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  • Massachusetts cities are quickly embracing new emission-slashing building code option

    September 03, 2024 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    The Massachusetts state government introduced a new building code, called the specialized stretch code, to set new construction up for decreased fossil fuel use. It’s an opt-in code, so municipalities vote on whether to adopt it, and many have.

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  • La falla fatal en las operaciones de rescate de la Patrulla Fronteriza

    September 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Muchos creen que la Patrulla Fronteriza debería tener la responsabilidad principal por los rescates y la recuperación de migrantes. La agencia forma parte de CBP, la que a su vez es parte del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, con recursos muchas veces mayores que los de los equipos de emergencia locales y de organizaciones sin fines de lucro. Pero varios trabajadores humanitarios e investigadores fronterizos ven un conflicto de intereses entre el mandato principal de la agencia de detener y deportar a los migrantes, y el objetivo humanitario de salvar sus vidas.

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  • Selling America: The Army's fight to find recruits in a mistrustful, divided nation

    August 30, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Toms River, New Jersey

    Amidst dismal recruitment numbers, the army is struggling and trying all it can to build trust with people and encourage them to join in a climate where American institutions are facing fierce criticism. It’s an ongoing process of trial and error. Despite its shortcomings, the army is seeing some success with programs like the Future Soldier Preparatory Course, which provides tutoring and physical training to help enlistees pass the ASVAB exam. This year alone, about 23,000 recruits have participated in the program.

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  • At the Border, a Shelter By — And For — Muslim Women

    August 29, 2024 |

    Sojourners |

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    Albergue Assabil (the Shelter of the Path), by the Latina Muslim Foundation, is the first women-led Muslim shelter along the U.S.-Mexico border. It has been in operation since June 2022, providing a safe space for women migrants, supplying them with food, clothing, shelter and sanctuary regardless of their religious, social or cultural background. In the past two years, the shelter has helped about 3,000 migrant women.

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  • Kansas City saved energy by switching to LED streetlights. But it has bigger climate issues

    August 29, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Kansas City has converted nearly 100,000 of its streetlights to LED bulbs over the last several years. The swap saves on energy, meaning less power is needed from the local coal-fired power plant.

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  • How a Technology Similar to Fracking Can Store Renewable Energy Underground Without Lithium Batteries

    August 27, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Three startups in Houston are using a technique similar to fracking, a practice used in the oil and gas industry, to store renewable energy without batteries. They use excess renewable energy to pump pressurized water into manmade caverns underground. When energy is needed, they open the caverns, sending the water back to the surface to turn a turbine and generate power.

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  • Is Housing First a cure for homelessness?

    August 27, 2024 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    The Housing First model focuses on helping people experiencing homelessness to find stable housing and meet their basic needs before addressing anything else. It's taking off in cities across the United States.

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  • Across California, jurisdictions work collaboratively to comply with regulations put in place by the state's food recovery legislation

    August 27, 2024 |

    Waste Today |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In 2016, California adopted a law to reduce the amount of organic waste in state landfills by 75 percent, which led cities and counties to develop their own organic waste diversion programs, such as organic waste collection and edible food recovery. In 2022, 11.2 million tons of organic waste were diverted, while 201,000 tons of edible food were recovered that year.

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  • Michigan clerks say pre-processing absentee ballots led to faster results

    August 27, 2024 |

    Votebeat Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    After Michigan updated laws surrounding the processing of absentee ballots, local clerks were able to begin opening, verifying, and scanning absentee ballots up to eight days before the state’s August primary, depending on the size of the city or town. In Detroit, election staff were able to report 80% of the absentee ballot results by 10:30 p.m. on election day, as opposed to the next morning, which clerks say helps avoid public concerns about election security.

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  • El Paso solar cooperative helps homeowners save thousands on rooftop solar. It may be back next year.

    August 25, 2024 |

    El Paso Matters |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    Several nonprofits are running a solar cooperative in El Paso, Texas, that helps homeowners come together to buy and install solar panels in bulk, which makes them more affordable.

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