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Carr Properties Breaks Ground on 43-Story Office Tower in Downtown Austin

Block 16 will offer over 738,000 square feet of space. Building amenities will include a fitness facility, multiple meeting areas and food and beverage offerings. AUSTIN, TEXAS — Carr Properties has broken ground on Block 16, a 43-story office tower in Austin. Carr Properties has chosen Austin-based Manifold Development as its local partner for the […]

What the ‘new normal’ of living with COVID might look like

This is a MedPage Today story. Less than a week after the White House released its updated COVID-19 preparedness plan, a group of 24 public health experts issued a white paper with their own ideas for moving the nation into what they call the “next” normal. While there’s quite a bit of overlap between the […]

CNN Report Examines Alternative Way to Build Homes

When CNN anchor and reporter Bill Weir recently investigated lumber’s high price and scarcity, he heard all about beetle infestation, tariff wars, closing sawmills, and all the other reasons you’re familiar with. He also witnessed a large interactive sticker poll tracking surging lumber prices at the National Association of Home Builders’ booth at the International […]

Bentonville nonprofit creates lasting change with clean water

Every two minutes, a child under 5 will die somewhere in the world simply because they didn’t have clean water. Lifewater International, a Christian clean water nonprofit headquartered in Bentonville, is working to change that. For years, Prossy, a single mother of six in Uganda, worried about her children. Using water from a dirty, stagnant […]

‘potable Water To Reach Tolly-jadavpur Belt In 2 Yrs’ | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Residents in Tollygunge-Jadavpur belt will need to wait for another two years to receive potable water. People staying in this belt are now dependent on ground water. While talking to a senior citizen and a resident of this belt, mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday said efforts were on to set up two major water […]

FWCS using COVID aid to improve air quality in schools

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Improving air quality in the 49 schools at Fort Wayne Community Schools has been in progress for a while. Now, with federal COVID-related dollars available to public schools to let fresh air in and reduce the spread of germs, FWCS is making greater improvements that already have reduced absenteeism from […]

The Masks Came Off and the Bugs Are Back

“In the weeks after the mask mandate was lifted, there has been an increase in flu cases, influenza A predominantly,” said Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s chief medical officer, Dr. Fredric Weinbaum. The masks mostly came off as Covid-19 infections waned from February into March, but did that contribute to the rise in other respiratory illnesses […]

New UV light safely kills 98% of airborne pathogens indoors

A type of ultraviolet light that isn’t harmful to humans is able to kill 98% of airborne microbes indoors, according to a new study — making it a potentially powerful weapon in the fight against COVID-19, flu, and hospital-spread diseases. “In terms of preventing airborne disease transmission, far-UVC lights could make indoor places as safe […]

Congressional delegation secures $220 million for fish passage on the Green River, TPU’s primary drinking water source – The Suburban Times

Tacoma Public Utilities announcement. Tacoma Public Utilities’ (TPU) Federal delegation led by U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, Derek Kilmer, Marilyn Strickland and Adam Smith secured $220 million in funding to complete design and begin construction of downstream fish passage at the Howard Hanson Dam on the Green River, […]

Regional initiative deserves support [letter] | Letters To The Editor

Why is there gridlock surrounding Pennsylvania’s attempt to become the 12th state to actively participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative? In using the regional initiative as a vehicle to attempt to wrest executive authority from our governor, I believe that some legislators we sent to make laws on our behalf have been more attentive […]