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Rooftop Solar Power Is Struggling to Take Off in Hong Kong. What Went Wrong?

Selena Liang

August 08, 2025 |

The Xylom |

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Response Location: Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Scheme is an ongoing government program that incentivizes rooftop solar adoption by allowing individuals and organizations to sell solar-generated electricity back to utility companies at rates higher than what customers pay for regular electricity.

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Lost your USAID funding? These aid matchmakers have a solution.

Ogar Monday

August 06, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Vinikilang

Following the closure of USAID and the loss of funding for its projects around the world, Project Resource Optimization was formed to help match projects in need of support with potential funders. Though the organization is not able to make sure every USAID-funded project is able to continue, it has helped secure roughly $26 million for 24 projects so far.

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How an NYC Suburb Is Actually Managing to Bring Rents Down

Rebecca Picciotto

August 05, 2025 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: United States, New Rochelle, New York

To help increase housing stock, New Rochelle, NY streamlined the development approval process and made it easier to approve many housing units at once, allowing the city to add roughly 4,500 new housing units over the last decade. However, local residents worry about being priced out of the area as people move from Manhattan in search of more affordable housing.

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Recicla Ricaurte detiene la muerte antes de que llegue al mar

Andrés Gómez

August 03, 2025 |

El Turbión |

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Response Location: Colombia, Ricaurte

Recicla Ricaurte por la Paz es una asociación comunitaria liderada por mujeres que desde 2017 ha desarrollado un sistema integral de recolección, clasificación y comercialización de residuos plásticos y cartón, creciendo de procesar 800 kilogramos cada tres meses a 7-8 toneladas mensuales, evitando así que estos materiales contaminen el río Güiza y lleguen al océano Pacífico, mientras genera ingresos económicos para sus integrantes en un territorio afectado por el conflicto armado y la falta de oportunidades laborales.

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Alaskans work to analyze and reduce risks of glacial outburst flooding

Yereth Rosen

August 02, 2025 |

Alaska Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

In response to recurring glacial flooding outbursts, Juneau has implemented an early warning dashboard, $8 million temporary flood barriers, and ongoing scientific research. The solutions are too new to demonstrate measurable flood damage reduction, but increased community participation in preparedness activities is one promising impact.

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Can rainwater-fed ponds revive Bangladesh's hilly streams?

Sadiqur Rahman

August 01, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Khagrachhari

In Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, conservationist Mahfuz Ahmed Russel is reviving dying streams by building artificial ponds that harvest rainwater to use in streambeds during dry seasons. Over seven years, aquatic life and vegetation have begun to repopulate and streambeds have remained wet throughout the dry season.

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How one California community is turning an old oil field into protected habitat

Amal Ahmed

August 01, 2025 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Fullerton, California

The Friends of Coyote Hills led a 30-year community campaign that successfully protected 24 acres of threatened habitat from development through voter mobilization, strategic fundraising, and federal wildlife protections, while securing $70 million toward purchasing the remaining 483 acres and demonstrating how grassroots organizing can leverage multiple funding sources and environmental laws to preserve urban green spaces.

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The warning labels that could be coming for your crisps

Zano Kunene

July 31, 2025 |

Bhekisisa |

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Response Location: Chile

In 2016, Chile implemented warning labels on food packaging to alert consumers when a product was high in sugar, salt, saturated fat or artificial sweeteners as a way to warn and deter them from purchasing unhealthy foods. After implementing these labels, locals bought less unhealthy products, and manufacturers began using less unhealthy ingredients, inspiring other countries, like South Africa, to implement similar practices.

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Federal cuts to AmeriCorps could make it harder for recent graduates to find jobs

Ariel Gilreath

July 30, 2025 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States

The AmeriCorps program places students and recent graduates in community service positions across the country, helping to fill local needs for everything from tutoring to wildlife management while also allowing participants to build valuable professional and academic skills. But recent federal cuts to the program's funding have put its future in jeopardy, with some participants being forced to leave their positions early.

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Pink City Rickshaw Puts Women in the Driver's Seat

Geetanjali Krishna

July 28, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India, Jaipur

ACCESS Development Services trains women to drive electric auto rickshaws, providing them with marketable skills that help them earn a living independently. The all-women Pink City Rickshaw Company employs the women to provide tours throughout the city and has since trained over 200 women.

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