Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
20 April 2021
India
Text
1500-3000 Words
Law Rewired, run by law students and an advisory board of legal scholars, translates complex laws and landmark court decisions into plain language so people can understand them. Real-world examples, easy to read bulle...
9 April 2021
Colbert, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After Georgian residents raised concerns about a pollutant that was being emitted by a nearby biomass plant, they banded together to pass legislation that effectively put an end to the practice. These concerned reside...
8 April 2021
Poland
Text
Over 3000 Words
Scientists, NGOs, conservationists, and the government worked together to bring the Polish wolf back from the brink of extinction. Methods like GPS tracking and genetic sampling have helped politicians made decisions ...
2 April 2021
France
Text
1500-3000 Words
The French National Assembly overwhelmingly passed “the Law to Promote the France of Accents,” which criminalizes discrimination against someone based on their accent. The bill makes linguistic discrimination, or “glo...
16 March 2021
Costa Rica
Text
1500-3000 Words
A court in Costa Rica decided that a local municipality was illegally polluting a stream and this ruling set the stage for the country to ensure that a clean and healthy environment is a human right. They ingrained th...
11 March 2021
Korolevu, Vanua Levu, Fiji
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
After a river in Fiji continued to flood, an entire village relocated uphill 2 kilometers away. About two-thirds of the residents participated in this voluntary relocation, which proved effective when a strong cyclone...
26 February 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A tax credit was supposed to incentive Americans to buy electric vehicles, but testimony from car buyers and research has shown that only people who can afford the full purchase are getting access to the benefit. The ...
22 February 2021
Texas, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
After winter storms and freezing temperatures in 2011 and 2014 caused power plants in Texas to shut down, the state’s energy regulators failed to adapt the state’s electric grid for future extreme weather events. Expe...
19 February 2021
Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
By relying on the market to give energy suppliers' incentives to keep the power going during extreme weather events, a historic cold snap in Texas revealed cracks in the state’s free-market energy system, which left m...
12 February 2021
Pembrokshire, Wales
Text
1500-3000 Words
Wales’ One Planet Development Policy allows people to live a more sustainable lifestyle by using only the resources on the land they reside. For one family, they get their electricity from their own solar array, heat ...
Energy News Network
Tom Perkins
29 January 2021
Michigan, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The Michigan Advisory Council on Environmental Justice was created to advise Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on environmental justice issues related to pollution and energy access. In its first year, the 21-member council was i...
30 December 2020
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Various government policies and programs have been implemented in Black communities facing urban decline but not all of them have been completely successful. Initiatives included: Expanding public transportation, ref...
30 December 2020
Tarapacá, Colombia
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Colombian government has been working with regional regulatory agencies, the World Wildlife Fund, and local forest communities to encourage sustainable timber production and the implementation of forest management...
3 December 2020
Bavaria, Germany
Text
1500-3000 Words
Environmental advocates got 1.75 million signatures to change Bavarian farming laws to protect biodiversity. The Save the Bees Campaign calls for using subsidies to nearly triple the amount of organic farming, creatin...
20 November 2020
Paris, France
Text
1500-3000 Words
Cities across France are using citizens’ assemblies, where a diverse group of citizens study important issues and make policy recommendations. In Paris, 150 citizens spent nine months working on the climate convention...
12 November 2020
Brazil
Text
1500-3000 Words
Collective, or shared, candidacies, where groups of candidates to run for a single elected position in Brazil, has helped elevate women and other marginalized groups with progressive platforms to rise to power. From 2...
The Daily Tar Heel
Kathryn Goodwin
8 November 2020
United States
Text
Under 800 Words
MyVote organized over 300 student volunteers, mostly in high school, to research candidates and their policies so that voters could have a “one-stop-shop” platform to learn about policy platforms of candidates running...
29 October 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A pilot project in several American cities has provided a large amount of data on how residents use streets where vehicular traffic is restricted. The initiative tested out ways to calm traffic, provide space for fami...
24 October 2020
Hawaii, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A 100-year-old program provides virtually free land for Native Hawaiians to build their own home or buy one from a developer. Despite a $1/year land lease and low taxes, the program has failed to promptly provide affo...
22 October 2020
Illinois, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Refrigerants being used in old air conditioners or grocery story cooling systems leak into the atmosphere contributing to global warming. Tradewater, a company in Illinois, picks up these containers, destroys the refr...
The Philadelphia Citizen
Jessica Blatt Press
19 October 2020
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Citizens' assemblies, where a randomly selected representative sample of people work together to make decisions and find policy solutions to social issues, is an effective approach to decision-making that bridges pola...
9 October 2020
Fresno, California, United States
Multi-Media
Over 15 Minutes
Latinx politicians hold 48% of all elected positions in Fresno County, gains made possible by the California Voting Rights Act. The law calls for local governments to use district elections instead of citywide races i...
6 October 2020
Oregon, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Over a dozen states have adopted some variation of automatic voter registration, which is common in many European democracies. Voters in Oregon are mailed a notification when they are enrolled, which they can send bac...
5 October 2020
California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
In California, two laws have helped to open opportunities for less experienced candidates to win state and local offices, which has increased representation among people of color. A 1990 law set term limits for the st...
27 September 2020
Taiwan
Text
800-1500 Words
vTaiwan is a mixed-reality, scaled listening exercise used by the government as a new way to make decisions. The platform provides an online space for citizens to debate and for politicians to listen to. The governmen...
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