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Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Selected for $489,155 Grant to Upgrade Municipal Fleet to Reduce Emissions from Diesel Vehicles

March 22, 2022 by Staff Reporter

EPA is awarding $5.4 million nationwide in grant funding for tribal and insular areas to establish lower-emission diesel projects

March 17, 2022

LENEXA, KAN. (MARCH 17, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation selected for award of a $489,155 grant to establish lower-emission diesel projects to upgrade their municipal fleet. The Tribal Nation plans to replace two, inefficient larger engine vehicles; a municipal, short-haul dump truck; and a fire department water tanker.

Nationally, 12 tribal and insular area assistance agreements are expected to be awarded totaling $5.4 million in grant funding as part of the Diesel Emissions Reduction (DERA) program, which funds projects to clean up the nation’s legacy fleet of diesel engines.

“The Biden administration continues to work with tribal nations across the country to replace or upgrade older, higher-polluting diesel engines, making important progress in reducing pollution and advancing environmental justice across the country,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “With an unprecedented $5 billion investment in low- and zero-emission school buses from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law coming soon for communities across the country, this is only the beginning.”

The DERA program is prioritizing projects that help achieve the goals of President Biden’s Justice40 initiative, which aims to ensure that federal agencies deliver at least 40% of benefits from certain investments to underserved communities.

Older diesel engines emit more air pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, than newer diesel engines. These pollutants are linked to a range of serious health problems, including asthma, lung and heart disease, other respiratory ailments, and premature death. The projects include replacing municipal trucks, marine engines used in fishing vessels, generators used for energy production in tribal villages; and adding four new electric school buses. Tribal projects will occur in areas across the country.

Recognizing that tribes and insular areas have various administrative, technical, and financial considerations that other DERA National Grant program applicants may not, EPA established a separate funding opportunity with flexibilities to address the unique considerations of tribal and insular area applicants. In 2021, EPA offered the first DERA Tribal and Insular Area Request for Applications (RFA) with no mandatory cost share. Although funds were competed under a single RFA, tribal applicants only competed against tribal applicants, and insular areas only competed against other insular area applicants. The 2021 competitive process saw more tribal application submissions than in any previous year, with 15 completely new tribal applicants.

The DERA Tribal and Insular Area Grants program gives priority to projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions and exposure in areas designated as having poor air quality. Priority for funding is given to projects that address the needs and concerns of local communities; those that use partnerships to leverage additional resources and expertise to advance the goals of the project; and those that can demonstrate the ability to promote and continue efforts to reduce emissions after the project has ended.

The awards are expected as follows:

APPLICANT NAME	EPA REGION	AWARD	PROJECT TYPE
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation	7	$489,155	Municipal Fleet
*Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation	9	$158,000	Mining Equipment
*Ho-Chunk Nation	5	$841,500	Construction Equipment
*Quinault Indian Nation	10	$510,508	Ports – Marine Engines
Native Village of Deering	10	$418,140	Stationary Generators
*Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation	9	$415,000	Agriculture
Tanana Chiefs Conference	10	$800,000	Stationary Generators
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation	10	$364,900	Ports – Marine Engines
*Swinomish Indian Tribal Community	10	$379,511	Ports – Marine Engines
*Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	4	$502,797	4 Electric School Buses
Insular Area Grants
Port Authority of Guam	9	$250,000	Ports – Cargo Handling Equipment
Guam Power Authority	9	$250,000	Municipal Fleet

*These awardees’ grants have been finalized with funding awarded.

Since 2008, DERA grants have funded projects that have significantly improved air quality and provided critical health benefits by reducing hundreds of thousands of tons of air pollution and saving millions of gallons of fuel.

EPA will offer clean school bus funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides an unprecedented $5 billion over five years for the Clean School Bus program. In spring 2022, EPA plans to announce a new Clean School Bus rebate program for applicants to replace existing school buses with low- or zero-emission school buses. EPA may prioritize applications that replace school buses in high-need local educational agencies, low-income and rural areas, and tribal schools; and applications that provide cost share. To learn more about the upcoming Clean School Bus program, please visit EPA’s Clean School Bus Program Funding page.

