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  • Kenyans turn to camels to cope with climate change

    April 24, 2017 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Isiolo, Nairobi

    In agricultural communities across Kenya, global warming has led local farmers to turn to camels -- as an alternative to cows -- for dairy products both to feed their families and take to the local markets to sell. Furthermore, with an uptick in demand both regionally and nationally for camel milk, farmers are finding themselves with new purchasing power for various goods and services.

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  • Nueces County judge aims for reform with domestic violence court

    April 22, 2017 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Corpus Christi, Texas

    Judge Inna Klein and probation officers from The Community Supervision and Corrections Department are bringing domestic violence reform to Nueces County. By taking more aggressive approaches toward supervision and accountability, and by focusing on rehabilitative services for offenders, they hope to break the cycles of violence.

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  • Eugene's Tiny House Experiment Expands To Emerald Village

    April 20, 2017 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Almost 4 years ago, Opportunity Village was established in Eugene. It’s a community of tiny houses for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

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  • Public banking goes to pot

    April 19, 2017 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Sebastopol, California

    California looks to the Bank of North Dakota as a model to launch a public bank for the cannabis industry. While the Bank of North Dakota is the only public bank in the country thus far, California's cannabis industry hopes to mirror this public financing method to reduce marijuana-related violence and theft throughout the state.

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  • A Focus on Health to Resolve Urban Ills

    April 19, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Social and economic factors are increasingly being linked to health circumstances and outcomes. This article highlights the city of Richmond, California, which has responded to this correlation, integrating issues of health into all levels of policy.

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  • The world's greenest island

    April 16, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Samso

    Samsø, a small island in Denmark, has done what no other city has reached; energy independence. People on the island use a combination of wind, solar, and biomass, energy. How is such a large feat accomplished? Local leaders say it wasn’t because of technological breakthrough, but through collective action.

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  • Oslo Is on Track for a Car-Free Future

    April 13, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Norway, Oslo

    In the heart of one of Europe’s fastest growing capitals, cars are rapidly disappearing. To reduce pollution and build a people-first city center, Oslo has promised to ban all cars in downtown by 2019. The multi-pronged effort includes making public transportation services more efficient, building 60 kilometers of new bike lanes, and transforming parking spaces into pedestrian-friendly areas.

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  • How carbon capture could become a rare bright spot on climate policy in the Trump era

    April 12, 2017 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Acknowledging that most coal plants world wide are likely to continue to operate for decades as the world's demand for energy only increases, solutions to climate change become ever more pressing. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one of the few approaches that can receive bipartisan support in shaping energy policy and - despite a few early experimental failures - the method making a comeback as a viable way to combat the release of C02 into the atmosphere. The Petra Nova plant in Texas may serve as a model for moving CCS forward.

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  • The Tiny Bracelet That Saves Newborns from Hypothermia

    April 12, 2017 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru

    The intensive, alert care low weight infants need is often complicated by overstressed parents and overstretched hospital workers. A bracelet that monitors an infants temperature--and gives an alert when the temperature falls to unsafe levels--provides valuable support to ensuring the safety of these vulnerable young lives.

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  • Guess Who's For a Carbon Tax Now

    April 11, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    In the face of the global climate crisis, conservative politicians and energy leaders in the US are an unlikely source for climate action. Through the promotion of a carbon tax, in which each ton of emissions gets taxed, these leaders are jumpstarting new forms of climate response. While some are hesitant towards both their support and the logistics of the tax, it may appear the best hope for climate action in the current political climate.

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