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'Transformative': More college programs are slowly coming into prisons

Amanda Hernández

April 29, 2024 |

Stateline |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The United States Department of Education made federal Pell Grants available to college students who are incarcerated to help cover school expenses. This spurred the development of new prison education programs and partnerships with colleges.

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Inside the Icelandic plant turning CO2 into rocks

Adrienne Murray

April 28, 2024 |

BBC |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Iceland

A direct carbon capture plant in Iceland sucks carbon dioxide out of the air, mixes it with water, and pumps it underground to help combat climate change. When the mixture reaches the basalt bedrock, it causes a chemical reaction that turns the carbon into a solid so it can be stored underground in the porous rock.

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Mexico's Floating Gardens Are an Ancient Wonder of Sustainable Farming

Peter Yeung

April 26, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

Farmers in Mexico are keeping a 1,000-year-old tradition alive to produce reliable yields of healthy crops despite facing historic droughts. They're using chinampas, which are man-made “floating gardens” created by placing soil from the lake on top of reeds and grasses.

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Philly Is Giving Free SEPTA Rides to 25,000 Low-Income Residents. No Strings Attached.

Maylin Tu

April 26, 2024 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A pilot program in Philadelphia is providing low-income residents with unlimited free rides on public transportation, which they may not otherwise be able to afford. Participants did not need to apply and were selected by lottery or through community-based organizations.

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After UT Austin protest crackdown, Houston students push limits of free speech

Brooke Kushwaha

April 26, 2024 |

Chron |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

As campus free speech is under fire, university student groups like Students for Justice in Palestine are pivoting their protesting and organizing efforts to continue sharing their message while still following university policy. By creating encampments that are technically art installations, students evade university free speech restrictions while still managing to protest.

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Incarcerated trans women won sweeping prison reforms in Colorado. It could be a model for other states.

Candice Norwood Orion Rummler

April 25, 2024 |

The 19th |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Case lawyers for a lawsuit filed in 2019 worked with Colorado officials to create a settlement with a legally binding agreement that requires the state to make its prisons safer for transgender women and provide medical care to all transgender people who are incarcerated.

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Keeping Food Scraps Out of Landfills Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think

Carl Smith

April 25, 2024 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Orange County, California, is increasing the amount of organic waste it diverts from landfills by encouraging residents to put compostable material in the bins they use for yard waste and composting it.

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U.S. East Coast adopts 'living shorelines' approach to keep rising seas at bay

Erik Hoffner

April 24, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Blue Hill, Maine

Contractors and homeowners in Maine are installing living shorelines to deal with the effects of rising sea levels and stronger storms caused by climate change. As opposed to concrete jetties and breakwaters, living shorelines use natural materials like logs, salt-tolerant plants, and coconut fiber to protect the land from erosion and create valuable habitat for local animals.

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More public colleges admit high schoolers even before they've applied

Elaine S. Povich

April 24, 2024 |

Stateline |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

Some public universities are sending acceptance letters to students who meet certain academic criteria before they apply to college in an effort to fill college rosters in the face of declining high school populations. These “direct admissions programs proactively reach out to students to let them know what their next steps are if they want to attend college, eliminating the need for fees and complicated applications and helping make higher education more accessible.

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Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts

Kimberley Brown

April 22, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.

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