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Funds to Help Low-Income Families With Summer Electric Bills Are Stretched Thin

Martha Pskowski Jenaye Johnson

July 19, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

The government-funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is meant to help households across the United States keep afford the cost of heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer.

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Chicago's "People's Cooling Army" Is Giving Tenants Free Air Conditioners

Lucas Frisancho

July 16, 2024 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

A group of volunteers in Chicago called the People’s Cooling Army repairs air conditioning units and installs them for free for low-income tenants, as the city continues to experience extreme heat.

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Farmworkers in the US cultivate their own heat safety standards

Carey L. Biron

July 09, 2024 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The nonprofit Coalition of Immokalee Workers started the Fair Food Program to appeal directly to consumers and large brands about worker safety while policies and regulations are held up in government processes. The initiative strikes deals with large companies that pledge to protect farm workers in a variety of ways, particularly stringent heat protections as heat records are repeatedly increased.

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Keeping Cities Cool in a Warmer Future

Alexandra Ossola Jon Emont

June 14, 2024 |

Wall Street Journal |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Singapore

Researchers of the Cooling Singapore project are using huge amounts of data to build a detailed digital twin of the city that they can use to test how effective new methods of combatting extreme heat would be. It's a digital representation of Singapore that makes predictions based on data like traffic, weather, electricity demand, and where green spaces are.

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Free air conditioners available again in Pa. through utility assistance program

Sophia Schmidt

June 10, 2024 |

WHYY |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania uses funding from the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to provide air-conditioning units and repair units for people who would otherwise be unable to afford them.

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St. Paul Public Schools go big on geothermal energy, using the earth to heat and cool buildings

Andrew Hazzard

May 31, 2024 |

Sahan Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

Public schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, are installing geothermal systems to heat and cool buildings with energy harnessed from underground temperatures. The efficient, affordable energy source allows them to keep school buildings at a comfortable temperature during the increasingly warmer summer months.

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As temperatures in India break records, ancient terracotta air coolers are helping fight extreme heat

Kamala Thiagarajan

May 31, 2024 |

BBC |

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Response Location: India

Artists, architects, and urban designers in India are reimagining the ancient practice of cooling water in terracotta pots to create terracotta structures that cool the air nearby during extreme heat.

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Using less of the Colorado River takes a willing farmer and $45 million in federal funds

Alex Hager Heather Sackett

May 30, 2024 |

KUNC |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States

A federally-funded water conservation program, the System Conservation Pilot Program, is paying farmers in the Upper Colorado River Basin to not use the river’s water during the irrigation season. Leaving their fields dry for the program can earn them more money than they would get from growing crops.

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This Coastal State's Approach to Flooding May Be a Model for Illinois Communities

Laura Stewart

May 16, 2024 |

Illinois Answers Project |

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Response Location: United States, Woodbridge, New Jersey

Officials from Woodbridge Township in New Jersey bought and demolished almost 200 homes to create a flood-absorbing restoration area after Superstorm Sandy. The program assigns each homeowner a case manager to help them through the process from the appraisal to moving. Much of the area is now wetlands, which act as a natural sponge to prevent flooding.

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This Utah County Will Buy Your Lawn to Save Water

Morgan Sjogren

May 14, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

A turf buyback program run by the Washington County Water Conservancy District in Utah pays residents to swap their lawns for native plants. It's reducing the amount of water used for landscaping amid a drought.

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