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Why Minnesota's push to electrify government vehicles is going slower than expected

Frank Jossi

April 04, 2023 |

Energy News Network |

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Response Location: United States, Minnesota

To reduce fossil fuel consumption, Minnesota is transitioning its fleet of state-owned vehicles to electric models.

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Here's What Hawaii Can Learn From Other States On Publicly Funded Elections

Chad Blair

April 03, 2023 |

Honolulu Civil Beat |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

Maine's Clean Election Act provides public funding to political candidates who earn a certain number of small donations from voters, with the goal of making it easier for people from a wider range of demographics to run for office. In 2020, the state set a record with 63 percent of women candidates winning their races, and roughly 69 percent of the women who ran took advantage of the Clean Elections program.

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A 'game changer' for immigrants: Job-ready college classes in their native language

Debbie Truong Jeong Park Selene Rivera

April 03, 2023 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Community Colleges are now offering subject-matter courses taught in students’ native languages, including Spanish, Russian, and Korean. The tuition-free vocational classes allow students to earn certificates in a trade or work toward a GED, all while learning in the language they’re most comfortable speaking.

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Amid changing climate, Bangladesh farming groups conserve indigenous rice seeds

Abu Siddique

April 03, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge runs a rice breeding initiative to preserve and encourage the planting of indigenous seeds. The program trains farmers how to problem solve, cultivate, and save the different seed varieties.

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How Planting Grasslands Fights Climate Change

Michelle Lotker

April 03, 2023 |

PBS North Carolina |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

In North Carolina, planting native grassland plants instead of typical turf for lawns, landscaping, and roadside areas can create a carbon sink as the plants trap carbon underground in their long root systems.

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The Flashlight-Wielding, Frog-Taxiing Guardians of Spring's 'Big Night'

Elizabeth Hewitt

April 03, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Volunteers from the Harris Center for Conservation Education in New Hampshire spend spring nights helping amphibians cross the road safely. The volunteers work during mass amphibian migration periods and collect data on the species they see for conservation efforts.

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Veterans Push Back Against Military Recruitment in Schools

Ruben Brosbe

April 03, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

We Are Not Your Soldiers sends military veterans into school classrooms to discuss alternatives to enlisting and the harm the military has caused. More than 50 veterans have participated in the program, which focuses on debunking myths about recruitment benefits and contextualizing the role of the military in broader social issues.

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KC group wants to give Black children the skills to succeed in tech

Mili Mansaray

April 03, 2023 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

WeCodeKC offers educational training and mentorship to help Black and brown students from low-income neighborhoods break into the tech industry. Participants can learn different programming languages, build their own robots, work on cybersecurity projects, get help with internship and job searches, and more.

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Student-led water testing spurs action at Detroit's School at Marygrove

Ethan Bakuli

April 03, 2023 |

Chalkbeat |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Concerns and advocacy from earth science students in Detroit who conducted their own tests of water hydration stations across their school building led to an immediate administrative response. The students lobbied school, district, and city officials, advocating for increased testing and routine inspections of water fountain filters and the building’s pipe infrastructure.

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The Case for Free Jewish Day School

Mark Oppenheimer

April 03, 2023 |

Tablet Magazine |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

In recent years, Jewish day schools such as TanenbaumCHAT in Toronto have worked to make their programs more affordable by leveraging philanthropy to reduce tuition and providing tools to help families calculate the financial aid available to them. In the six years since the program was launched, enrollment in TanenbaumCHAT's ninth-grade class has doubled.

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