For more information on the Tribal and Insular Area Request for Applications (RFA) and related documents, visit EPA’s Tribal and Insular Area Grants: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) page.

For more information on the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program, visit EPA’s DERA Funding page.

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Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten — Spaces4Learning

March 22, 2022 by Staff Reporter

Challenges of the Pandemic: Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit more than two years ago, we have been faced with many unique challenges and pieces of conflicting information, such as air changes per vs. air currents, Plexiglass or masks, lack of preplanning, failure to follow existing standard operating procedures, respiratory protection shortages, counterfeit PPE and failure to maintain employee protection standards. All of these and more have had a major impact on schools and posed special challenges within education, healthcare and other industries. Many industries were forced to purchase KN95 masks to provide respiratory protection for their employees—only to find that they were unable to achieve a tight face seal for devices with ear loops.

In this professional development webinar, we will explore the impact of Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) through Lessons Learned and Lessons Forgotten. COVID-19 is not the first EID we have dealt with, and it will certainly not be the last.

What you will learn:

Have a better understanding of Indoor Air Quality and COVID-19 exposure
Identify the fact and fiction of new inter-reactions between COVID-19 and building HVAC operations
Learn how to safely re-open schools by department
Identify new PPE technology and worker protection concepts
Learn how (or if) we overcame challenges. For example, did we lower our worker protection standards during a pandemic?
How to preplan for the next Emerging Infectious Diseases challenge

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) / 1:00 p.m. (Central) / 11:00 a.m. (Pacific)
Duration: 1 hour

SPEAKER

Dr. Dennis Terpin is the Retired Senior Industrial Hygienist/Emergency Manager at The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Dr. Terpin is the Chief Consultant at The International Safety and Health Specialists, LLC, located in Lahaina, Hawaii. Terpin serves on the ASTM F23.65 International Respiratory Protection Committee on Protective Clothing and Respiratory Protection. He’s a guest lector at the UIC School of Public Health and a master-level Instructor for FEMA/DHS. He received the 2014 Illinois Emergency Management Agency-Emergency Management Achievement Award; the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 – Gold Level DHS/FEMA/Center for Domestic Preparedness Excellence (in the indirect Training Program) Instructor awards; and four Center for Domestic Preparedness 5.0 Perfect Instructor Awards.

CERTIFICATE
A certificate of attendance is available for all individuals who register and attend the full webinar (live or on-demand).

ACCESS
All registrants will have access to the live event and an on-demand recording of the presentation. If registrants want to watch the presentation again or have a scheduling conflict, they can register and access the on-demand version of this webinar, which will be available after the live event.

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What to harvest in the garden this November 2021

March 22, 2022 by Staff Reporter

Gardening in November can seem like a dull task ,with the cold wet weather leaving many Brits seeking refuge in our warm homes. While we may not have the weather to enjoy outside, leading ‘no dig’ gardening expert, Stephanie Hafferty says there is an abundance of foods and florals to gather from your garden right through the month. Express.co.uk spoke to the gardening experts to find out exactly what’s in season and how to give struggling crops a boost before winter.

What foods are seasonal in November?

If you’re already thinking about Christmas, you’re in luck when it comes to the November harvest.

Winter greens and roast dinner regulars are in season this month so it’s time to get out and see what’s ripe in your garden.

Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, leading ‘no dig’ gardening expert Stephanie Hafferty said: “November is surprisingly abundant, there’s so much you can harvest including parsnips, chard and winter brassicas like kale, cabbage and Brussel sprouts.”

With rumoured supply shortages of Christmas vegetables, there’s no better time to head out in the garden and savour those winter crops – you could head down to your local farm shop if you haven’t grown your own this year to support local producers.

READ MORE: Alan Titchmarsh shares how to ‘perk’ up lawn bald patches – video

How to fix failing crops

Cold-weather crops can suffer from stunted growth where they may not be dying, but they also fail to grow.

