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  • With kids' health suffering, one Guatemalan town is trying to adapt to climate change.

    January 23, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Guatemala, Comitancillo

    With climate change warming agriculture lands, many communities are losing ground for farming. In one Guatemalan indigenous community, this resulted in many children becoming malnourished. The community rallied together to make changes that included taking advantage of the warmer weather and learning new techniques for diversifying their crops and conserving water.

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  • As environmentalists warn about water scarcity, these two companies are saving water and money

    January 11, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Monitoring usage incentivizes water-intensive companies to develop water-saving techniques. Boston-based nonprofit, CERES, helps companies like Pepsi and Levi’s develop more sustainable practices. For example, Pepsi recaptures more of its runoff and has replaced water with pressurized air in its cleaning process. Levi’s also replaced water with air, using ozone gas to treat its denim. Tracking and reducing water use improves efficiency and saves the companies money.

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  • Newark DIG: Doing Infrastructure Green

    December 19, 2017 |

    CivicStory |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    Due in part to an outdated infrastructure, Newark's storm sewers get overwhelmed with litter, oil and other materials that end up impacting the cleanliness of the community's drinking water. To combat this issue, a group of passionate community members formed Doing Infrastructure Green (DIG) to help bring education to residents about sustainable solutions around the water supply.

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  • Tahoe's Hot Commodities: Unraveling Decades of Development to Protect the Future

    November 28, 2017 |

    Mountain Independent |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tahoe City, California

    Lake Tahoe has been revered by planners as an area whose poor development was successfully halted with the creation of the Tahoe Regional Planning Association (TRPA). Now the TRPA has brought together a development rights working group to update how the land is used in order to confront a housing shortage and rules that are not in line with how the lake is used.

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  • The Science Of Spread: SubSurface Episode 2

    November 24, 2017 |

    Montana Public Radio |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Beginning in the mid 1980s, quagga and zebra mussels started invading lakes and major river systems in the U.S. They migrate through humans, by clinging to ships. Their invasion is burdensome, and the damage they inflict can cost tens of millions of dollars. In Montana, where mussels have recently been spotted, people are trying to prevent them from spreading before it's too late

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  • To Save Their Water Supply, Colorado Farmers Taxed Themselves

    November 18, 2017 |

    NPR |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado is only now recovering from a 16-year long drought that resulted in the aquifer irrigation system becoming increasingly dry. Until the farmers decided to tax themselves for water consumption, realizing that saving water now and taxing themselves would protect their farms and livelihood in the long run.

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  • Jordan is solving its water crisis by training women as plumbers

    November 03, 2017 |

    Apolitical |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    A program in Jordan works to aid in the country's water crisis by training women to become professional plumbers. While, traditionally, men take on the role of plumbing in Jordan, they're not allowed to enter a house if another man isn't present; training women to fix leaky pipes allows these jobs to happen quicker.

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  • A Landmark California Plan Puts Floodplains Back in Business

    October 10, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Dos Palos, California

    California aims to reconnect major rivers with their floodplains. This reduces flood risk and helps restore groundwater aquifers and wildlife habitat. A farm irrigation district in Dos Palos is proving this can work. A groundwater recharge project is taking pressure off levees while helping farmers get water to grow their crops.

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  • The Case for the Flood-Proof Lawn

    October 07, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Below sea level and prone to floods, residents in New Orleans have been battling water for years. Urban Conservancy and other initiatives help residents to 'own' their water and install permeable concrete and water-loving plants in order to help absorb the water instead of pushing it somewhere else.

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  • Environment Is Big Winner in U.S.–Mexico Colorado River Agreement

    October 05, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Expanding off of soon-to-expire agreement, the implementation of Minute 323 represents an agreement between the U.S. and Mexico to continue collaborations in order to manage and share resources from the Colorado River. This new agreement which increases water supply reliability for both sides of the border, also takes the earlier agreement even further, as it aims to revive sections of the river that haven't seen consistent water flow for years.

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