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  • Tiny Blue Bubbles Designed to Help Save the Planet

    Alan Jeffries Amy Marino

    March 16, 2015 |

    Bloomberg |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Livermore, California

    The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has designed a new technology that captures carbon dioxide at power plants before it goes into the air. This new method, which is much more efficient and affordable than other carbon dioxide capturing methods, uses microcapsules filled with a fluid that absorbs carbon dioxide. While it’s not going to solve climate change entirely, this new technology has shown promising results for at least slowing it down.

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  • The Battle to Keep Ho Chi Minh City Above Water

    Jesse Hardman

    January 22, 2015 |

    New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

    Geography and climate change challenge the viability of sea-level cities in Vietnam, but architects, researchers, and urban planners work together to find creative solutions. One architect in Ho Chi Minh City designed green roofs to absorb the rainwater that causes floods.

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  • Bringing Back the Night: A Fight Against Light Pollution

    Paul Bogard

    August 19, 2013 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: France, Paris

    More people are beginning to acknowledge the adverse effects of light pollution on wildlife and human health alike, as countries like France are enacting light ordinances to restrict the use of lights at night. Along with an added benefit of cutting carbon emissions, these ordinances require businesses to turn off lights at night after employees leave, and for billboards to cut light as well.

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