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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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  • 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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  • Inside the historic student protests for Palestine at UC Davis and Stanford

    Maximillian Alvarez

    February 29, 2024 |

    The Real News Network |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    In response to Israel’s war on Gaza, student activists at the University of California Davis helped draft and campaign in support of a bill demanding that the university divest from corporations “complicit in human rights violations against Palestinians,” drawing hundreds to speak before the student government. The student senate ultimately passed the bill by a vote of 12-2 and is now in the process of implementing it.

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  • Young, educated and (trying not to be) broke — how some younger borrowers see Biden's SAVE plan

    Lauren Gallup

    February 28, 2024 |

    Northwest Public Broadcasting |

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    Response Location: United States

    The United States’ Saving on a Valuable Education plan bases enrolled borrowers’ student loan payments on their monthly discretionary income to help lower the rate. The federal government covers any interest above the minimum monthly payments, which can be as low as $0, and some of the debt will be forgiven.

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  • Wildlife Crossings Can Mend a Landscape

    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

    February 21, 2024 |

    Sierra Club |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    The Netherlands built nearly 3,000 wildlife crossings over and under roads, railways, and waterways to reduce habitat fragmentation, allowing wildlife to roam freely without becoming roadkill.

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  • Bad roads: Community bridges gap amid government neglect

    Yahuza Bawage

    February 19, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Karim-Lamido, Taraba State

    After a badly needed road construction project was abandoned by officials and contractors, community members banded together to pool their resources and build wooden bridges that made the road passable again.

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  • Prison system works to combat health care coverage gap by enrolling people in Medicaid before release

    Rachel Crumpler

    February 13, 2024 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    With the new statewide Medicaid expansion, the Department of Adult Correction is working to ensure fewer people reenter society after incarceration and enter a healthcare coverage gap by helping people apply for Medicaid before release. With the Medicaid expansion, 80% of the 15,000 people released from prison each year are now eligible for coverage, and prison staff submit about 100 Medicaid applications each week.

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  • Can Baby Bonds Deliver on Promise to Close Rhode Island's Wealth Gap?

    Nancy Lavin

    February 10, 2024 |

    Rhode Island Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Connecticut and several other East Coast states are implementing baby bond programs to help children in low-income families generate wealth. The programs create trust funds for babies born into families on public health insurance that are managed by the state until they turn 18.

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  • Comox Valley Farmers' Market coupon needs have 'skyrocketed'

    Madeline Dunnett

    February 07, 2024 |

    The Discourse |

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    Response Location: Canada, Comox Valley, British Columbia

    The BC Farmer’s Market Nutrition Coupon Program in British Columbia, Canada, provides lower-income families and seniors with coupons to purchase food at farmer’s markets. The program improves food security by ensuring more people have access to fresh, healthy food and supporting local farmers.

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  • Black Mayors Visit Innovative Temporary Housing Complex in LA

    Solomon O. Smith

    February 05, 2024 |

    Inland Valley News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Hilda L. Solis Care First Village provides temporary housing and support services for people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles with the goal of transitioning them into permanent housing. Residents get a private room with a TV and a shower and share other facilities like kitchens and laundry rooms.

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