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  • Could crushed rocks absorb enough carbon to curb global warming?

    Peter Yeung

    December 21, 2021 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Spain, Gran Canaria

    Scientists are testing if adding alkaline substances to seawater can allow oceans to absorb more carbon dioxide emissions. Early tests suggest this could be a potential way to combat climate change, but there are still many questions about how this can scale, how it impacts the natural ecosystem, and if it’s cost effective to implement.

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  • Cycling city Kigali sprints to promote smart and green mobility

    Aimable Twahirwa

    October 21, 2021 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    In an effort to go carbon-neutral, city officials in Kigali, Rwanda, are improving bicycling infrastructure and partnering with a green transportation company to implement a bicycle ride sharing program with docking stations across the city.

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  • RGGI, behind the rhetoric: What we know about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

    Rachel McDevitt

    September 14, 2021 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States

    A regional cap-and-trade program in the northeast United States has reduced carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and led to overall job gains in the economy. Up to 50 percent of the region’s CO2 reductions are attributable to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program and nine of the states participating report training more than 8,000 workers.

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  • The divers rescuing a drowning island

    Kamala Thiagarajan

    February 02, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Vaan Island

    Vaan Island, off the coast of Indian in the Gulf of Mannar, is rapidly sinking. But scientists are working to prevent that erosion by replanting seagrass, which is an important plant in a marine ecosystem. Despite fishermen pulling up the seagrass with their nets, so far, nine acres of seagrass have been rehabilitated in the area.

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