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  • Carbon credits versus the Big Gulp

    May 12, 2022 |

    Hothouse Solutions |

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    Response Location: United States, Twitchell Island, California

    By planting cattails and tule reeds in a California Delta farmland, scientists hope to change the area into a marsh with peat that can store carbon dioxide. This would also support levees from failing and prevent salty ocean water from ruining crops and threatening drinking water. Managing this kind of landscape can be expensive, and farmers are not always on board with converting their land, but this pilot project has already doled out 52,000 tons of carbon credit making it the first wetland project in the United States to do so.

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  • Training on pasture recovery is a win-win for Brazil's cattle ranchers and forests

    May 12, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Providing cattle ranchers in Brazil with training and monthly technical assistance in sustainable pasture restoration reduces carbon dioxide emissions while increasing productivity and revenue for ranchers.

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  • New England Program Helps Low-Income Communities Join the Green Energy Revolution

    May 05, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Revision Energy is bringing affordable solar energy to residents of New Hampshire. Nonprofits and investors have joined forces to bring environmentally-friendly energy to homes at a price that is cheaper than traditional energy. Investors are able to reap the solar tax credit.

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  • EU officials being trained to meditate to help fight climate crisis

    May 04, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Belgium, Brussels

    A group of European Union officials that deal with green policy are participating in meditation courses as a way to help with negotiations and create compassion and empathy when dealing with climate change issues. Early results from the first participants suggest that the training has helped them become more mindful and motivated to tackle the problems ahead and helped them cope with the sense of climate grief.

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  • Kenya embraces green building technology

    April 28, 2022 |

    DIRAJ |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    As building developers in Kenya design new structures that are more environmentally friendly and sustainable, they can look to the Garden City Mall in Nairobi as a successful example. This mixed-use development with shopping, residential, and office spaces uses solar energy, which helps cut energy costs by over 30 million shillings each year. The mall also was the first in the region to receive an international green building certification.

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  • How farmers in Earth's least developed country grew 200 million trees

    April 27, 2022 |

    National Geographic |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Niger

    After years of drought and land-clearing that left Niger with few trees left, the country now boasts about 200 million trees, which have mostly been reestablished naturally. While the effects of climate change could threaten the future of these trees, this method has also increased crop yields in villages. This model of letting trees grow back with little human influence could be implemented in other countries.

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  • Puerto Rico enfrenta el reto de reducir el 60% los desechos que se depositan en vertederos para el 2030

    April 24, 2022 |

    El Nuevo Día |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Aprender de los desaciertos del pasado será clave para alcanzar la nueva meta de la Ley 33 de Mitigación, Adaptación y Resiliencia al Cambio Climático en Puerto Rico. La Ley 70, la cual fue promulgada en 1992, había declarado cinco mandatos, los cuales han visto poco o ningún progreso o implementación. Bajo la Ley 33, se actualizarán estos mandatos, incluyendo el atacar los problemas a través de sus raíces.

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  • 'Ten years to save the planet': Kansas City metro's small-town mayors take up the climate fight

    April 22, 2022 |

    KCUR Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

    A wide range of elected officials and community groups came together to form Climate Action KC to work together to combat climate change across Kansas and supply information for those not in the group to do the same.

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  • La recolección y exportación de textiles logra desviar 9 millones de libras de ropa de los vertederos

    April 22, 2022 |

    El Nuevo Día |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    La Asociación de Coordinadores de Reciclaje Municipal en Puerto Rico ha logrado desviar 9 millones de libras de ropa a través de dos métodos—poniendo contenedores de recolección en varias áreas de diferentes comunidades de la isla, y también a través de la exportación.

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  • How Los Angeles Became the Leader of a Tree-Planting Revolution

    April 22, 2022 |

    Outside |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    City Plants, an organization in Los Angeles, is partnering with other nonprofits, government agencies, scientists, and residents to create a more equitable urban forest throughout the city. By working together and using technology, they have planted more than 65,000 trees to combat climate change, systemic racism, and high temperatures that affect all Angelenos.

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