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  • How Monahans built its own broadband network

    May 21, 2025 |

    Texas Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Monahan, Texas

    Faced with inadequate internet service that was driving away businesses, the remote West Texas town of Monahans launched a community-driven initiative to build its own fiber optic broadband network. The town cobbled together $3.2 million from a variety of sources, including federal CARES Act funds and venture capital, to create an underground fiber network that serves about 2,000 homes and businesses, with plans to expand.

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  • Schools are digging underground for their heat — and saving money

    May 12, 2025 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Schools across the U.S. are implementing geothermal heating and cooling systems, significantly lowering energy bills, cutting reliance on fossil fuels, and freeing up funds for campus improvements and teacher salaries—though ongoing success hinges heavily on federal clean energy tax incentives.

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  • USAID enabled 208 Afghan women to defy the Taliban ban on college — until now

    April 08, 2025 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Afghanistan

    A scholarship endowment from the U.S. Agency of International Development supports the American University of Afghanistan, which provides courses to Afghan women who are not allowed to pursue education in their home country. In all, 208 scholarships have been awarded, including funds for 120 women to relocate and attend college in person, but the future of the program is uncertain due to federal cuts to USAID’s programs.

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  • La batalla científica para salvar «el glaciar del juicio final»

    April 07, 2025 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: United States

    Arête Glacier Initiative, un grupo de científicos del MIT y del Dartmouth College, ha recaudado 5 millones de dólares para mejorar las previsiones de la subida del nivel del mar y estudiar la posibilidad de volver a congelar los glaciares en su lugar. Han usado los fondos para dar becas a cientificos que trabajan en soluciones críticas al cambio climático.

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  • How bitcoin drives cheap green energy production in Kenya

    April 01, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    To use up excess renewable energy and help finance the expansion of power grids, companies such as Gridless are connecting energy producers in African countries with cryptocurrency miners that are eager to buy up unused power. By selling off energy to cryptocurrency companies, one hydropower system was able to expand its electricity service to 500 more homes.

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  • Paying ranchers to host elk? Novel approach could help wean Wyoming off its feedground habit.

    March 31, 2025 |

    WyoFile |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    A novel initiative in Wyoming pays ranchers to voluntarily host elk on their private lands, decreasing dependence on disease-spreading public feedgrounds, reducing ranchers' costs, and providing promising results, though scalability and funding challenges remain significant obstacles.

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  • 'One of the hardest days since the hurricane:' Asheville church needs more for rent relief

    December 13, 2024 |

    Citizen-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    The Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Asheville, North Carolina, is providing rent assistance, including same-day eviction protection, for people impacted by Hurricane Helene.

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  • A Little-Known Federal Program Is Keeping Senior Housing Affordable in Denver

    December 05, 2024 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development offers funding for affordable housing properties to retrofit their buildings to be more resilient to climate change and improve resident’s quality of life. The funding ensures the properties remain as affordable housing because these upgrades typically reduce bills and because property owners must agree to keep rent affordable for 25 years.

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  • A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland

    December 04, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Alternative farm finance organizations offer flexible, personalized financing plans for small, regenerative farms in the United States that might not otherwise have access to financing.

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  • 'We're trusting in God's economy': Asheville church provides low-barrier rent relief to vulnerable residents

    November 21, 2024 |

    Blue Ridge Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    A church is helping residents of Asheville, North Carolina, pay their overdue rent and utility bills after Hurricane Helene. It's using discretionary funds and working with landlords to help those who apply.

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