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  • California's Methane Climate Solution Rewards Dairy Gas. Other States Take a Harder Line.

    April 26, 2023 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California pays farmers to turn cow manure into biogas in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Harvested in various ways, the gas collected from the waste is used to power farms.

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  • Biological Breaks Helping Improve Fish Production on Lake Kivu

    April 14, 2023 |

    The Chronicles |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    The Rwandan government bans fishing on Lake Kivu during August and September for what they call a “Biological Break.” They pause fishing when the climate is best for fish reproduction and growth to ensure the fish population remains stable.

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  • India's endangered tiger population is rebounding in triumph for conservationists

    April 10, 2023 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: India

    India developed 53 tiger reserves over 75,800 square kilometers as a part of a government-led conservation program, Project Tiger. Software and technology like camera traps are used to track the tiger population, which reached over 3,100 last year.

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  • How protecting trees can fight gentrification

    December 19, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Activists in Los Angeles are taking legal action to ensure black walnut trees' protections are not violated by developers to help prevent gentrification and extreme heat.

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  • Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis

    December 14, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Germany, Saarland

    Unlike the U.S., in Germany medical debt is almost nonexistent because the country limits how much patients have to pay out-of-pocket for doctor and hospital visits and medications. Affordable access to health care has made German patients less likely than Americans to die from conditions that can be treated with good access to care, such as heart attacks, diabetes, pneumonia, and some cancers.

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  • The Other Abortion Pill

    September 19, 2022 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States

    Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, access to safe, legal abortion in the U.S. is scarce. While several states have banned mifepristone and misoprostol — the two drugs that makeup abortion pills — misoprostol, which has been found to be the more effective of the two, can still be accessed at some pharmacies and through nonprofits in the U.S. and overseas like Plan C and Aid Access.

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  • How Pennsylvania keeps its voter rolls clean and updated

    June 28, 2022 |

    Votebeat Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania uses a comprehensive approach to maintain accurate voter roles. The state is a member of the Electronic Registration Information Center, which is a cross-state database that updates records of voters every 60 days based on interactions with the DMV. In addition, when a registered voter doesn’t vote in two consecutive federal election cycles, they are marked inactive and sent a request to confirm their residency. Those that do not respond with 30 days are removed from the rolls. All 67 counties are required to do annual maintenance of their voter rolls.

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  • A study in contrasts: Low-turnout runoffs vs. Alaska's top-four, all-mail primary

    June 23, 2022 |

    The Fulcrum |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Alaska’s first primary election since it instituted a “top four” election system that places all candidates – regardless of party –on the same primary ballot, resulted in a less partisan campaign because people have to appeal to a more diverse group than their base in order to win. The all-mail primary also led to higher voter turnout, the highest since 2014.

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  • D.C. Residents Are Voting from Prison This Week

    June 20, 2022 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

    In July 2020, the District became one of three places in the country to grant people who are incarcerated the right to vote. Officials have conducted outreach to people in DC jails to make sure the are aware of their rights and the Board of Elections has provided staff with information and documents they need to ensure people can register to vote.

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  • Villagers in western Tamil Nadu dislodge polluting charcoal mills after decade-long fight to save groundwater

    June 07, 2022 |

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    Response Location: India, Kangeyam, Tamil Nadu

    After years of protesting, attending public grievance meetings, and appearing as plaintiffs in court cases, the residents of Kangeyam, India, gained enough attention to shut down the charcoal industries that were polluting the groundwater.

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