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Happy Local News Day! 🎉📰📱

Today is a reminder of the vital role local journalism plays in keeping communities informed, connected and accountable.

Across the country, local newsrooms are working every day to cover the stories that matter most, close to home, and we’re working to support them through our local news initiative. Here are just a few of the many journalists doing great work (thread) ⬇️

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The Invading Sea — a nonpartisan source for news and analysis on climate issues affecting Florida — republished our story on how the Iran war could impact oil prices and speed up the shift to renewables.

What it could mean for energy costs:
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War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what’s happening in each country tells a harder story | The Invading Sea

The war in the Middle East has made a powerful case for transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Ezgi Canpolat (The Invading Sea)
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Westword — a longtime independent Denver publication covering local news, culture and politics — republished our story on telling the hard truths about Black history in Colorado.
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Honoring Colorado’s Black History Requires Telling Stories That Make Us Think Twice

Increasing knowledge of Colorado’s Black history involves confronting complicated truths, dismantling oppressive binaries and understanding experiences.
Claire Oberon Garcia (Denver Westword)
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Bridge Detroit picked up our story on participatory budgeting:
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What Detroit can learn from participatory budgeting processes in NYC, Boston and Brazil

One thing that’s missing from her budget proposal is any mention of participatory budgeting – something that Sheffield often championed during her 12 years serving on the City Council.
Celina Su, The Conversation (BridgeDetroit)
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Colorado Newsline (part of the States Newsroom group) republished this story on looming federal benefit cuts and what Colorado is doing to protect families with children:
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Federal benefits cuts are looming — here’s how Colorado is trying to protect families with children | Colorado Newsline

Due to the complicated funding structure of a successful anti-poverty Colorado tax credit, the program is at risk.
Leah Hamilton (Colorado Newsline)
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Technical.ly, a site that started in Philadelphia to cover innovation economies, picked up our story on making #datacenters more sustainable:

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Cooling system innovations could be the key to more sustainable data centers

Pennsylvania has potential for efforts like geothermal cooling from its abandoned mines across the state.
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While The Conversation covers stories from around and world, our Local News initiative highlights research and expert analysis focused on five communities across the U.S.
Learn more:
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Local news and analysis from The Conversation

An independent nonprofit news source, giving you the context to understand complicated issues. Articles are written by experts, assisted by journalists, to clearly explain events in the news and the latest research.
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