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  • A sanctuary law aimed to 'Trump-proof' California on immigration. What has it accomplished?

    March 03, 2025 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A California law enacted in 2018 limits local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration officials, preventing local police from arresting someone solely for having a deportation order or keeping them in custody longer than necessary to allow time for immigration officers to arrive. The state’s share of national ICE arrests has fallen, as has the number of people transferred from state prison to ICE custody, but challenges to California’s law and “sanctuary” policies like it are mounting.

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  • Ideas We Should Steal: Divest Fossil Fuels From City Pensions

    March 03, 2025 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Following the success of New York City's divestment of pension funds from fossil fuels, a process that started in 2015, other cities around the US are exploring ways to achieve net-zero portfolio emissions. In most cases, the divested pension funds have performed at least as well financially as a city’s non-divested funds.

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  • How Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY Mold

    March 03, 2025 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Cambridge’s new zoning reform lessens housing restrictions by allowing property owners and developers to build six-story apartments — through a process called upzoning — to accommodate more residents on a single lot in areas that were previously restricted to single-family homes. The city previously aimed to build 350 new units by 2040, but with the new zoning reform, that estimate has grown to 4,880.

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  • The revellers making Trinidad's carnival more sustainable

    March 03, 2025 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Trinidad and Tobago

    Carnicycle, 2nd Closet, and Fete with the Saints are implementing recycling initiatives, costume reuse programs, and waste reduction measures to successfully reduce the environmental footprint of Trinidad's carnival by diverting thousands of costume parts and single-use plastics from landfills.

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  • “Close the Gap” or Political Band-Aid? South Africa's HIV/AIDS Response

    March 02, 2025 |

    Modern Diplomacy |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    South Africa’s “Close the Gap” campaign aims to bridge disparities in HIV/AIDS treatment. To make the initiative more effective, some African countries are incorporating traditional health practitioners into the healthcare framework to provide more holistic care that bridges the gap between Indigenous cultural knowledge and modern medical practices.

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  • Women farmers in Bihar turn to solar pumps, overcoming patriarchy and irrigation woes

    March 02, 2025 |

    ThePrint |

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    Response Location: India, Bihar

    Women farmers in Bihar are installing and operating solar irrigation pumps and selling water to neighboring fields—cutting irrigation costs (often versus diesel), improving agricultural output, and generating a steady income.

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  • Trash to Cash

    February 28, 2025 |

    Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt, River State

    In an effort to reduce plastic waste, recycling centers like Recyclift Recycling Technology Company collect plastic waste and crush it into processed pellets to be repurposed. The company employs over 50 people, all working toward the goal of crushing 100 tons of plastic each week.

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  • Abandoned Coal Mines Are Becoming the Batteries of the Future

    February 27, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    Gravity batteries can store excess renewable energy in abandoned mine shafts, offering coal-dependent communities economic and environmental benefits. This energy storage tactic is being used in various iterations around the globe.

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  • Can aid be reimagined to deliver meaningful value?

    February 27, 2025 |

    Africanews |

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    Response Location: Morocco

    Cooperatives in Morocco, like Biosalim Cooperative, help women farmers access capital and provide training in agricultural methods, personal development and entrepreneurship to help them achieve financial stability and greater representation in their communities. Since launching in 2018, Biosalim has helped more than 4,000 women.

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  • Healing Smiles: This Nonprofit is Combating Stigma, Improving Access to Cleft Care in Kano

    February 27, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    The Grassroots Smile Initiative provides complimentary cleft lip surgeries and associated care, including nutritional support, speech therapy and other treatments. Since 2005, the group has performed over 3,000 free surgeries, averaging about 150 to 200 patients each year.

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