Stephanie advised: “The best way to boost crops in the autumn is to add a compost mulch on the surface.

“Just a couple of centimetres is fine, and leave on the surface for the soil life to gradually incorporate.

“This will feed crops for a whole year. Alternatively, make a liquid feed from comfrey and nettles, or buy a seaweed feed.”

It’s not unusual for crops to struggle at this time of year, says Skye – head gardener at Links House at Royal Dornoch.

The bleak British weather can make for tough conditions for crops to thrive in our gardens.

Skye added: “If you have been growing hardy vegetables such as kale, chard, leeks, carrots and Brussels sprouts, cover them with a fleece to protect them in the coldest months.

“This will give your crops a better chance to thrive in the harshest conditions and will be ready to harvest though the winter.”

If you haven’t already, now is the time to plant out bulbs to allow them to overwinter.

Skye recommends planting garlic bulbs out, mulching and covering in order to enjoy fresh garlic in the summer.

What will you be making with your November crops? Let us know in the comments below.

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Volunteer water testers aim to create countywide record of streams’ impairment, improvement | Local News

March 22, 2022 by Staff Reporter

Wading ankle deep into the Conestoga River, Todd Umstead bent over and placed an electronic device into the water, recording its chemistry before later scrawling the results into a handwritten spreadsheet.

Just feet away, beakers, vials and other scientific equipment sat scattered across a pebble-covered shore where the river passes near Windolph Landing Park in Lancaster Township.

All of those items, he said, are necessary — used to record conditions in the waterway as part of an effort to monitor its overall health.

But Umstead isn’t a scientist. He’s a volunteer, one of about five dozen conservation-minded residents who help track the quality of countywide rivers and creeks for the Lancaster County Conservation District.

“I love to fish. Fishing is my passion. And fish need clean water to live,” Umstead said, explaining why he got involved with the program, which tracks impairment in rivers and their tributaries.

It’s work that’s become increasingly important as county officials and conservation organizations strive to meet federal mandates, which demand the reduction of steam-impairing pollutants — harmful sediment and nutrients, specifically nitrogen and phosphorus — to clean local waterways.

Early this year, state figures showed that 89.4% of 1,432 assessed stream miles in Lancaster County are considered impaired, according to the Department of Environmental Protection’s draft 2022 Pennsylvania Integrated Water Quality Report. There are 1,438 total stream miles in the county.

That high percentage stood out earlier this month to Matthew Kofroth, a Conservation District watershed specialist who oversees the volunteer monitoring program, called the Water Quality Volunteer Coalition.

The goal of the program, Kofroth said, is to keep a running record of those impairments, as well as hoped-for improvements as environmental restoration work takes place throughout the county’s watersheds.

“The idea of this group, as it kind of always has been, is to gather baseline water quality data, kind of citizen science-based data,” Kofroth said.

Todd Umstead, a member of the Conestoga River Club, tests the pH level of water in the Conestoga River, near Windolph Landing Park in Lancaster Township Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022.

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50 to 60 volunteers

On the Conestoga’s pebble-covered riverbank, Umstead showed off that process, collecting water samples and using all of that scientific equipment to record water-quality indicators — acidity, temperature, flow rate, clarity, oxygen levels and other factors, including the concentration of certain pollutants like nitrates and phosphates.

The pollutants impair both local waterways, and those downstream, including the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay.

And that sampling work is in addition to volunteers’ biennial collection of pollution-sensitive aquatic insects, like mayflies and caddisflies, whose presence is a positive indicator of good stream health.

Umstead is just one of 50 to 60 volunteers collecting data from about three dozen monitoring sites, Kofroth said.

Ideally, those samplers will return to the same exact spots in their chosen waterways every month, recording a continuum of data that would show changes overtime, Kofroth said. It’s unlikely that drastic improvements or setbacks would be recorded from one month to the next, he said.

“You are not going to see that. It took hundreds of years to degrade, and it’s going to take a long time to improve. We are kind of ‘The Tortoise and the Hare,’” Kofroth said. “It’s ‘slow and steady wins the race.’”

