Co-benefits of CO2 emission reduction from China’s clean air actions between 2013-2020
CO2 emission estimates The historical trends of CO2 emissions in China from 2005 to 2020 were estimated through a bottom-up approach with the MEIC model. The MEIC model(http://www.meicmodel.org) is a dynamic technology-based inventory model developed for China by Tsinghua University2,18,19,20,21,22, including the unified source categorization, emission factor database, technology-based method, and high-resolution emission processing system […]
Cherokee Nation, IHS partner to bring over $11.8M in safe water infrastructure | Oklahoma
TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation is partnering with Indian Health Service to bring more than $11.8 million in safe water infrastructure and sewage upgrades to 1,400 homes across the Cherokee Nation Reservation. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Rear Adm. Travis Watts, Area Director for the Oklahoma City IHS office, met Thursday to […]
State provides updates on Monkeypox
On Aug. 19, California Department of Public Health director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Tomas Aragon hosted a teleconference providing an update on the state’s efforts to the monkeypox outbreak in California. The conversation surrounded new isolation and transmission guidance from the state, and how the state is responding to the MPX outbreak. Aragon […]
How Long Is RSV Contagious For?
Once a person contracts RSV, they will become symptomatic within a week, as per UC Health. They will then remain contagious — meaning they can spread the virus to other people — for around three to eight days in most cases. However, in certain individuals, such as young children or those with a comprised immune […]
Swimmers told to stay out of the water at Ninette Beach due to high toxic algae levels
The province is warning Manitobans to avoid the water at Ninette Beach, on northern Pelican Lake, after high levels of toxic algae were discovered last week. The concentrations of microcystin — an algal toxin that can be harmful to the liver or nervous system if large amounts of water are swallowed — at the southwestern Manitoba beach were “well above the recreational water […]
Experts examine deficiencies at Grand Forks’ Valley, and other schools, in preparation for pending referendum – Grand Forks Herald
GRAND FORKS – Heat. Noise from large fans. Cramped workspaces. Six bathrooms for nearly 600 kids. No ventilation or air circulation, except for the gyms. No functioning science lab rooms. That’s just a smattering of the deficiencies about a half-dozen architects, electricians and engineers saw – and felt – on a recent walk-through at a […]
Get tickets to our Meet the Futures Authors event
Meet our Futures authors at Good Housekeeping Live in partnership with Dyson, a two-day event at Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 October in celebration of our 100th anniversary. To mark our centenary, last year we launched the Futures initiative with the Women’s Prize for Fiction with the aim of finding […]
Water and Sanitation becomes latest govt department to ask private sector for help
Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu visits the Churchill Dam to access the water crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay. Lulama Zenzile, Gallo Images, Die Burger The Department of Water and Sanitation has become the latest government department to turn to the private sector for assistance in delivering what it should be doing. This is […]
What you need to know about COVID-19 protocols at schools in the Edmonton area
As parents prepare to send children back to school next week, here’s what to expect for COVID-19 protocols from your school division. EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Masking will be a personal decision for students and staff. Students and staff must provide their own masks. Schools will promote hand hygiene, encouraging students to stay home when […]
Activists often downright wrong
Nelson Otto, Jefferson City Dear Editor, One of the favorite things the climate cult likes to do is create links with issues that are not affected by CO2-to-CO2 regulations and climate change. A few years ago, there was a meme going around on the internet that stated: “What if we’re wrong, we’d have clean water, […]