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  • Carbon credits: How to tell if they're the real deal or not

    Vaidehi Shah

    April 22, 2016 |

    Eco-Business |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: New Zealand

    As the global community accelerates efforts to curb climate change, carbon neutral labels are becoming a common sight on products and services. How can consumers tell if these claims are the real thing or just fluff?

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  • Can Nepal defeat its deepening energy crisis?

    Deepak Adhikari

    April 17, 2016 |

    The Discourse |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nepal, Bhorleni

    Micro-grids powered by wind and solar energy offer a path toward alleviating energy challenges in remote, underserved areas. In Bhorleni, Nepal, the government’s Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) cooperated with the community’s Wind and Solar Energy Users’ Committee to open a renewal energy plant. The initiative represents an effort to scale efforts in other areas of Nepal to achieve the goal of clean and affordable energy.

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  • The innovators: the smart systems driving motorists towards smarter cities

    Shane Hickey

    April 03, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge

    How can traffic efficiency be improved? A Cambridge-based tech firm is pioneering apps that let drivers quickly find available parking spaces (helping save fuel by preventing them from circling the block while they look), alerting local councils when roads are icy, or even increasing the lighting on particular roads when there's an emergency.

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  • The Farm that Grows Climate Solutions

    Eric Toensmeier

    March 09, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Las Cañadas, Veracruz

    A small agricultural co-op in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico, has effectively implemented its own approach to climate change. The community adapts the main sector of its economy and livelihood-- farming-- to sustainable practices. "Las Cañadas" has increased the food security and health of the local community while simultaneously decreasing deforestation, soil degradation and carbon emissions.

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  • Large malt producer uses wood chips to fuel power plant

    Gregg Hennigan

    March 04, 2016 |

    Rock Road Recycle |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Shakopee, Minnesota

    Rahr Malting, a brewery in Shakopee, MN, has found a creative way to sustainably address their energy needs. The company partners with the Mdewakanton Sioux Community to use waste barley hulls from the malting factory to generate electricity for their facilities, selling excess power to the public grid while the waste heat sprouts the malt to make beer.

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  • Costa Rica - Green Energy

    Madeline Taylor

    February 14, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Costa Rica has pioneered a methodology that has resulted in getting most of its electricity from hydroelectric plants, reversing deforestation through implementing financial incentives and achieving a 99 percent fossil-fuel free year. This progressive approach has put the country in the running to become the first carbon-neutral country by 2021.

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  • A Small Island in the Indian Ocean Offers Big Lessons on Clean Power

    Alexander Creed Cleo Warner

    February 10, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia, Nggaha Oriangu, Nusa Tenggara Timur

    The Indonesian island Sumba is working to provide 100% renewable electricity to all 650,000 residents by 2025.

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  • Sustainability Pioneers: From Paris to New York

    Kirsi Jansa

    February 01, 2016 |

    Sustainability Pioneers |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York

    While many countries are committed to working towards goal set forth by the Paris Climate Agreement, not many individual states in the United States have taken noticeable action. New York is an outlier in this scenario, however. Grassroots efforts include creating an Eco Village and geothermal installations, while the government has acted as a leader and partner in helping to earmark finance for these innovative solutions.

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  • The Best and Worst States for Rooftop Solar Panels

    Julian Spector

    January 26, 2016 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States

    A new report from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council tracks where consumers will get the most out of renewable installations. By providing information tailored to each state, the council hopes to motivate more Americans to use solar.

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  • An Investment Strategy to Save the Planet

    Tina Rosenberg

    January 05, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In light of climate change, New York State's Common Retirement Fund, the country's third-largest pension fund, decided to invest in a way that rewards companies with low carbon footprints.

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