Currently, volunteers are allowed to pick their own sites, as long as the streams they sample are within Lancaster County, Kofroth said, explaining that district officials would like to track watersheds countywide.

But increasingly, he said, DEP officials have urged program leaders to direct samplers to waterways near areas where restoration work — like streambank repairs, legacy sediment removal and riverside tree and shrub planting — has been implemented in an attempt to meet pollution reduction mandates.

Kofroth guessed that request stems from a hope that sampling results might prove that restoration projects have been successful in reducing impairment by capturing pollutants, which are often carried to streams form urban and agricultural land by stormwater.

By itself, data collected by the volunteers isn’t enough to have a river or stream added or removed from the state’s list of impaired streams, but if results show continued changes, when submitted, they could draw attention from state and federal regulators, Kofroth said.

“No, we are not delisting a stream, but in essence we are because we are providing water quality data that’s out there, and then, we … pass that along to those that are legally able to take it off of that list,” he said. “From a citizen science standpoint, that’s what we’re doing.”

Todd Umstead, a member of the Conestoga River Club, tests the pH level of water in the Conestoga River near Windolph Landing Park in Lancaster Township Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022.

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Something like a social club

Still, the work is not always so serious, Kofroth said, describing the program also as something like a social club.

That was clear earlier this month during a Water Quality Volunteer Coalition meeting at the Farm and Home Center in Lancaster, where a small group of samplers spoke about their work and shared funny stories about testing trips gone awry.

There, they also heard from Kofroth, who showed off newly purchased sampling kits full of scientific equipment that will add to and replace older kits, many of which haven’t been updated for at least 15 years, he said.

“They have been taking very good care of it, but it does wear,” Kofroth said, applauding volunteers. “It was time to upgrade.”

Those new kits came at a price of about $20,000, Kofroth said, explaining the cost was covered with state funding.

All told, the group now has about 10 kits, which are shared among volunteers, he said.

Speaking for the volunteers, Kofroth said many of them are like-minded, environment-conscious county residents who are attracted to the opportunity to get outside and possibly contribute to the stream improvements.

Among them is Mary Kay Phillips of the Octoraro Watershed Association, which is responsible for testing numerous sites, most surrounding the Octoraro Reservoir, she said.

“A lot of them are just tiny, little feeder streams,” she said, adding that there is ample room for growth. “We are trying to expand the number of sites we are working in.”

Increased interest in the outdoors following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to an uptick in participating volunteers, Kofroth said, noting recent partnerships with recreation and conservation groups like the Conestoga River Club, of which Umstead is a member.

Still, he said, newcomers are welcome.

Those interested in the program, including sampling results, can visit lancasterwatersheds.org/volunteer-water-quality-monitoring/, officials said.

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Tata Harrier Gets An Air Purifier As Standard Feature

March 22, 2022 by Staff Reporter

Tata Motors has recently introduced the Kaziranga editions of its popular SUVs including the Harrier, Safari, Nexon and the Punch. The special editions come equipped with new features, which Tata is slowly adding to the regular variants.

The special Tata Harrier Kaziranga edition comes with set of new features. The features include new granite black front grille with piano black inserts, granite black body cladding, new jet black 17-inch alloys, dual-tone earthy beige leatherette seats & door trims, tropical wood finish dashboard, ventilated front seats, air purifier, new connected car tech, Apple CarPlay & Android Auto over WiFi.

One of these features, the Air Purifier is now added as standard in the Tata Harrier. This feature was earlier offered only with the Kaziranga edition. It is now available as standard, starting from the XT variant.

The Tata Harrier is available in manual and diesel versions. The manual version is priced between Rs 14.53 lakh and Rs 20.46 lakh, while the automatic Harrier is tagged at Rs 17.23 lakh for base model and Rs 21.81 lakh for the top-end variant.

The Tata Harrier is powered by a 2.0-litre Kryotec turbo-diesel engine, which is sourced from Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA). This engine is capable of producing 170bhp and 350Nm of torque. Transmission choices include a 6-speed manual and a 6-speed torque convertor automatic.

