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The City That Turned Its Water Into Cash

John Tierney

September 22, 2014 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown, Pennsylvania uses a creative financing strategy - leasing the city's water and sewage utilities - to pay for expensive public pension programs. To keep from raising rates for Allentown residents, the lease agreement has a strict rate cap that rises with inflation.

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Free pre-K: Strong early gains, but long-term questions

Claudia Rowe

September 20, 2014 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Preparing the young for elementary education is a priority to nurture reading and social skills. For 16 years, Tulsa Oklahoma has instituted a state funded preschool, staffed with teachers trained in early education. Tulsa’s Pre-K initiative has shown that their children are more prepared for literacy skills and math; however, maintaining the positive results is a long-term challenge.

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Why Is Wyoming Safer?

Stephanie Joyce

September 17, 2014 |

Inside Energy |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Wyoming

During gas drilling boom in Wyoming, worker deaths were extremely high . In response occupational epidemiologists were hired to help improve worker safety.

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Sun and Wind Alter Global Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind

Justin Gillis

September 13, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Germany, Bremerhaven

With climate change continuing as a threat to the planet’s health, Germany has contributed efforts to curb greenhouse gases by installing wind turbines and solar panels to generate renewable energy. Germany’s commitment and financial investment in renewable energy beats other industrial countries but, at the present, the cost is still high.

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Migration outlier: How Nicaragua escaped neighbors' deadly spiral

Ivan Castro

August 28, 2014 |

Reuters |

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Response Location: Nicaragua, Managua, Managua

Crushing poverty and extreme violence - fueled by drug trafficking and police corruption - are behind a mass migration of Central American children to the United States in recent months that has overwhelmed U.S. border resources and driven illegal immigration to the fore in U.S. congressional elections. But the United Nations has praised Nicaragua's security model, which includes social services to help youths in gangs find jobs as well as sport programs like little-league baseball teams.

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The Power, and Process, of a Simple Solution

Amy Yee

August 14, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Khulna, Khulna Division

With the creation of oral rehydration solution, diarrhea can be treated by inexpensive, homemade remedies. O.R.S. has undeniably helped Bangladesh make big strides in improving child health in recent decades thanks to thoughtful, systemic implementation, and it is now distributed by UNICEF in more than 60 countries.

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How Highway Underpasses are Saving Panthers in Florida

Melissa Gaskill

August 14, 2014 |

Mental Floss |

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Response Location: United States, Florida

According to the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission, there are fewer than 180 panthers left in the state due to high rates of animal-vehicle collision. Now, the state is trying to prevent further harming the species by introducing specially designed technology, including highway underpasses and roadside animal detection systems.

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Minnesota starts to think about re-using wastewater

Elizabeth Dunbar

August 04, 2014 |

Minnesota Public Radio |

Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato, where treated wastewater is used for everything from irrigation to industrial cooling, is one of the few places around this water-rich state where water is being recycled in this way. But as concerns about the availability of groundwater rise in certain parts of the state, interest in reusing wastewater is growing.

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A Critical Mass Tragedy Sparks a Bicycle Boom in Brazil

Gregory Scruggs

July 30, 2014 |

Next City |

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Response Location: Brazil, Porto Alegre

Support and popularity for bicycle use and culture has grown in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Following a deadly incident killing two cyclists at a bicycle event, the city has seen a demonstrative outpouring of support. City officials and activists say that while the tragedy created a sense of solidarity in support of cyclists, the city itself has started seeing shifts, in culture and policy, over the years to become more bicycle friendly.

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Even rural America can have good public transportation

Ben Adler

July 23, 2014 |

Grist |

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Response Location: United States, Aspen, Colorado

Rural areas are known for requiring tourists to rent a car in order to move around, which can be a significant added expense. But Aspen has developed a bus system that can bring residents or tourists from Aspen to suburban areas and back, and the area is also well geared to bicycle use.

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