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  • This Walkable Gathering Space Has Transformed a City's Main Street

    October 27, 2025 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

    The city of Lancaster invested nearly $12 million to create a walkable mixed-use development area along a main thoroughfare, with nine blocks of businesses and community spaces such as a library and a museum. The development has generated more than $270 million in economic output and residents say the area is now welcoming and encourages a sense of community.

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  • Ventura County is turning former farmland into affordable housing for farmworkers - High Country News

    October 20, 2025 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Ventura, California

    The 2016 exemption to Ventura County's strict farmland protection laws has enabled the development of nearly 700 affordable housing units for farmworkers. These rent-controlled apartments on former agricultural land provide stable housing regardless of immigration status.

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  • How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill

    October 17, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology allows electric vehicles to send stored battery power back to utilities during peak demand periods. Early pilot programs in Maryland and California have demonstrated reduced grid stress, lower electricity costs, and the potential to transform millions of parked EVs into a distributed energy storage network.

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  • How One Country's Russian Gas Crisis Became a Green Energy Boom

    October 16, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Republic of Moldova

    Moldova used government regulations and local installations of solar panels and biomass systems to respond to the Russia energy crisis, empowering local communities to create their own renewable energy cooperatives. These have helped increase the nation's renewable energy from 3% to 25% and reduce heating electricity costs in participating towns.

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  • Inside the Colorado factory where AtmosZero is electrifying steam

    October 14, 2025 |

    Canary Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

    AtmosZero's modular electric heat pump technology replaces gas-fired industrial boilers to produce steam at up to 165°C, demonstrated at New Belgium brewery where it provides 30-40% of steam needs with 200% efficiency, though at higher installation costs and lower efficiency than waste-heat systems.

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  • Family Planning Strengthens Agency for Women, Youth in Zimbabwe

    October 07, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council focuses on improving maternal health outcomes by providing reproductive health and family planning resources, including contraception and educational counseling, at clinics, local health facilities, and community organizations. Since 2010, the country’s maternal mortality rate has fallen and the rate of married women using modern contraceptives has reached 69%.

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  • Nigeria's Self-Care Policy Expands Women's Reproductive Choices

    October 07, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nasarawa

    Thanks to Nigeria’s Self-Care Policy, residents can access free injectable contraceptives that can be administered without the support of health workers. Patients learn how to use the injectable during their first appointment at a health center and are then able to take up to a year of doses with them to administer independently each month at home. Since 2014, when the self-injectables were first introduced, the country’s rate of contraceptive prevalence has risen from 4% to 15%.

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  • Bridging Gaps in Women's Health: Niger State's Push for Better Access to Family Planning

    October 07, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

    The Niger State Health Care Fund offers a voucher program that helps cover the cost of antenatal care and family planning services for women in rural areas and IDP camps. The voucher scheme, alongside community engagement programs and technological resources, has improved access to contraceptives and reproductive health services, but the state’s rate of contraceptive prevalence is still below the national average.

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  • Small farmers are more squeezed than ever. A California grant program offers a lifeline.

    October 03, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California's farm-to-school grant program, launched in 2021, has successfully directed 100% of its funding to small and disadvantaged farmers. This has helped them expand their businesses through investments like refrigerated vans and partnerships with food hubs, enabling fresh local produce delivery to schools across the state.

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  • Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene

    September 27, 2025 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    In the wake of disasters like Hurricane Helene, FEMA is tasked with dispensing aid, including rental assistance and funding for home repairs. But in six of the 10 North Carolina counties most affected by the storm, the lowest-income households received less aid that households in the highest income tier, raising concerns about equity and the agency’s onerous application process.

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