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Could better asthma inhalers help patients, and the planet too?

Martha Bebinger

May 06, 2024 |

WBUR |

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Response Location: United States

Healthcare professionals are educating their patients on the environmental impacts of metered-dose inhalers, which release a powerful greenhouse gas into the air with each puff. To reduce that impact, they’re offering an option with powdered medicine that patients manually suck into their lungs for those that are able to make the switch.

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Denver busca contratar y mantener a más maestros internacionales al ayudarlos con vivienda, capacitación y más

Yesenia Robles

May 06, 2024 |

Chalkbeat Colorado |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Las Escuelas Públicas de Denver lanzaron el Instituto de Educadores Internacionales para proporcionar no solo apoyo profesional sino también apoyo personal a maestros internacionales nuevos. El Instituto ayuda los nuevos maestros encontrar un lugar donde vivir, entender asuntos financieros y de crédito, proporcionar otros apoyo sociales o emocionales, obtener más certificados y entender cómo funciona el sistema escolar de Denver. Eso ha causado que los maestros internacionales con visas de trabajo en DPS sumen un total de 234.

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At Monroe prison, dog training reshapes lives of humans, canines alike

Sophia Gates

May 04, 2024 |

The Everett Daily Herald (HeraldNet) |

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Response Location: United States, Monroe, Washington

A nonprofit that provides service animals to people with disabilities for free works with people who are incarcerated in Washington to train the dogs, giving them a positive way to spend their time and gain useful skills. Trainers help them teach the dogs new tasks every week.

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A Peruvian river with rights: the defenders of the Marañón

Silvia Viñas Eliezer Budasoff

May 04, 2024 |

El Hilo |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Peru

A group of Kukama women, a native community of the Peruvian Amazon, worked with lawyers from the Legal Defense Institute to sue the Peruvian State. The lawsuit was intended prevent and clean up oil spills and pollution in the Marañón River that they’d been fighting against for years. In a historic ruling, the judge recognized that the river has rights and must be protected.

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Can't install your own solar panels? Some areas let you join a community project.

Alex Brown

May 03, 2024 |

Stateline |

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Response Location: United States, Virginia

States across the United States are passing legislation that supports the development of community solar programs. These projects allow community members who can’t install their own solar panels to subscribe to other solar projects nearby, often on farms, schools, or stores. Alongside the property owner, subscribers help fund the project and save money on future electricity bills based on the power generated.

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How a Bipartisan Group Overcame the Odds to Pass the TikTok Divestment Bill

John McCormack David M. Drucker

May 03, 2024 |

The Dispatch |

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Response Location: United States

To drum up bipartisan support for a bill that will require social media app TikTok to divest from the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to American users, legislators involved multiple committees in the process and enlisted the support of the Department of Justice to appeal directly to Democrats. The final version of the bill was attached to legislation providing aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and passed with little opposition.

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Election Disinformation Campaigns are Targeting Latinos. Fact Checkers are Fighting Back.

Timothy Pratt

May 03, 2024 |

Capital & Main |

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Response Location: United States

Spanish-language fact-checking organizations such as Factchequeado debunk disinformation targeting Latino voters, often monitoring online discussion in Spanish-speaking countries to anticipate viral content before it reaches U.S. audiences. Factchequeado also partners with community media organizations who can share the fact-checked information with their local readers and viewers.

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Could a Landfill Power Your Home?

Miranda Lipton

May 02, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States

Landfills in the United States are capturing a potent greenhouse gas, methane, that would otherwise be released into the air and converting it to electricity or natural gas.

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How a Rural County in Texas Solved Its Broadband Problem

Carl Smith

May 02, 2024 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, Wise County, Texas

A rural county in Texas brought broadband access to locals with the help of internet service provider Nextlink, the Citizens Broadband Radio Service and Tarana Wireless. Following a $2.6 million investment, over seven months, the partners built infrastructure that offers download speeds of 100 megabits per second and upload speeds of 20 megabits per second.

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Crowdfunding and suitcases full of cash: How Gazans are paying to escape war

Yasmine Salam Tavleen Tarrant

May 02, 2024 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: Palestine, Rafah

Palestinians trying to cross the border into Egypt to escape the war are starting crowdfunding campaigns with the help of strangers from other countries on social media to afford the rising cost of doing so.

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