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  • El Paso Water Utilities' advanced-purification plant

    August 22, 2015 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    El Paso Water Utilities is designing an advanced-purification plant in which water will be scrubbed through five additional steps before going into the city's water supply.

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  • Study: Low Injury Rate Shows Gun-Control Laws Work

    August 19, 2015 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Hawaii is one of the states with strongest gun laws and lowest gun death rates. A study found that states with stricter gun control laws, ammo regulation, background checks, and reporting of lost firearms had the lowest injury rates.

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  • Why School Should Start Later in the Morning

    August 17, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Research shows that adolescents' grades are suffering due to lack of sleep and early start times of schools. As a result, the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention is asking schools to reconsider their schedules.

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  • A Simple Fix for Drunken Driving

    August 14, 2015 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, South Dakota

    South Dakota’s “24/7 Sobriety” initiative breathalyzers tens of thousands of people every day in an effort to curb drunk driving. Rather than legislation that takes penalizes offenders by taking away their license, the state addresses the behavioral issue instead. In counties that use the “24/7 Sobriety,” they’ve seen a 12% decrease in repeat drunken-driving arrests.

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  • What To Do About the Antidepressasnts, Antibiotics, and Other Drugs in Our Water

    August 11, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Prescription drugs are greatly polluting the national water supply, causing researchers to begin looking for a method to better filter water and dispose of unused medicine.

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  • Climate change crusade goes local

    August 09, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami Beach, Florida

    Around the globe, countries have taken actions that have helped reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of renewable energy. Although the state of Florida feels the effects of climate change, its state representatives have not produced policy addressing it. Local policy makers and organizers have made the biggest difference in the state.

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  • Eliminating Bail for Nonviolent Crimes

    August 05, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Philadelphia's criminal justice system is overwhelmed. New York is allowing judges to release low-risk defendants accused of non-violent crimes with the goal of saving money, reducing prison overcrowding, and cutting down on prison violence.

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  • In Cambodia, Rats Are Being Trained To Sniff Out Land Mines And Save Lives

    July 31, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Krong Siem Reap

    In Cambodia, demining rats have been trained to detect TNT in the ground, effectively identifying unexploded materials like landmines, bombs, and grenades. These two-feet-long Gambian pouched rats have an excellent sense of smell and are trained by Apopo – an international nonprofit – using bananas as a reward for finding TNT. While they are highly effective, they are just one way the region, hit hard by conflict, is attempting to demine its land.

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  • Scavengers Are India's Real Recyclers

    July 29, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Bhalswa, Delhi

    As Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to tackle the mounting trash problem in India, millions of unacknowledged urban poor – known as scavengers and ragpickers to the locals – have been making their livelihood identifying resources from what others have deemed trash. If brought into the nation-wide effort, India may see a cleaner future at a faster rate.

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  • Under the Knife

    July 27, 2015 |

    Foreign Affairs |

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    Response Location: Iraq

    After pressure from activists, a slew of countries have passed laws that ban female genital mutilation, the practice of cutting of a girl’s external genitalia. However, in some places like the Iraqi Kurdistan region, the law was not enforced and was met with stiff opposition from religious leaders. “When it comes to FGM and child marriage, you’re changing perceptions so it takes a while, and these practices have been going on for generation after generation so it takes time to end them.”

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