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  • In Rural Western Uganda, A Tree-Planting Initiative Shows Signs of Life

    Kang-Chun Cheng

    April 15, 2024 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine that uses it’s profits to support tree-plantnig initiatives, is working with the Jane Goodall Institute Austria to grow 200,000 trees in Uganda. The organizations work with communities to design the projects around their needs, then support locals through the process of growing trees.

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  • 8 years into America's e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?

    Syris Valentine

    April 15, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States

    E-scooters have struggled to find their footing since spreading across the United States as an eco-friendly transportation option. Companies like Lime are looking for ways to increase rider safety and ensure the scooters are as sustainable as possible.

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  • As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle

    Keaton Peters

    April 15, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Borger, Texas

    Private landowners in Borger, Texas, are hiring certified burn managers to do prescribed burns on their land that remove excess vegetation and help prevent wildfires. The landowners are legally liable for any issues that may arise and front the initial cost, but they can be reimbursed by the Texas A&M Forest Service, which is working to encourage adoption of the practice.

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  • The best coffee for the planet might not be coffee at all

    L.V. Anderson

    April 10, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    “Beanless coffee” companies around the world are taking inspiration from coffee substitutes of the past to create a drink that mimics coffee’s flavor and caffeine content that is more climate-resilient with less of an environmental impact.

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  • 'Valuable and largely overlooked': Interest in virtual power plants grows

    Robert Zullo

    April 07, 2024 |

    Utah News Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States

    Utility companies across the United States are using virtual power plants to meet electricity demand, access backup power, and lower the electric bills of participants. To make these power plants work, the utilities use energy from the battery storage systems of customers who have home solar arrays.

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  • How to Revive a Burned Forest? Rebuild the Tree Supply Chain

    Lydia DePillis

    April 04, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Mast Reforestation sells carbon credits to fund its work replanting trees where forests were decimated by wildfires. The company collects seeds from local, native trees, uses x-ray machines to ensure they are likely to sprout, and plants them.

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  • Manufacturers Paying for Recyclable Waste

    Courtney Duchene

    April 04, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States

    State governments in the United States are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility laws to fund recycling programs. The laws impose a fee on the manufacturers of products that become recyclable waste. The money earned is designated for projects that increase recycling rates.

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  • The climate watchdog holding the UK government to account

    Akshat Rathi

    April 04, 2024 |

    Zero |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Following the passage of the Climate Change Act, the United Kingdom created a Climate Change Committee to oversee the country’s efforts to reach net-zero emissions. The committee acts as a watchdog by analyzing ways to decarbonize the economy and publishing information that can be leveraged by policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and private sector industries. Its model has since been replicated around the world.

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  • Managing predators from the sky

    Kylie Mohr

    April 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Researchers and livestock farmers in Montana are using drones with speakers that play human voices to scare off predators and mitigate conflict between the animals.

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  • Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit' for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

    Lindsey Byman

    March 29, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Biochar is an organic material that can be mixed with soil to improve soil health, increase crop production, and sequester carbon. To make it, wood or other biomass is heated at high temperatures in an oxygen-deprived environment, like a kiln.

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