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  • Cold Hard Cash for Your Greenhouse Gas

    October 22, 2020 |

    Gimlet Media |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    Refrigerants being used in old air conditioners or grocery story cooling systems leak into the atmosphere contributing to global warming. Tradewater, a company in Illinois, picks up these containers, destroys the refrigerants, gives them cash, and then sells them as carbon offset credits. They collect up to 250,000 pounds of refrigerants per year, but there is still more out there. Supermarkets in the United States could switch to more natural refrigerants, but barely 1 percent are known to have done that. Getting rid of these refrigerants can be an important solution to combating climate change.

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  • Rogers Pass ski permit system adds to 'Holy Grail' of mitigation strategies

    October 21, 2020 |

    Jackson Hole News & Guide |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Rogers Pass, British Columbia

    Terrain closures, avalanche education, and parking management are some of the topics that Canada’s ski permit system tackles. This government-regulated permit system has resulted in zero skier-triggered slides on Rogers Pass. Officials in Wyoming as looking to their northern neighbors to see if a similar system could work at Teton Pass.

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  • These groups try to hack the vote – so that real criminals can't

    October 21, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Cyber security simulations are taking place across the country to help everyone, from government officials to journalists, to identify election-related cyber threats and coordinated disinformation campaigns and make plans to strengthen defenses against them. One company, Cybereason, holds simulation events, sometimes bringing together law enforcement officers from agencies including the Secret Service and FBI, to think through potential security threats and come up with corresponding solutions. Running through security breach simulations helps plan for a quick response to deal with the challenges.

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  • Citizens' Assemblies let everyday people make important city decisions. Let's bring them to Philly.

    October 19, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Citizens' assemblies, where a randomly selected representative sample of people work together to make decisions and find policy solutions to social issues, is an effective approach to decision-making that bridges polarization. It also minimizes the influence of special interests in decision making. America In One Room gathered 500 people in Texas to address topics such as immigration and healthcare, among others, and it showed that people tend to find common ground after deliberative discussions. Citizens’ assemblies have successfully informed policy decisions in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and France.

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  • Billions in COVID Relief Has Gone to Farmers. Just Not Black or Family-Owned Farms in Appalachia.

    October 19, 2020 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Several organizations — including the Kentucky Black Farmer Fund, Community Farm Alliance, and Black Soil: Our Better Nature — are working together to provide disaster relief funds during the COVID-19 pandemic to Black farmers. They’ve been able to award 43 small farms with a one-time payment of up to $750, which was used to purchase equipment or personal protective equipment. That amount can only help them so much, but it’s a step in helping Black farmers receive federal aid, which they historically have been left out of.

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  • Yemen's ‘microgrid girls' power community amid war and COVID-19

    October 18, 2020 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Yemen, Abs

    A solar-grid station is powering rural Yemeni communities on the front-line of the war and in the midst of COVID-19, while also empowering women who typically have very few professional opportunities. The microgrid project supplies the community with affordable and clean energy, replacing expensive diesel generators which are bad for the environment. Electricity bills have been cut by 65 percent, an impressive gain in one of the world's poorest country. Thousands of entrepreneurs have generated income based on the new electricity source and many more have benefitted from new services and products available.

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  • Towson University professor aims to bolster local election security at voting sites

    October 16, 2020 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Annapolis, Maryland

    More than 1,930 Maryland poll workers were trained to protect ballot integrity from security threats based on research about where those threats may come from. The program, one of the few in the country focused on election security at polling places themselves, was developed by a researcher inspired by reports of Russian interference with the 2016 election. The research showed Maryland's greatest vulnerabilities were electronic poll data and voter registration, the network connection between election officials and local election boards, and access to ballot scanners at voting sites.

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  • ‘Energy Aggregation' Has the Potential to Transform How We Get Power, But Hurdles Remain Audio icon

    October 14, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    California communities are turning to “community choice aggregators,” which allows them to buy electricity from green providers and have more control over the energy grid. However, the financial pressure for these programs to offer competitive rates as public utilities can mean that the programs might increase their dependence on cheaper, less green energy sources. So far, 21 of these community-choice programs are in the Golden State, serving 10 million customers.

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  • Snowsheds are just one part of Rogers Pass' extensive avalanche program

    October 14, 2020 |

    Jackson Hole News & Guide |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Rogers Pass, British Columbia

    Snowsheds are just one tool in Canada’s arsenal to combat the impacts avalanches can have on their complex road systems. Snowsheds are aboveground tunnels where snow can travel over it and into the river, thereby reducing the number of road closures to cleanup the aftermath and allowing thousands of drivers to continue on their journeys. This idea is being explored by state officials in Wyoming as a way to improve their avalanche-mitigation tactics.

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  • Latinos hold almost half of all elected positions in Fresno County. Here's how they made gains

    October 09, 2020 |

    The Fresno Bee |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    Latino and Latina politicians hold 48% of Fresno County’s elected positions. These gains were facilitated by the California Voting Rights Act, which calls for the use of district elections instead of citywide races in areas where communities feel disenfranchised. Districts are smaller units, so candidates are elected by their immediate community rather than the entire city. Financing a district election campaign is also more reasonable. District elections lessen the disproportionate influence of populations that historically have higher voter turnout. About 130 of 450 cities have adopted district elections.

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