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Iberdrola Invests €100 Million to Enhance Valencia Power Grid Resilience
In response to a devastating October 29th, 2023 storm in Valencia, Spain, Iberdrola announced a €100 million Il·lumina plan to upgrade its electricity grid, focusing on increased resilience and benefiting 650,000 customers by modernizing infrastructure and digitalizing operations.
Iberdrola Invests €100 Million to Enhance Valencia Power Grid Resilience
In response to a devastating October 29th, 2023 storm in Valencia, Spain, Iberdrola announced a €100 million Il·lumina plan to upgrade its electricity grid, focusing on increased resilience and benefiting 650,000 customers by modernizing infrastructure and digitalizing operations.
Progress
36% Bias Score
California Professor's Water Conservation System Reduces Usage by Two-Thirds
Oakland resident Eric Haas installed a \$15,000 rainwater and greywater system, reducing his household's daily water usage to 39 gallons and saving approximately \$220 annually on his water bill, highlighting the need for sustainable water practices in drought-stricken California.
California Professor's Water Conservation System Reduces Usage by Two-Thirds
Oakland resident Eric Haas installed a \$15,000 rainwater and greywater system, reducing his household's daily water usage to 39 gallons and saving approximately \$220 annually on his water bill, highlighting the need for sustainable water practices in drought-stricken California.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Chilean Seed Guardians Combat Biodiversity Loss
Chilean seed guardians, including Chileflora and Semilla Austral, are preserving and distributing native crop varieties to combat biodiversity loss, promote food sovereignty, and reduce reliance on foreign seeds, with some groups, like Semilla Austral, even exporting seeds internationally since 2020...
Chilean Seed Guardians Combat Biodiversity Loss
Chilean seed guardians, including Chileflora and Semilla Austral, are preserving and distributing native crop varieties to combat biodiversity loss, promote food sovereignty, and reduce reliance on foreign seeds, with some groups, like Semilla Austral, even exporting seeds internationally since 2020...
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12% Bias Score
New Jersey Flood Plan Revised: $7.6B Focus on Home Elevation, Infrastructure
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revised its New Jersey back bay flood protection plan, reducing the cost from $16 billion to $7.6 billion by prioritizing home elevation (6,421 homes), infrastructure hardening (279 facilities), and marsh restoration (217 acres) over large storm gates, despite acknow...
New Jersey Flood Plan Revised: $7.6B Focus on Home Elevation, Infrastructure
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revised its New Jersey back bay flood protection plan, reducing the cost from $16 billion to $7.6 billion by prioritizing home elevation (6,421 homes), infrastructure hardening (279 facilities), and marsh restoration (217 acres) over large storm gates, despite acknow...
Progress
44% Bias Score
Isle of Man Rewilding Project Combats Climate Change with Rainforest Restoration
The Manx Wildlife Trust is converting a 174-acre conifer plantation on the Isle of Man into a biodiverse temperate rainforest, funded by Aviva, to combat climate change impacts and promote sustainable land use, with plans to eventually integrate low-methane cows and ecotourism.
Isle of Man Rewilding Project Combats Climate Change with Rainforest Restoration
The Manx Wildlife Trust is converting a 174-acre conifer plantation on the Isle of Man into a biodiverse temperate rainforest, funded by Aviva, to combat climate change impacts and promote sustainable land use, with plans to eventually integrate low-methane cows and ecotourism.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Oosterscheldekering Renovation: A Multimillion-Euro Project to Withstand Climate Change
The Oosterscheldekering flood barrier in Zeeland, Netherlands, requires a multimillion-euro renovation to replace aging components, with Deltares using a scale model to optimize the process and assess the impact of climate change on long-term resilience.
Oosterscheldekering Renovation: A Multimillion-Euro Project to Withstand Climate Change
The Oosterscheldekering flood barrier in Zeeland, Netherlands, requires a multimillion-euro renovation to replace aging components, with Deltares using a scale model to optimize the process and assess the impact of climate change on long-term resilience.
Progress
28% Bias Score
Prairie Strips: A Climate-Resilient Farming Solution
Iowa and Missouri farmers are installing prairie strips—narrow bands of native plants within corn and soybean fields—to reduce soil erosion by up to 95%, mitigate nutrient runoff, and enhance biodiversity, thanks to federal funding and research from Iowa State University.
Prairie Strips: A Climate-Resilient Farming Solution
Iowa and Missouri farmers are installing prairie strips—narrow bands of native plants within corn and soybean fields—to reduce soil erosion by up to 95%, mitigate nutrient runoff, and enhance biodiversity, thanks to federal funding and research from Iowa State University.
Progress
40% Bias Score
New Jersey Flood Plan Revised: $7.6 Billion Focus on Home Elevations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revised its New Jersey back bay flood protection plan, reducing the cost from $16 billion to $7.6 billion by eliminating storm gates and focusing on elevating 6,421 homes, hardening 279 critical facilities, and restoring 217 acres of salt marshes.
New Jersey Flood Plan Revised: $7.6 Billion Focus on Home Elevations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revised its New Jersey back bay flood protection plan, reducing the cost from $16 billion to $7.6 billion by eliminating storm gates and focusing on elevating 6,421 homes, hardening 279 critical facilities, and restoring 217 acres of salt marshes.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Rwanda to Implement Payments for Ecosystem Services to Protect Hydropower Plants
Rwanda's Water Resources Board plans to implement a Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) model in the Giciye River catchment to protect three hydropower plants (Giciye I, II, and III, totaling 17.8MW capacity) from flooding caused by land degradation, engaging the private sector and NGOs to incenti...
Rwanda to Implement Payments for Ecosystem Services to Protect Hydropower Plants
Rwanda's Water Resources Board plans to implement a Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) model in the Giciye River catchment to protect three hydropower plants (Giciye I, II, and III, totaling 17.8MW capacity) from flooding caused by land degradation, engaging the private sector and NGOs to incenti...
Progress
36% Bias Score
Darmstadt Uses Drones to Map Urban Heat, Showing 70°C Surface Temperatures
A German tourist's complaint about paying for shade in Italy highlights the growing issue of urban heat in Germany, prompting Darmstadt to use drone infrared cameras to map heat sources, revealing that surface temperatures reach 70°C and that lighter pavements and more vegetation could improve cooli...
Darmstadt Uses Drones to Map Urban Heat, Showing 70°C Surface Temperatures
A German tourist's complaint about paying for shade in Italy highlights the growing issue of urban heat in Germany, prompting Darmstadt to use drone infrared cameras to map heat sources, revealing that surface temperatures reach 70°C and that lighter pavements and more vegetation could improve cooli...
Progress
20% Bias Score
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