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  • ‘It's about Healing the Earth:' How Nebraskans are Building Sustainable Farms Through Biodynamics

    Ellie Kuckelman

    April 17, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    Biodynamic farming is slowly spreading across the United States as a practice that improves the health of a farm’s ecosystem by creating a sustainable system that uses its waste to generate its energy. This way of farming also involves practices like crop rotation, cover cropping, and eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

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  • Golden straw: how Ukraine can make money from bio-waste and give up gas

    Viktoriia Hubareva

    April 14, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    Ukrainian scientists invented a generator that uses organic waste from agriculture to produce cheap energy. This method can replace natural gas while disposing of agricultural waste in a way that doesn’t emit carbon dioxide.

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  • Can regenerative wool make fashion more sustainable?

    Parisa Hashempour

    April 13, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    The fashion brand Sheep Inc sources regenerative wool for its clothing products and claims to be carbon-negative. The regenerative farming practices used to make the wool are similar to what would happen naturally, the sheep graze across different grasslands, allowing unused ones to rewild using the manure as fertilizer. On top of that, the farm itself runs on renewable energy and supports native reforestation and the fashion brand uses solar power and a plastic-free supply chain.

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  • Solar shingles top Virginia home

    Elizabeth McGowan

    April 10, 2023 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Reston, Virginia

    The Timberline Solar Energy Shingle roof is made up of solar-power integrated, nailable shingles that allow homeowners to keep the look of traditional roofing shingles while reaping the benefits of solar energy. This prevents aesthetic-related issues with homeowner associations and installation bottlenecks that complicate the process of installing solar panels.

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  • Minnesota ‘green bank' would fund climate friendly projects

    Andrew Hazzard

    April 10, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    Green banks help states transition to clean energy by leveraging public funding to generate more private investment for environment-friendly projects that will lower emissions or create renewable energy.

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  • Wind of Change: Energy Blows Across Nebraska Thanks to Wind Farms

    John Upton Arjav Rawal

    April 10, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Petersburg, Nebraska

    Alongside clean energy, wind farms built on property leased from locals in Nebraska are generating jobs, income, and local taxes that keep small towns like Petersburg afloat.

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  • How one Indian village is lighting the way in green energy drive

    Moushumi Basu

    April 09, 2023 |

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    Response Location: India, Hengbung, Manipur

    A first-of-its-kind renewable energy system in Hengbung, India, creates hydropower with solar pumps to prevent the community from experiencing prolonged power outages during extreme weather. At the same time, the project is increasing India’s renewable energy capacity.

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  • During Lent, some UK dioceses give up fossil fuel investments for good

    Brian Roewe

    April 04, 2023 |

    EarthBeat |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The 40 Days, 40 Dioceses campaign leaders spent Lent working to convince dioceses in the United Kingdom to give up financial holdings in fossil fuels permanently and publicly. The campaign, led by the Christian climate group Operation Noah, highlighted a different diocese every day.

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  • Why Minnesota's push to electrify government vehicles is going slower than expected

    Frank Jossi

    April 04, 2023 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    To reduce fossil fuel consumption, Minnesota is transitioning its fleet of state-owned vehicles to electric models.

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  • Is There Anything 'Solar Meadows' Can't Do?

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    March 31, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ramsey, Minnesota

    Pollinator-friendly solar arrays, also called solar meadows, feature meadows of native flowers around the solar panels instead of turf or gravel to support pollinators.

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