Tata Motors is also working on a petrol derivative of the Harrier, which has been spotted multiple times. It is likely to get a 1.5L or 1.6L turbo-charged petrol engine with power output close to 160bhp. Both manual and automatic versions will be on offer.

Tata Harrier Gets An Air Purifier As Standard Feature

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Gardening expert: How to keep house plants alive – ‘ideal temperature’ for indoor plants

March 22, 2022 by Staff Reporter

A gardening and plants expert has discussed how to keep your house plants alive and healthy during winter. Anna Eklöv is the founder of an online florist called LÖV Flowers.

LÖV provides services from letterbox flowers and bespoke hand tied bouquets to wedding and event flowers, inspired by chic Scandinavian design.

Founder Anna is an expert is all things plants and flowers.

She told Express.co.uk: “The ideal temperature for indoor houseplants is between 15 and 23 degrees.”

So, keeping that thermostat on will be beneficial to your plants.

A well insulated room is the best kind of place to keep your plants, Anna said.

READ MORE: Lynsey Crombie: Queen of Clean’s best time of day for cleaning – ‘it really is very true’

How to care for house plants in winter

Water less

Most houseplants need less water during winter, as they grow at a slower rate.

Overwatering could lead to roots rotting, so be cautious.

Keep it humid

Plants like humidity, generally. Raise the humitidy around your plants to help them stay healthy in the winter.

Or, you could store your plants in a well list bathroom.

Turn your plants

Everytime you water your plants turn them a quarter clockwise, so they each part of the plant can get sun.

An expert has shared an “old-age” test to check if your plants need water.

Silver is the CEO of independent houseplant site Friends or Friends.

She spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk about how to care for houseplants in the winter months.

Silver’s “old-age” plant watering hack is something she learned from her relatives.

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Acer launches air purifier brand ‘acerpure’

March 22, 2022 by Staff Reporter

acerpure devices promise optimal air quality, comfort, and energy efficiency

Editor’s note: This press release is sponsored by Acer and was handled by BrandRap, the sales and marketing arm of Rappler. No member of the news and editorial team participated in the publishing of this piece.

Since 2020, we’ve been staying indoors for longer periods of time. We may be going out more these days but at the end of the day, we still come home. Thus, having clean and fresh air where we spend the most time in is important.

Thanks to 3D Airflow Technology, the acerpure cozy projects air up to 15 meters away so it completely circulates the air five times per hour, reaching every corner of your home. With 12 touch-activated speed settings and 90° up/down, 95° left/right oscillating direction adjustment for easy, accurate control, it also has greater range and more concentrated airflow than a standard fan for improved indoor air circulation. The acerpure cozy also helps you save energy by eliminating uncomfortable temperature differences within your home, working with your heating and air conditioning to adjust room temperature.

acerpure cozy. Thanks to 3D Airflow Technology, it projects air up to 15 meters away.

Both the acerpure pro and the acerpure cool have a 4-in-1 HEPA filter that eliminates bacteria, allergens, and pollutants from your home and/or office so your air is healthier and fresher. This filter offers triple protection from unsafe air by removing pet hair and dander and 99.97% of particles as small as 0.3 microns, such as PM1.0, allergies, bacteria, formaldehyde, and odors.

The acerpure pro has a touch-sensitive button, a smart mode that chooses the fan speed based on the pollution in its environment, a turbo mode, a timer, and a safety lock for kids and pets. The air purifier eliminates certain viruses and bacteria from the environment with HEPA Plus+. These include elimination of 99.99% bacteria, 99.9% anti-coronavirus (229E) 2, and influenza A(H1N1) 3 virus activity.

The acerpure cool has the Ag⁺ Silver Coated Filter that helps eliminate bacteria and viruses. This filter underwent extensive third-party laboratory tests to certify its efficacy in eliminating bacteria and effectiveness against the activity of the H1N1 virus. It also has the PM1.0 Air Quality Sensor that automatically switches purifier speed if poor indoor air quality is detected while the Airflow Booster projects filtered air up to 16 meters away.

acerpure pro. It has a smart mode that chooses the fan speed based on the environment.

