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  • Why Utah Is Bucking One of the West's Oldest Water Rules

    Nina Elkadi

    November 05, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Utah is ditching the “use it or lose it” water rights doctrine to encourage farmers to conserve water amid severe water shortages. Instead, it’s encouraging farmers to use less water while allowing them to keep their rights to it. The government is awarding funding for efficiency upgrades and creating a system for farmess to lease out the saved water.

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  • Can incinerators solve Vietnam's waste crisis?

    Nhung Nguyen

    October 22, 2024 |

    Dialogue Earth |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Vietnam

    Vietnam is building waste-to-energy plants, which burn household waste and generate energy during the process, to remedy its over-full landfills and eventually provide some relief from related air and groundwater pollution.

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  • Fighting Water Scarcity and Disease: Kenya's Sand Dam Revolution

    Jackson Okata

    October 14, 2024 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kajiado West

    Amidst water scarcity and increased waterborne diseases, community members are using sand dams, an innovative water management system, to conserve rainwater for daily use. Sand dams offer extended water storage capabilities, lasting up to a year, ensuring community members have consistent access to clean water for farming, cooking and general hygiene. There are currently six sand dams in the community serving 600 households.

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  • Mini-artificial islands mimic wetlands and help filter Missouri's lakes and ponds

    Ulaa Kuziez

    October 01, 2024 |

    St. Louis Public Radio |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Missouri

    The Missouri Department of Conservation is installing artificial wetlands in small bodies of water across the state to improve the water quality. The floating plastic islands are anchored to the seabed and hold native plants, allowing the roots to reach into the water below. The plants soak up excess nutrients and toxins, mimicking natural wetlands.

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  • In France, One Group Seeks to Do the Unthinkable: Unite the Climate Movement

    Anna Pujol-Mazzini

    September 03, 2024 |

    The Revelator |

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    Response Location: France

    A French climate movement called Earth Uprisings is bringing together activists from a variety of social justice causes across many progressive groups to call for climate action, an unprecedented kind of collaboration for the country.

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  • Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

    Alexandra Talty

    June 27, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Researchers, conservationists, and shellfish farmers on both U.S. coasts are starting and studying seaweed farms as a way to soak up excess nutrients in acidic water to help shellfish survive and grow.

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  • Could the Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay's strategy to improve water quality?

    Bennet Goldstein

    June 21, 2024 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States

    A unique regional cleanup program was designed to reduce the nutrient runoff in the Chesapeake Bay using a legally-enforceable pollution quota across six U.S. states.

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  • Can AI Help Cut Plastic Waste From the Food System?

    Lisa Held

    June 03, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    The new Global Plastics AI Policy Tool, developed by plastic waste and ecology experts, uses machine learning to predict how policy interventions like capping production and investing in recycling infrastructure would reduce plastic pollution by 2050. It could be of particular use as countries work on an international, legally binding treaty to address the plastic crisis.

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  • Using less of the Colorado River takes a willing farmer and $45 million in federal funds

    Alex Hager Heather Sackett

    May 30, 2024 |

    KUNC |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    A federally-funded water conservation program, the System Conservation Pilot Program, is paying farmers in the Upper Colorado River Basin to not use the river’s water during the irrigation season. Leaving their fields dry for the program can earn them more money than they would get from growing crops.

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  • This Utah County Will Buy Your Lawn to Save Water

    Morgan Sjogren

    May 14, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    A turf buyback program run by the Washington County Water Conservancy District in Utah pays residents to swap their lawns for native plants. It's reducing the amount of water used for landscaping amid a drought.

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