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First Report on Multifamily Solar with Storage Shows Positive ROI

Kat Friedrich

November 06, 2015 |

Clean Energy Finance Forum |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

As climate change and burgeoning development contribute to more frequent and bigger natural disasters, often senior, disabled, and low-income residents are stranded in their homes after a big storm without power to run elevators or regulate temperatures for medicines. Research is showing that multifamily, renewable energy storage systems provide a viable and reliable source of clean, emergency backup power for these populations in event of an emergency.

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Measuring up: how open data could spur drive to meet global goals

Mark Anderson

November 04, 2015 |

The Guardian |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

Information is essential to build trust between the government and the governed, create accountability, and oppose systemic corruption. In Tanzania, a series of initiatives are working to collect, disseminate, and create new tools to capture information towards these ends.

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How one of the most obese countries on earth took on the soda giants

Tina Rosenberg

November 03, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Chiapas

El Poder del Consumidor is an organization fighting Coca-Cola's power over health care decisions in Mexico. The organization tried many tactics but only found success after finding friends with enough money to compete with the beverage industry giants.

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Minneapolis uses citywide plan to reduce youth violence

Ashley Luthern

July 18, 2015 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

After a rampant problem of violence among youths, Minneapolis enacted a violence-prevention plan which focused on collective action and stemming the causes at their source, resulting in nonfatal shootings involving youths drop by 72%. Now, other cities with similar problems are trying to follow suit.

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The ‘win-win-win' Tompkins could use to help jailed veterans

Melissa Whitworth

June 30, 2015 |

The Ithaca Voice |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

Over 220 Veterans Treatment Courts have been created across the United States, each of which helps provide services like rehabilitation and support groups instead of jail time to veterans. Courts in Ithaca, New York are thinking about implementing such programs and are looking to places like Buffalo, which has seen a decreased recidivism rate to just five percent.

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Jeb Bush says Estonians can file their taxes in five minutes. Really?

Louis Jacobson

June 04, 2015 |

PolitiFact |

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Response Location: Estonia

In Estonia, filing a tax return takes five minutes or less. The country has a simple tax system and laws that permit the government to gather data from employers, banks, and other third parties to generate pre-filled tax returns. Taxpayers review the forms and make any needed edits, then click “send.”

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The Navajo Nation Just Passed a Junk Food Tax. Too Bad Junk Food is All You Can Buy.

Tristan Ahtone

April 23, 2015 |

Talking Points Memo |

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Response Location: United States, Newcomb, New Mexico

More than 80 percent of the food sold on the Navajo Nation qualifies as “junk food”— products high in salt, fat and sugar—and Navajo citizens struggle with disproportionately high rates of heart disease, obesity and diabetes. But on April 1, the Healthy Dine Nation Act, colloquially known as the “junk food tax,” took effect in the Navajo Nation, adding a two percent tax to unhealthy foods like chips, candy and soda while eliminating taxes on healthy items like fresh fruits and vegetables.

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Education lessons from Maine, New Hampshire

Jane Lindholm Patti Daniels

April 07, 2015 |

Vermont Public Radio |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Maine

As Vermont struggles to create legislation regulating school district management and financial efficiency, the state looks to models in Maine and New Hampshire for guidance. In Maine, school districts have tried to save money and resources through consolidation; in New Hampshire, officials have reworked the way schooling is financed altogether.

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Oklahoma schools district offers insight as EPISD, YISD consider shutting schools

Lindsey Anderson

March 21, 2015 |

El Paso Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa Public Schools drew on expertise across many sectors and extensive neighborhood input to address the issue of thousands of empty seats in local schools. Through a community-focused process, they were able to mindfully close under-utilized schools and better maximize the community's resources for students.

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How cities are searching for solutions among massive mounds of data

John Lorinc

February 20, 2015 |

The Globe and Mail |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

New York City suffered from fires that erupted in overcrowded, run-down apartments. Then the city sleuthed through residential records and found that landlords who foreclosed let their properties fall apart and ignored safety-code violations. Greater Toronto wants to expand upon New York City’s method by using transportation surveys, census data and computer data to build transit lines.

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