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  • A Firewood Lot is Helping This Timber Town Recover

    Ashli Blow

    August 12, 2024 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakridge, Oregon

    A locally-owned wood lot in Oakridge, Oregon, collects piles of debris from the surrounding forest that could become fuel for wildfires and turns it into firewood for the community. Alongside wildfire mitigation, the business reduces the air pollution residents create when their only option is to burn wet wood for heat.

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  • An overlooked climate solution unfolds in Memphis' energy challenges

    Ashli Blow

    January 23, 2024 |

    Tennessee Lookout |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Memphis Gas Light and Water’s weatherization program is helping city residents prepare their homes for increasingly intense storms in ways that also reduce their energy use from fossil-fuel-derived sources and their utility bills. Contractors may install a new air conditioner or repair walls, but the resident is never charged for the services because ratepayers round up their bills to cover the cost.

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  • Counterintuitive conservation: Fire boosts aquatic crustaceans in U.S. savannas

    Ashli Blow

    April 21, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Prescribed burns remove shrubs and invasive plants from habitats that vernal pool fairy shrimp and different species of crayfish live in — making it easier for them to thrive and populations to increase.

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