The purifiers come in aesthetically pleasing white finishes and are compact enough to fit any part of the home or office. They’re also low noise so they won’t disturb you while you’re working, learning, or sleeping.

The acerpure pro and the acerpure cool are supported by an app called acerpure Life, which detects the quality of indoor air, and sends automatic notifications of indoor and outdoor air pollution alerts. acerpure Life controls, monitors, and starts the air-purifying functions even when you are not home. You can download the app from the App Store or Google Play.

“Having air purifiers at home is no longer a luxury. Having cool and purified air at home and in the office is a necessity in these times. acerpure’s technologies assess air quality and improve it, so you always have air that’s cooler and cleaner,” said Sue Ong-Lim, Acer Philippines’ general manager.

acerpure cool. It has the Ag⁺ Silver Coated Filter that helps eliminate bacteria and viruses.

Pricing and availability

For the month of March, acerpure products are at special promo prices, with the acerpure cozy priced at P4,499 to P4,999; while the acerpure pro and acerpure cool are priced at P9,999 and P12,999 to P12,999 and P16,999 respectively.

acerpure is available in the following stores: Acer Flagship Store in SM Megamall, select Acer Concept Stores and Predator Concept Stores; Microvalley in SM North EDSA, and select Octagon and Abenson branches. acerpure devices can also be bought from official Shopee and Lazada stores.

For more information about Acer and acerpure products, follow Acer Philippines on its social media platforms: @AcerPH on Facebook, @acerph on Instagram and @acerphils on Twitter or go to www.acer.com. – Rappler.com

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East Amherst NY Air Duct Cleaning – Vent Allergen/Dust Removal HVAC Services

March 22, 2022 by Staff Reporter

Niagara Falls,United States – March 22, 2022 /MarketersMEDIA/ —

The company, a mold-certified indoor air specialist company, has updated its air duct line of services in response to the significant uptick in demand triggered by the pandemic.

More details can be found at https://www.nycleanway.com

As part of its residential and commercial HVAC air duct cleaning service, Cleanway Cleaning & Restoration now installs germicidal ultraviolet light – or UV-C disinfectant lights – in customers’ furnaces.

UV-C radiation is now being employed to help halt the spread of the COVID-19 virus – as well as other viruses and bacteria in the air and on surfaces. Improving indoor air quality and ventilation is one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of coming into contact with harmful pathogens – especially for the health and well-being of the young, elderly, and the more than 50 million Americans suffering from allergies, asthma, emphysema, and other respiratory tract ailments.

A video explaining duct cleaning for people’s health can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILW1VrACetk

Cleanway Cleaning & Restoration offers regular air duct cleaning and maintenance to remove the dust, lint, and other particles accumulating in ducts. This process also mitigates the chance of a sudden electrical discharge or spark in the heating/cooling system to cause a fire disaster.

In addition, to complement its regular maintenance services, Cleanway installs disinfectant UV-C lamps. These have been used for more than 45 years in health care, food processing, and storage, and in pharmaceutical facilities to irradiate and destroy harmful bacteria, viruses, and fungi by destroying their DNA.

For over 25 years, the company has provided quality air duct cleaning to homes and businesses improving indoor air quality. The companies air duct division maintains the strongest HVAC duct cleaning equipment in the western New York region. Cleanway always sends two highly trained technicians and spends 3.5 to 5 hours in the customer’s home. The company understands well that the customer’s health and quality of life depend on the quality of its work.

One recent customer commented: The technicians were very thorough and did an excellent job addressing each duct throughout the property and showed me the before and after inside each vent. I did extensive research on providers in the area, and would highly recommend you choose Cleanway Cleaning & Restoration.

