A Tale of Two Leaks: Fixed in California, Ignored in Alabama

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/16032016/mercaptans-eight-mile

Neela Banerjee

Inside Climate News

17 March 2016

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Eight years after a mercaptan spill in Eight Mile, Alabama, its mostly black and working class residents still suffer from respiratory issues, rashes and headaches.

Bangladesh volunteers learn to make a life-or-death difference in a disaster

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/14/volunteers-bangladesh-learn-life-or-death-difference-disaster-rana-plaza

Amy Yee

The Guardian

14 July 2015

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In the wake of the Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladeshi civilians—often first on the scene of disasters in poorer countries–are being trained to support emergency teams.

Lifelong Heroes: Meet The Vets Who Rebuild Communities After Disasters

http://elitedaily.com/news/vets-rebuild-communities-after-disasters/1278973

Alexandra Svokos

Elite Daily

11 November 2015

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Team Rubicon, a non-profit organization of military veterans that provides disaster relief, has provided relief after flooding in Detroit, tornadoes in Oklahoma, a typhoon in the Philippines and an earthquake in Nepal, among dozens of other communities across the globe.

Rio Doce grassroots response arises out of Fundão mining disaster

https://news.mongabay.com/2016/06/rio-doce-grassroots-response-arises-out-of-fundao-mining-disaster

Zoe Sullivan

Mongabay

8 June 2016

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More than six months after a mining tailings dam broke in Brazil, killing 19 people and polluting the 530-mile length of the Rio Doce, grassroots groups have arisen to take action and seek justice.

Help the Nepal Aid Effort By Making a Map

http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/04/another-way-to-help-humanitarian-efforts-in-nepal-start-mapping/391523/#b05g04t20w15

Laura Bliss

CityLab

27 April 2015

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Citizen cartographers around the globe are tracing and checking roads, buildings, and open spaces to assist people on the ground. You can help.

Crossing the Rubicon for disaster response

https://www.devex.com/news/crossing-the-rubicon-for-disaster-response-87571

Catherine Cheney

Devex

12 January 2016

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Last year, Team Rubicon carried out 35 domestic operations and three international operations, with overlapping missions in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Barikiki, Kiribati, as well as an operation in Roseau, Dominica. The humanitarian organization has two goals: improving overseas disaster response and finding new ways to bring military veterans into humanitarian operations.

They survived the earthquake. Now they're determined to keep their village healthy.

http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-25/they-survived-earthquake-now-theyre-determined-keep-their-village-healthy

Sonia Narang

Public Radio International (PRI)

25 April 2016

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For one village in Nepal, there's a silver lining to the earthquake: A year later, a new and better health clinic is rising from the rubble of the old. And it includes a birthing center.

After the floods: York and Nijmegen - a tale of two cities

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35472936

Allan Urry

BBC

9 February 2016

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After record-breaking rainfall and flooding, the city of York was at a loss for relief and reconstruction ideas. They turned to the Dutch city of Nijmegen, which had experienced similar flooding and found a solution in building a relief channel.

When Food Isn't the Answer to Hunger

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/when-food-isnt-the-answer-to-hunger

Tina Rosenberg

The New York Times

24 April 2013

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In a lot of places, food is available and the market is working but people are too poor to buy it, so cash donations are more effective than food. Previously U.S. aid laws did not allow cash donations but a new proposal could change that.

In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-26/aleppo-cell-phones-are-helping-some-desperate-syrians-find-clean-water

Joyce Hackel

Public Radio International (PRI)

26 August 2015

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In war zones, people have a difficult time finding clean water and safe areas to inhabit. Social media, smart phones, and technology applications are aiding in people’s survival. In Aleppo, Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross posted a map on Facebook to show alternative sources of clean drinking water that reached approximately 140,000 people.