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Greenhouse Gas Scientist Questions How To Cut Emissions On Her Own Farm

Kate Payne

May 20, 2019 |

Iowa Public Radio |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Jewell, Iowa

As a response to global climate change, many are turning to farming and agricultural practices as a response. Plants are able to bring carbon dioxide into soil, where some is stored, reducing the overall amount in the air. While initially seen as a silver bullet solution, scientists are now discovering limitations – like overestimating how much carbon can be stored. For small farms, in order to adopt more eco-conscious practices, they need more economic incentives to change their ways.

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One Indiana congregation's fight for energy equality

Beth Edwards

May 20, 2019 |

Indiana Environmental Reporter |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Despite disputes between an Indianapolis church and a local utility company over net metering, the congregation continues to seek financing and resources for renewable energy-centered affordable housing projects. The church installs solar panels on housing development projects to make long-term housing more affordable, though they've faced push back based on strict housing laws that limit affordability of multi-family projects.

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‘Now I Am Speaking to the Whole World.' How Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Got Everyone to Listen

Suyin Hayes

May 16, 2019 |

Time Magazine |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

Climate change activist, Greta Thunberg, has sparked global action. The 16-year-old has started marches totalling over 1.5 million people, continuous protests and strikes, and spoken to world leaders at events such as the U.N Climate Change Conference and the World Economic Forum. Her activism has had noticeable impacts, like a decline in flight travel in Sweden, and spurring youth activism on an international scale.

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How free is ‘free college'?

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

May 16, 2019 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Politicians and education advocates are increasingly using terms like "free college" and "college promise." As the model gains traction as a solution to the nation's overwhelming student debt, Stacy Teicher Khadaroo explores what it actually means in practice and how lack of information and confusing terms can still leave students with unexpected fees.

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To Control Forest Fires, Western States Light More of Their Own

Sophie Quinton

May 16, 2019 |

Stateline |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Rustic, Colorado

Prescribed burns help prevent the devastating impact of uncontrolled forest fires in Western states. In states like Colorado, the US Forest Service, local governments, and nonprofits, are working to improve forest habitat and protect communities from wildfires by increasing the acreage of forest exposed to controlled fires. After years of policy that aimed to reduce fires, agencies are now working to restore ecological balance and prevent future natural disasters.

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In the Bronx, an Elite Chef Is Trying to Engineer a Better School Lunch

Amy Thomas

May 14, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Brigaid trains professional chefs to run school cafeterias around the U.S. with the aim of providing healthier, cost-effective options for students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. While students in the Bronx and New London, CT were initially hesitant about the outside workers and unfamiliar menu offerings, many have gradually warmed up to the new options, with the embrace of fresh fruit highlighted as a particularly notable win.

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Community Cats: How El Pasoans are using TNR to live alongside feral cats

Nicole Madrid

May 13, 2019 |

Borderzine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

The city of El Paso, Texas has implemented a successful trap, neuter, return strategy to deal with the large numbers of feral cats in the city. The cost effective and more humane model replaced the previous euthanasia method, which only left a "vacuum effect" for other feral cats to move in from outside areas where the euthanized cats used to live. When the neutered cats are returned to the city, they protect their living spaces due to their territorial nature.

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Treatment for Opioid Addiction, With No Strings Attached

Beth Schwartzapfel

May 10, 2019 |

The Marshall Project |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

When treating opioid addiction, the typical approach is medication in conjunction with mandatory therapy sessions and a myriad of other check-ins. Realizing that this method was failing many people that were not able to make these sessions, some clinics are reversing the approach by focusing on a medication-first approach.

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Here's how Birmingham is battling its high homicide rate

Katherine Webb-Hehn

May 08, 2019 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

From city-wide efforts to faith-based interventions to public health approaches, the city of Birmingham, Alabama is taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to ending gun violence in the city. The city has been deeply affected by structural violence, racism, and disinvestment, and is applying multiple approaches, like deploying “peacemakers” that talk to residents to figure out why violence is happening in the first place. The city has also increased the number of detectives covering homicides and area nonprofits are developing counseling, rehabilitation, and job training programs for young men.

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How stricter vaccine laws spared California from a major measles outbreak

Soumya Karlamangla Priya Krishnakumar

May 06, 2019 |

Los Angeles Times |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The only way to eliminate a communicable disease, such as measles, is to achieve herd immunity, but due to recent anti-vaccination campaigns, the vaccination rate fell so low that the measles resurfaced in the U.S. To combat the contagion from getting worse, California enacted laws that prohibited people from choosing not to be vaccinated.

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