The firm’s blog posts can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/NYCleanway

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Address: 1426 Elderberry Place, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, United States
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Albuquerque city council debates how marijuana should be enforced

March 21, 2022 by Staff Reporter

Recreational marijuana sales will start in New Mexico on April 1, and Albuquerque city councilors met to talk about enforcing where people can use it. The debate was centered around the Albuquerque clean indoor air act. The act is designed to control where tobacco is consumed in public, and some city council members believed that the enforcement of marijuana use regulations needs to be tightened before April 1st. Consuming marijuana in public is illegal in New Mexico. Still, at the Albuquerque city council meeting on March 20, councilors couldn’t decide on a bill that would allow Albuquerque police officers to enforce that law.District 7 councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn said there is already a state law that makes consuming marijuana in public illegal, so there was no need to establish city legislation.District 1 councilor Louie Sanchez countered by saying that it is crucial that the city government has a way to enforce that law at a local level.The council eventually decided to defer the decision until the next city council meeting.”I really don’t think we need to be creating additional means of punishment for the use of a legal substance,” said councilor Fiebelkorn.Councilor Sanchez said, “It’s about safety. It’s about doing the right thing. Not only for the cannabis distributors but also for those who use cannabis.”The city bill wouldn’t add a second penalty onto state law, but councilors in favor say it would allow for additional oversight of what is already illegal.District 8 councilor Trudy Jones said, “I think a law is a law, and if we’re going to allow public consumption of cannabis, we better be careful of how we do it.”Cannabis business managers like Sabrina Archuleta say that even if the bill is passed into law, it won’t take away from consumer demand.Archuleta said, “As long as you’re able to consume in your own personal residence, away from where it could be potentially offensive to the general public, I don’t think that that would necessarily affect people’s want to purchase recreational cannabis.”Albuquerque’s City council is scheduled to meet again on April 4 to vote on the proposed bill.

Consuming marijuana in public is illegal in New Mexico. Still, at the Albuquerque city council meeting on March 20, councilors couldn’t decide on a bill that would allow Albuquerque police officers to enforce that law.

District 7 councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn said there is already a state law that makes consuming marijuana in public illegal, so there was no need to establish city legislation.

District 1 councilor Louie Sanchez countered by saying that it is crucial that the city government has a way to enforce that law at a local level.

The council eventually decided to defer the decision until the next city council meeting.

“I really don’t think we need to be creating additional means of punishment for the use of a legal substance,” said councilor Fiebelkorn.

Councilor Sanchez said, “It’s about safety. It’s about doing the right thing. Not only for the cannabis distributors but also for those who use cannabis.”

The city bill wouldn’t add a second penalty onto state law, but councilors in favor say it would allow for additional oversight of what is already illegal.

District 8 councilor Trudy Jones said, “I think a law is a law, and if we’re going to allow public consumption of cannabis, we better be careful of how we do it.”

Cannabis business managers like Sabrina Archuleta say that even if the bill is passed into law, it won’t take away from consumer demand.

Archuleta said, “As long as you’re able to consume in your own personal residence, away from where it could be potentially offensive to the general public, I don’t think that that would necessarily affect people’s want to purchase recreational cannabis.”

Albuquerque’s City council is scheduled to meet again on April 4 to vote on the proposed bill.

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Poinsettia: Alan Titchmarsh’s ultimate tip for making festive plant last until Easter

March 21, 2022 by Staff Reporter

The Poinsettia is one of the most popular Christmas plants. But how should you be taking care of the festive houseplant?

Alan advised against “sticking it on the window sill”.

“It’s cold out there and the frost can come through the glass.

“Instead, position it about a metre in from the window.

“Then it’s getting really good indirect light.”

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But how often should the festive plant be watered?

Alan explained: “Feel the surface of the compost.

“If it feels like a freshly rung out flannel – damp to the touch – it’s fine.

“Don’t overwater it.

Alan explained if following these recommendations, the Poinsettia could last until Easter.

The gardener also shared a handy tip for those wishing to avoid overwatering their plant.

“If you stand them on a tray of gravel that you keep moist, it will give them a little Turkish bath.

“That’s helpful as well.”

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