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What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?

Joseph Winters

May 01, 2024 |

Grist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

The nonprofit PR3 is working to standardize reusable packaging systems for businesses like coffee shops and grocery stores to make them easier to scale and adopt as a replacement to single-use materials.

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Inside the Icelandic plant turning CO2 into rocks

Adrienne Murray

April 28, 2024 |

BBC |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Iceland

A direct carbon capture plant in Iceland sucks carbon dioxide out of the air, mixes it with water, and pumps it underground to help combat climate change. When the mixture reaches the basalt bedrock, it causes a chemical reaction that turns the carbon into a solid so it can be stored underground in the porous rock.

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Keeping Food Scraps Out of Landfills Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think

Carl Smith

April 25, 2024 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Orange County, California, is increasing the amount of organic waste it diverts from landfills by encouraging residents to put compostable material in the bins they use for yard waste and composting it.

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8 years into America's e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?

Syris Valentine

April 15, 2024 |

Grist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

E-scooters have struggled to find their footing since spreading across the United States as an eco-friendly transportation option. Companies like Lime are looking for ways to increase rider safety and ensure the scooters are as sustainable as possible.

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Krakow Can Breathe Again

Jan Zabka

April 15, 2024 |

Transitions Online |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Poland, Krakow

An activist organization in Poland, Krakow Smog Alarm, teaches people about poor air quality in their city and helps them organize together to lobby their local governments for effective clean air measures.

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Manufacturers Paying for Recyclable Waste

Courtney Duchene

April 04, 2024 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

State governments in the United States are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility laws to fund recycling programs. The laws impose a fee on the manufacturers of products that become recyclable waste. The money earned is designated for projects that increase recycling rates.

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Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit' for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

Lindsey Byman

March 29, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Biochar is an organic material that can be mixed with soil to improve soil health, increase crop production, and sequester carbon. To make it, wood or other biomass is heated at high temperatures in an oxygen-deprived environment, like a kiln.

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New U.S. agroforestry project will pay farmers to expand 'climate-smart' acres

Sarah Derouin

March 25, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

A multi-partner effort in the United States, led by The Nature Conservancy, is helping farmers adopt agroforestry practices by providing funding and training. This style of farming encourages the growing of a variety of plants to enhance biodiversity and capture more carbon dioxide.

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In Denver, e-bike vouchers run out as fast as Taylor Swift tickets

Gabriela Aoun Angueira

March 22, 2024 |

Grist |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The city of Denver, Colorado, is encouraging its residents to reduce their transportation emissions with an incredibly popular e-bike rebate program. Several times a year, the city offers a set amount of income-based vouchers on a first-come, first-served basis that cover up to $1,400 of an e-bike purchase.

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Months after devastating floods, Vermont renews efforts to aid climate-friendly rebuilds

Annie Ropeik

March 20, 2024 |

Energy News Network |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Hardwick, Vermont

After extreme flooding damaged homes, the energy efficiency utility Efficiency Vermont offered emergency flood rebates to those impacted. Recovery teams helped people plan and find funding to repair and replace energy systems and appliances with more efficient models that will help them reach their decarbonization goals. In this circumstance, exceptions were made to include rebates for high-efficiency fossil fuel systems, too.

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