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HotSpots H2O: As Floods Subside, Pakistan’s Economy Is on a Knife-Edge

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Some 630,000 people have been displaced, and 1,300 have died — hundreds of them children. World Food Program in Pakistan, told VOA News. “ With damages exceeding tens of billions of dollars, flooding has affected one in seven Pakistanis. The scale of loss would have been devastating anywhere.

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Book review: Movement, by Thalia Verkade and Marco te Brommelströet

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But I appreciated its community journalism ethic and its ability to get behind the news, and that same philosophy is present in Movement , by The Correspondent’s Thalia Verkade and sustainable transport expert Marco te Brömmelstroet (aka the Cycling Professor on Twitter ). Verkade mentions articles she has written and the response they get.

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POLLINATORS! The Musical Coming To Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, State College Sept. 11

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By Alexandra McLaughlin, Penn State News Penn State Extension Master Gardeners from Centre County recently debuted “POLLINATORS! This free educational event will include monarch tagging and other activities between the shows. The dialogue appeals to adults as well as children. Reprinted from Penn State News.)

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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Their collective trauma dates back to August 2, 2014, when she and half a million other Toledoans woke to alarming news: the water coming out of their taps was toxic. Children who could not bathe.”. After the 2014 Toledo water crisis, the binational International Joint Commission tried to put a price tag on the event.

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In Benton Harbor, Residents’ Complaints of Lead-Tainted Water Carry Echoes

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Water samples from Benton Harbor homes since 2018 consistently revealed elevated levels of lead, a potent neurotoxin that damages the brain and nervous system and is particularly dangerous to young children. That’s good news, local water activist Rev. Last year, 3.8 percent in 2018. billion to replace them all.

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Evangelical Environmental Network Testifies In Congress On Need To Defend Our Children’s Health & Taxpayers By Fixing Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Require Real Well Plugging Bonding

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We thank you for your leadership and common commitment to making America’s energy the cleanest in the world – a goal that every American can be proud of and that is indispensable for giving our children and grandchildren the bright and healthy future they deserve. million children attend 12,445 schools located within with 0.5

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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Oct. 28 to Nov. 3 - Fire At PA General Energy Shale Gas Well Pad; 5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Replugging Shale Gas Well

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to bring the fire under control, but the master values on all seven wells on the pad were shut in and the wells were locked out and tagged. PGE personnel handled fire suppression, according to DEP. It took until about 4:00 p.m. The wells appeared to be unaffected by the fire.