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Poopspotting: How AI and satellites can detect illegal manure spreading in Wisconsin

Bennet Goldstein

March 07, 2024 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

An artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at Standford University analyzes aerial photographs to detect fields with manure illegally spread on them in the winter. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can use that information to manually check fields for compliance with regulations that are meant to prevent water contamination.

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Oakland debate group gives low-income students opportunities usually exclusive to private schools

Ashley McBride

March 07, 2024 |

The Oaklandside |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

The Bay Area Urban Debate League serves students in low-income communities by providing debate opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t be able to access or afford. Teaching debate and participating in tournaments teach students valuable life skills like argumentation, critical thinking, research and logic. In 2023, the Bay Area Urban Debate League served 300 middle and high school students.

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Dairy Digesters Promise to Cut Methane — Unfortunately, They Might Be an Inefficient Band-Aid

Marlena Williams

March 07, 2024 |

Sentient |

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Response Location: United States, California

Dairy digesters are oxygen-free systems that break down organic material like manure and turn methane into “biogas,” which can be used to generate electricity or processed into transportation fuel. Once heralded and championed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as one of the most cost-effective emissions reductions programs, new research shows the real cost is up to 17-times more than what state and industry officials have publicly claimed.

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'You are not alone': In community, young people find antidotes to climate anxiety

Heidi Schlumpf

March 06, 2024 |

National Catholic Reporter |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

To help young adults cope with climate anxiety, groups like Eco-Warriors are emerging at universities and within communities for like-minded individuals to gather and share their concerns and stresses related to climate change. At Loyola University Chicago, Eco-Warriors specifically has reached 30 students, touting a small-group feel where everyone is comfortable sharing their feelings and seeking solace in each other.

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Why Europe is dismantling its dams

Lucrezia Lozza

March 05, 2024 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Finland

Researchers and conservationists in European countries like Finland are buying obsolete dams and dismantling them to allow river ecosystems to recover and fish to travel freely.

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More Colorado students are eating school meals now that they're free. The state might cut back.

Yesenia Robles

March 05, 2024 |

Chalkbeat Colorado |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

After Colorado limited tax deductions for high earners to help fund free school meals, participation in breakfast programs rose 35 percent, while schools saw participation in lunch programs increase by 31 percent. However, the tax changes did not provide enough revenue to fully cover the cost of the free meals, and lawmakers are now considering whether to limit eligibility for the free meals.

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Children in the courtroom: How Virginia judges are giving kids a voice

Jenna Zibton

March 05, 2024 |

Solutionaries |

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Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

Judges in Roanoke, Virginia, are ensuring children have a voice in the courtroom to improve the way cases are handled and the outcomes for children in foster care. They encourage children to speak up, ask them what they want, prepare them in advance with worksheets and letters, and even offer them gifts like a book or stuffed animal.

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How Southern Africa's Elephants Bounced Back

Veronika Perková

March 05, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Zimbabwe

The once-declining elephant population at Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe is now stable because the rangers use the core-buffer model to keep them safe. To ensure they have enough room to live comfortably, the elephants are allowed to wander far into less-protected zones. But the park has a well-protected core patrolled by rangers that elephants can return to when they feel threatened.

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Art therapy helps family caregivers cope with hard times

Eleanore Catolico

March 05, 2024 |

New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative |

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Response Location: United States, Pontiac, Michigan

The Art Experience provides free art therapy classes for caregivers, offering a space for them to gather for respite and creative self-expression. At the classes, caregivers learn mindfulness, self-care practices and meet one-on-one with certified art therapists to discuss their individual situations and learn ways to cope with stress.

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Getting off fossil fuels is hard, but this city is doing it — building by building

Jeff Brady

March 04, 2024 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

The town of Ithaca is working with its local gas utility and area homeowners to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by removing gas pipes from homes and businesses by switching them over to electricity, primarily from renewable sources. While the transition is a long process, the town expects to achieve about a 30% reduction in emissions in the next year.

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