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  • Killing gas guzzlers: what can Lithuania learn from Denmark?

    September 29, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Denmark

    Transportation accounts for some of the most emissions in the EU, one-third, out of those 72 percent are from road transportation. In Denmark, the government places high tax-rates on vehicles and tax reductions on electric cars. The tax cuts are leading some to switch over to electric cars, and the method might be replicated in other EU countries like Lithaunia.

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  • Some Mountain Towns are Eyeing Vancouver-style Vacancy Taxes. Could it Help Address Housing Crises?

    September 21, 2021 |

    Jackson Hole Community Radio (KHOL) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Vancouver’s taxes on vacant residences have reduced the number of empty homes and apartments. The tax on empty homes was levied in an effort to ease the lack of housing, especially affordable housing. The tax has generated money for affordable housing projects in addition to encouraging property owners to rent out their residences. The success of the tax is encouraging other cities to enact similar laws.

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  • RGGI, behind the rhetoric: What we know about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

    September 14, 2021 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States

    A regional cap-and-trade program in the northeast United States has reduced carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and led to overall job gains in the economy. Up to 50 percent of the region’s CO2 reductions are attributable to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program and nine of the states participating report training more than 8,000 workers.

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  • Is the Future of Big Dairy Regenerative?

    September 08, 2021 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several big food corporations like Danone and General Mills are working with local dairy producers to launch soil health programs that would help reduce their carbon footprint. For example, Danone is supporting 34 dairy farms to transition their operations to more regenerative practices. While it remains unclear if their efforts will reduce carbon emissions from dairy farms, early results show they are reducing soil erosion, improving water retention, and using less synthetic fertilizers.

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  • Why Herders Are Fronting the Battle to Save Cultural Heritage

    August 29, 2021 |

    Global Press Journal |

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    Response Location: Mongolia

    Herders in rural Mongolia are given financial compensation to help preserve cultural heritage by keeping watch over the country’s remote relics and burial sites. The historical sites hold a trove of information dating back thousands of years but their remote locations make preservation an arduous and expensive undertaking for the government.

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  • Meet the Cheakamus, the only community forest to develop carbon offsets in B.C.

    August 14, 2021 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Canada, Whistler, British Columbia

    The Cheakamus forest, which spans 33,000 hectares, is a community run forest, managed by the two First Nations and the city of Whistler, in British Colombia, Canada. By not logging massive amounts of wood, the forest keeps 15,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere per year, the equivalent of the total emissions produced by 773 Canadians. The partners then sell those carbon offsets, generating about $100,000 in annual revenue a year. The move is one being done by community forests around the country and can provide an example of climate-based solutions that are economically beneficial.

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  • Why these farmers are welcoming muskrats, birds, and snakes

    August 12, 2021 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada

    In Canada, farmers are rewilding their farmlands, a process where a farmer restores their habitat to a more natural state. It includes things like planting trees, building hedgerows, and creating ponds. Rewilding can prevent soil erosion, carbon sequestering, and filtering water, among many other things, reversing some of the adverse effects caused by farming. One non-profit, the Alternative Land Use Services is funding these rewilding projects by paying farmers. ALUS projects span 31,000 across Canada.

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  • Evidence Indigenous burning works is growing. Could Australia offer a model for B.C.?

    August 07, 2021 |

    Tri-City News |

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    Response Location: Australia

    A review of 120 years of data found that traditional indigenous fire burning practices, which are low-intensity and controlled, lead to an increase in biodiversity. The practice has been done for years in indigenous communities to clear forage space, stimulate growth, or clear waterways. In Australia, where the practice has wide support, traditional low-intensity fires have led to a reduction in the intensity of large wildfires. They have also reduced and methane and nitrous oxide emissions by close to 40 percent. Other countries like Canada face hurdles to implementing the practice on a wider scale.

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  • Fighting plastic waste: a double-edged sword

    July 26, 2021 |

    SciDev.Net |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Teams of recyclers in Nigeria gather plastic bottles from the streets and landfills and brings them to recycling plants where they can exchange the waste for money. HISL Recyclers collects this waste — which usually contains polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, a dangerous chemical — as a way to remove the waste from the environment. However, more work needs to be done to get more people to participate in the program and to scale the operations. So far, they’ve been able to recycle up to 20 tonnes of plastic waste a month.

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  • Vail Pays Property Owners To Keep Housing For Local Workers. Could It Work In Idaho?

    July 20, 2021 |

    Boise State Public Radio (KBSX) |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ketchum, Idaho

    An affordable housing initiative in Vail, Colorado is paying owners to reserve rentals for those who live in the area year-round, instead of selling to part-time residents. The success of the program is inspiring Ketchum, Idaho, a community on the search for affordable-housing solutions.

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