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  • Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

    July 07, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Ten Mile, South Carolina

    Ten Mile, a community in South Carolina settled by freed slaves after the Civil War, is fighting climate gentrification and flooding by preserving land through forestry projects, land trusts, and greenbelt initiatives. Saving green spaces this way maintains the character of the historic Black neighborhood while promoting flood resiliency.

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  • B.C. caribou pens found to be an 'unequivocal' success

    July 05, 2024 |

    North Shore News |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    The West Moberly First Nations and the Saulteau First Nation are working together to save the local Klinse-Za caribou herd from disappearing. They created a large fenced habitat where caribou and newborn calves can survive away from predators and keep a careful watch on the animals.

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  • How Native Nations Forced Federal Investment in Salmon Reintroduction

    July 02, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Colville Indian Reservation, United States, Washington

    The Upper Columbia United Tribes are working to reintroduce salmon along the Upper Columbia River after the Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams altered the environment, preventing the salmon from returning. Their research on the impact of the dam on the river, salmon, and their culture has pressured the U.S. government to uphold its obligations to them. So far, it’s committed $200 million for the reintroduction efforts as a result.

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  • How the Nez Perce are using an energy transition to save salmon

    July 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: Nez Perce Reservation, United States, Lapwai, Idaho

    The Nez Perce Tribe is installing solar panels on homes and community buildings across their reservation with the goal of producing enough energy to replace the hydroelectric dams on the Snake River responsible for the diminishing salmon and steelhead populations.

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  • Virtual reality experience promotes understanding of challenges faced by transgender individuals

    June 28, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    An interactive virtual reality experience developed with transgender individuals called Body of Mine VR is fostering empathy and understanding by sharing personal narratives and anecdotes that demonstrate their journeys, struggles, and triumphs.

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  • Help is On the Way: Filling the Gap for Black Teachers

    June 27, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Center for Black Educator Development aims to attract more Black students to teaching careers through courses at career and technical education centers, summer apprenticeship programs for high school and college students, and paid fellowships for participants who go on to pursue education in college. The organization has awarded 55 fellowships since its inception and employs roughly 100 students each summer in its apprenticeship programs.

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  • With prayers and well wishes, students release thousands of salmon fry in Okanagan waters

    June 27, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Okanagan Nation, Canada, Penticton, British Columbia

    The Okanagan Nation Alliance leads a Fish in Schools program that donates fish spawn and the equipment to raise them to elementary and secondary schools near their territory. Thousands of fish raised by the students are released into local waterways during ceremonies at the end of the school year as a part of their efforts to bring salmon back to the area.

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  • Recycling isn't easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway.

    May 28, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Muscogee (Creek) Nation, United States, Oklahoma

    The United States Envrionmental Protection Agency is distributing grant money to help tribes like the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma start and grow recycling programs, as funding is often a massive hurdle. The tribe was able to purchase equipment like a semi-truck and compactor with the funds.

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  • From trailer parks to night clubs, this NC group is on a mission to get out the Latino vote

    May 23, 2024 |

    Wilmington StarNews |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    Siempra NC canvasses places like grocery stores, community colleges, flea markets, and trailer parks to register Latino voters, who represent an increasing share of the state’s population but typically have low turnout at the polls. Since January, the organization has registered more than 1,000 people statewide.

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  • The queer book bike serving Brooklyn

    May 15, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Volunteers distribute free LGBTQ2S+ literature to the Brooklyn community via the Nonbinarian Book Bike, a mutual-aid project focused on filling the gap in bookstores and libraries to connect people to queer literature.

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