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  • Pace of Harris County home buyouts slower than hoped for after Hurricane Harvey

    August 24, 2022 |

    Texas Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Harris County, Texas

    Harris County Flood Control District voluntary buyout program, funded by FEMA, allowed the local government to purchase entire clusters of homes in floodplains that they will repurpose for public projects that will also mitigate flood damage in the future. The district has completed almost 750 buyouts, far below buyouts in previous years, but 5,000 properties are still on the buyout list. Residents receive payments for their homes and coverage of fees like closing costs, moving costs and a variety of bonuses. Some homeowners can also receive down payment assistance and closing costs on a new home.

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  • "I wanted to quit a million times, but how will they be without me?": how the Dnipro shelter saves animals from the front line

    August 22, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Dnipro

    The We Are for the Right to Life animal shelter in Dnipro, Ukraine, cares for animal refugees by treating their injuries and health issues and giving them a place to stay until they can be rehomed.

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  • How a high-risk California town learned to live with fire

    August 22, 2022 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: United States, Topanga, California

    Residents of a California town with a high fire risk collectively increased the fire resistance of their homes through actions like brush removal, landscaping, and renovations.

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  • The Saguaro Solution

    August 18, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    The United States Forest Service, local organizations, and volunteers came together at Tonto National Forest in Arizona to replant cacti in the Sonoran Desert after a wildfire devastated the area. So far, most of the over 700 cacti planted over the past two years have survived.

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  • Flood control goes green: How Houston is using nature to combat flooding

    August 16, 2022 |

    Houston Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Several areas in Texas are using public green spaces and nature preserves as ways to mitigate or reduce flooding. Exploration Green is one example of a project that reclaimed nature in an urban area by creating five ponds, each of which can hold up to 100 million gallons of floodwater while also supporting native plants, animals, and trails for hiking.

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  • WA's Nooksack River has been sounding the alarm, and people are finally listening

    August 15, 2022 |

    InvestigateWest |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    After being hit by two natural disasters in one year, cities, Indigenous tribes, and government agencies in Whatcom County on the Nooksack River are working together to create a new plan to deal with flood risk and salmon restoration. The Floodplain Integrated Planning team is overcoming distrust among its partners to build a more holistic plan that incorporates tested solutions like fish-friendly floodgates, levee repairs, and property buyouts to remove homes that will continue to be flooded in the future.

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  • 'Ventilation Corridors' Funnel Cool Mountain Air Into Steamy Stuttgart

    August 12, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Stuttgart

    Stuttgart is using a “nature-based response” to climate change by leveraging earth-cooling tools already available in the natural world. The city has created a vast network of ventilation channels – green parkways and corridors of water and trees – designed to funnel cooler breezes into the city at night and naturally lower air temperatures.

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  • Kenyan youth help climate-hit communities prepare for disaster

    August 08, 2022 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    A group of young volunteers translate disaster alert bulletins issued by the government drought agency into local languages and then share the alerts by word of mouth and over the radio so that people living in rural areas can take action, particularly receive nutrition aid for their children.

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  • Are Criollo Cattle a Regenerative Solution to a 1,200-Year Megadrought?

    August 08, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    The Criollo cattle's foraging patterns help manage fire-prone rangeland and restore native vegetation, while providing a cheaper alternative to conventional English beef cattle, like Angus. These cattle can be extremely beneficial in the arid environments of the American Southwest that experience long droughts and are more susceptible to wildfires.

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  • Repair Ukraine: How volunteers "clean up after russia" in Chernihiv region

    August 05, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Lukashivka

    Volunteers from the Repair Together project travel to liberated towns in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine to clear rubble, so the residents can rebuild their homes.

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