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  • How one small fire district doubled its staff amid critical first responder shortage

    October 10, 2022 |

    KATU-TV |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    To combat severe first responder shortages, fire departments in Oregon received state funding for a paid apprentice program in which recruits receive a livable wage while training to make the career a more attractive option.

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  • The Post-Roe Abortion Underground

    October 10, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    The nonprofit Las Libres in Guanajuato, Mexico, helps women access medication for abortions for free. By working with volunteers like the Old Hippies of San Miguel de Allende, the organization delivers the medication to distributors in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • The New Abortion Underground

    October 10, 2022 |

    WNYC |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    By working with a nonprofit, Las Libres, in Guanajuato, Mexico, volunteers are helping women access medication for abortions for free. Las Libres organizes the supply chain to get the medication to those in need in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • How to Hire Remote Workers from Economically Distressed Countries

    October 10, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Venezuela

    iWorker is a virtual assistant agency that connects bilingual professionals from economically troubled countries like Venezuela to businesses in the US, Europe, and Canada. By connecting workers with these jobs, the platform not only provides them with an income, it ensures that the income will be paid in a foreign currency more stable than their own, helping the recipients manage surging rates of inflation. Since 2018, iWorker has provided work to over 4,500 Venezuelans inside and outside of the country.

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  • London's Deadly, Polluted Air Turned the City Into an EV Pioneer

    October 10, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: England, London

    London charges higher-emission vehicles every day they enter the city center, called the Ultra Low Emission Zone, on top of the already existing London Congestion Charge for non-electric vehicles to enter the zone. Since the charges were implemented, the city has seen an increase in electric vehicle adoption and improved air quality.

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  • Digging into Minnesota's peat, an underappreciated climate superhero

    October 10, 2022 |

    MPR News |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Researchers are studying the peatlands in Minnesota to understand how to best enhance their carbon storage and minimize carbon and methane emissions as the climate warms.

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  • Effort aims to streamline services for Tucson crime survivors

    October 09, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    One-stop hubs that include multiple services and resources for survivors of family and interpersonal violence, like the one in Richmond, California, simplify the process for survivors and keep them from having to tell their stories over and over again.

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  • Southwest Florida works around Hurricane Ian ahead of November election

    October 07, 2022 |

    Tampa Bay Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle weeks before a general election in 2018, then-Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order allowing counties to expand early voting and shift polling locations, with some opting for consolidated "voting supercenters." Though turnout in affected counties dropped by 7 percent, statewide turnout increased and election workers reported that some voters were even more motivated to get to the polls because of the disaster.

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  • Rwanda: free livestock vaccination aids control of rift valley fever in Nyagatare

    October 06, 2022 |

    AnFezaA |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    To help stem the spread of Rift Valley Fever among livestock, the Rwandan government launched a free vaccination campaign that leveraged private veterinarians to administer the inoculations. More than 275,000 animals were vaccinated against the disease.

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  • Losing cat in Mariupol, only to later recognize it in photo: how public organization "Vyvezemo" evacuates animals from occupied territories

    October 06, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    Vyvezemo is a volunteer-led organization evacuating animals from gray and occupied zones in Ukraine. The volunteers rescue stray cats and cats submitted on a Google form by owners who cannot return to get them.

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