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  • Giving buildings a new, green lease on life

    Krithiga Narayanan

    February 02, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Chennai

    An architect in Chennai, India, is retrofitting private residences and public buildings to be more sustainable. They make changes like installing energy-efficient upgrades, solar panels, improved ventilation, and low-flow plumbing fixtures to reduce water and energy consumption.

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  • Minnesota schools testing electric buses find benefits and barriers

    Dan Gunderson

    January 30, 2024 |

    MPR News |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Morris, Minnesota

    After adding electric school buses to its fleet with the help of grant funding, Morris Area Schools saw its fuel costs drop from about $3 per gallon to the equivalent of about $1 a gallon. Each bus is estimated to help cut roughly 140 tons of carbon emissions over its lifetime.

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  • The race to build climate-resilient coral reefs

    Chris Lovenko

    January 29, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    Researchers and conservationists around the world are finding ways to help coral reefs grow quicker and survive the warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change. The Australian company Coral Maker is using artificial intelligence and robots to mass produce concrete skeletons for coral to grow on, and the Coral Restoration Foundation is growing coral on floating "trees."

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  • AI is helping school districts navigate bus driver shortages

    Alex Fitzpatrick

    January 25, 2024 |

    Axios |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    HopSkipDrive is a transportation company with an artificial intelligence tool that helps schools across the United States optimize their bus routes around driver shortages. The company uses a combination of traditional bus rides and passenger cars operated by its drivers to improve on-time arrival rates and reduce absenteeism.

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  • Yellowstone Club becomes first ski resort in Montana to turn wastewater into snow 

    Justin Franz

    January 18, 2024 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Montana

    The Yellowstone Club ski resort in Montana is misting treated wastewater into the air with machines to make snow. This keeps its ski runs open during dry winters and produces more runoff in the summers to recharge crucial aquifers.

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  • Native nations with scarce internet are building their own broadband networks

    Madyson Fitzgerald

    January 17, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Hopi Reservation, United States, Arizona

    In an effort to address a lack of broadband access, Indigenous communities are working together, and with local organizations, to acquire funding to bring internet access to their communities and close the digital divide.

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  • The Cheap, Clever Promise of 'Water ATMs'

    Geetanjali Krishna

    January 15, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Warangal, Telangana

    The nonprofit Safe Water Network is training entrepreneurs in India to treat and filter water so they can run water ATMs. These businesses supply safe drinking water to communities that lack access to it for about half the price of any other option.

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  • Tidal power: What's holding it back?

    Graihagh Jackson Jordan Dunbar Malene Jensen

    January 14, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea

    Researchers in South Korea and Ireland are harnessing the power from the up, down, and side-to-side motions of ocean tides as a source of renewable energy.

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  • Virginia districts roll on with electric school buses despite lack of state funding

    Elizabeth McGowan

    January 11, 2024 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    Schools in Virginia are switching from diesel to electric buses to reduce their emissions and impact on local air quality. With no access to state funding, the schools are buying buses outright, renting them, and partnering with nonprofit organizations that assist them in finding funding.

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  • Shining a Light on Snake Bites

    Diwash Gahatraj

    January 11, 2024 |

    Bluedot Living |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

    The addition of solar power mini-grids provides electricity to 50 houses in the village, making it possible for residents to monitor their homes for snakes — something that’s impossible to do without light — and prevent fatal snake bites. The 50 mini-grids were provided for free and since their installation in February 2023, the village hasn’t reported a single snake bite case.

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