?

    Billy Arnold

    March 09, 2022 |

    Jackson Hole News & Guide |

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    Response Location: United States, Truckee, California

    In response to a tight housing market that's left locals with few options to buy a home, communities like Truckee, Calif. instituted short term rental regulations intended to curb purchases by part-time residents. But there's not enough data to prove that these rules are having the intended effect, and in many communities, housing prices haven't budged.

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  • Pandemic Disruptions Created an Opportunity for Organic School Meals in California

    Lisa Held

    February 28, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The West Contra Costa Unified School District saw loosened regulations during the pandemic as an opportunity to tie up with local organic farms and producers and ensure hundred percent organic meals to students from low-income families. This is part of a growing effort in the state that recognizes school lunch as a way to not just provide the healthiest food to students but also to support a more sustainable food system that helps address climate change.

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  • Despite Hurdles, Automatic Voter Registration Law Adds to Voter Rolls

    Amanda Vinicky

    February 23, 2022 |

    WTTW-PBS |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    Illinois’ 2018 automatic voter registration law resulted in 111,000 additional voter registration applications. Under the automatic system, eligible voters are automatically registered to vote with their most up-to-date address and information every time they interact with state agencies, like the DMV. Each time there is a new interaction with a state agency, voter rolls are updated and individuals who don’t want to be registered can proactively opt-out.

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  • California Gives a Big Boost to Corner Stores that Sell Fresh Produce

    S. E. Smith

    February 22, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, the state's Healthy Grant Refrigeration Program is enabling corner stores and small markets with means for refrigeration and distribution channels so they can offer fresh food to residents in their communities who otherwise do not have access to it.

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  • One Cow Per Poor Family Initiative Improving Livelihoods In Eastern Rwanda

    John Mugisha

    February 17, 2022 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Rwimbogo

    The “one cow per poor family” initiative in Rwanda seeks to increase household income and fight malnutrition by giving families a cow to raise. Once the cow gives birth, the calf is given to another family to raise, keeping the process going. Since the program started in 2006, a total of 341,065 cows have been distributed and residents say it has improved their livelihoods.

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  • The Eco-Friendlier Future of the Disposable Spork

    Michaela Haas

    February 11, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Schwedt

    A clean-tech startup in Germany is producing sustainable food packaging out of agricultural waste as an alternative solution to single-use plastic. Bio-Lutions claims its products are compostable and uses less water than other products, but the material used won’t work for some food items like hot beverages. The company already has investors such as Delivery Hero that will use its products when the factory is producing compostable packaging.

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  • How to recycle the unrecyclable

    Kai Steinecke

    February 11, 2022 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany

    A chemical recycling plant in Germany is taking old tires and turning them back into their original components. From there, those materials can be used in the production of insulation, steel, and oil. The gas that is discharged during the process is also used to power the whole plant. Other plants around the world are also exploring how to take plastic waste and chemically recycle it instead of burning it, so there are less carbon emissions.

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