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  • The Future of Work Is Green Jobs in New York

    March 31, 2022 |

    The River |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hudson, New York

    Several organizations in the Hudson Valley provide workforce development training geared towards increasing the number of qualified workers who can go into the emerging green jobs sector. Ulster BOCES provides vocational programs for high school students that include on-the-job training and certificates relevant to the clean energy sector. NYSERDA’s clean-energy on-the-job training program provides training assistance and partial reimbursement for the wages of new hires.

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  • Montreal neighbours build community, and climate resilience, through geothermal energy

    March 28, 2022 |

    Ricochet |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    Geoexchange systems are most popular in large building projects, and in Montreal, it's becoming a potential sustainable approach for single-family homes. Neighbors teamed up with a nonprofit to install the infrastructure for a geoexchange system to heat and cool their homes. Geoexchange works by using high-temperature geothermal energy and feeding this energy to homes through pipes installed in the houses.

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  • Solar Power Is Clean and Cheap, But Still Has Challenges to Overcome

    March 25, 2022 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

    Solar energy is a clean, cheap, renewable, and land-efficient resource, making it a valuable technology to scale up in the face of climate concerns and clean energy. Diversifying the supply chain for creating and sourcing solar panels can help make solar energy more reliable when faced with geopolitical and human rights issues.

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  • Oregon Is Turning Sewage into an Endless Supply of Green Energy

    March 17, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Clackamas county, Oregon

    A wastewater treatment plant in Oregon not only cleans water that is released into the local river, but it also creates fertilizer that is sent to farmers to use on non-food crops and it produces renewable power from methane. The green energy created at the plant heats five buildings on the site and produces half of the energy the facility uses. This kind of co-generation system is growing in other places in the United States, China, Brazil, and Norway.

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  • Meet the women turning porridge into energy saving briquettes

    March 04, 2022 |

    African Women in Media (AWiM) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Kisumu

    A group of women (and five men) called the United Destiny Shapers makes briquettes to sell to their community as an alternative to burning charcoal. It’s a cleaner energy and costs less than charcoal. Marketing their product is still a challenge, but their operation has allowed many of its participants to pay their bills and support their families.

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  • Distiller generates electricity from sweet potatoes

    March 02, 2022 |

    J-Stories |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Japan, Miyakonojō

    A Japanese alcohol distiller is using sweet potatoes to generate electricity. By using as much as 1,200 tons of sweet potatoes a day, they are able to turn the vegetable and turn it into biogas. The distiller generates about 8.5 million kilowatt-hours each year, which is used to power company-owned electric vehicles.

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  • The Alpine Country Going All-You-Can-Ride

    February 21, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Austria

    Austria rolled out the KlimaTicket, an annual pass that gives the holder access to all forms of public transportation in the country, to encourage increased use of public transport with an eye toward climate change mitigation. The uptake has exceeded expectations with 134,000 tickets sold within just the first two months, but it's still unclear what effect the program will have on the country's carbon emissions.

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  • Energy Pioneers

    February 17, 2022 |

    Transitions Online |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Czech Republic, Litomerice

    A Czech city leads the way in alternative energy, saving money and improving the air. In Litomerice, solar panels adorn apartment bulidings and serve as a n example to surrounding areas of how communities and governement can work together to improve air quality, all while saving money.

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  • How to recycle the unrecyclable

    February 11, 2022 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany

    A chemical recycling plant in Germany is taking old tires and turning them back into their original components. From there, those materials can be used in the production of insulation, steel, and oil. The gas that is discharged during the process is also used to power the whole plant. Other plants around the world are also exploring how to take plastic waste and chemically recycle it instead of burning it, so there are less carbon emissions.

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  • Virginia clean energy job training program climbs its own learning curve

    January 25, 2022 |

    Energy News Network |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    To ensure that marginalized communities, include Black residents and the formerly incarcerated, have the skills and opportunity to be a part of the growing solar and energy-efficiency industry in the community, Bridging the Gap offers free, intensive solar-training courses to them.

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