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A Pellet That Stops Cows From Burping Climate-Warming Methane

Sybilla Gross

November 29, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: Australia, Perth

Australian company Rumin8 is creating feed additives containing bromoform to reduce methane emissions from livestock without depending on seaweed farming.

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A Building Material That Consumes CO2 Has Finally Come to the US

Peter Yeung

November 10, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Belgium

A building material made of hemp fibers, water, and clay or lime is a sustainable alternative to other options like concrete. Dubbed hempcrete, the product has many benefits including a very low carbon footprint, active sequestration of carbon dioxide, and using a sustainable, fast-growing crop as its base.

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Could Seaweed Help Slow Climate Change?

Greg Bledsoe

October 26, 2022 |

NBCLX |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

A type of red seaweed can be added to cows' diets to reduce the methane they emit.

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E-bikes gain momentum as a climate, traffic solution

Alex Brown

October 14, 2022 |

Stateline |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Government officials in Denver, Colorado, are encouraging e-bike adoption with rebates for those purchasing one to reduce traffic and air pollution in the city. So far, over 4,000 e-bikes were bought with help from the rebates.

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Denver's E-Bike Rebates Are So Hot They're Gone Within Minutes

Whitney Bauck

October 13, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Denver offers rebates up to $1,700 for residents purchasing electric bikes to encourage their adoption, increase accessibility for low-income residents, and help reduce air pollution.

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A street lit by rotten onions? An Indian market embraces biogas.

Kavitha Yarlagadda

October 13, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: India, Hyderabad

At a vegetable market in Hyderabad, India, food waste is collected and converted into biogas to provide gas and electricity for buildings and streetlights. The process keeps the waste from emitting methane in a landfill and reduces reliance on fossil fuels and coal.

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London's Deadly, Polluted Air Turned the City Into an EV Pioneer

Feargus O'Sullivan Hayley Warren Jeremy C.F. Lin

October 10, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: England, London

London charges higher-emission vehicles every day they enter the city center, called the Ultra Low Emission Zone, on top of the already existing London Congestion Charge for non-electric vehicles to enter the zone. Since the charges were implemented, the city has seen an increase in electric vehicle adoption and improved air quality.

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How Utah can control dust from the Great Salt Lake — and why it will cost lots of money

Leia Larsen

October 10, 2022 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

To prevent particulate matter air pollution from the dried-out Owens Lakebed, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power used a myriad of measures including shallow flooding, tillage, laying gravel, and planting managed vegetation.

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Digging into Minnesota's peat, an underappreciated climate superhero

Dan Kraker

October 10, 2022 |

MPR News |

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Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Researchers are studying the peatlands in Minnesota to understand how to best enhance their carbon storage and minimize carbon and methane emissions as the climate warms.

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Meet the women fighting air pollution in Delhi's slums

Vandana K

September 28, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: India, Delhi

The Mahila Housing Trust initiative and the social impact agency Purpose are raising awareness of the dangerous air pollution women are exposed to when working in construction in Delhi. They’re working with locals to educate the public, encourage mask-wearing, and teach women to use air-quality monitors and report issues on an app.

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