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LGBTQ People Face Greater Climate Risks

Legal Planet

More than 1,800 people died and the price tag for the damage quickly rose to the tens of billions of dollars. In August of 2005 when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi, the combination of torrential rain and flawed infrastructure proved deadly. Download as PDF

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Environmental Professionals Day 2021

NAEP Leadership Blog

Environmental professionals include social and environmental scientists, engineers and planners, public and environmental health specialists, many of whom have continued their work throughout this pandemic monitoring conditions to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

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Michigan Can Transition to 100-Percent Renewable Energy by 2035, Save Lives, and Create Jobs

Union of Concerned Scientists

From this 2040 perspective, Michigan’s 100-percent renewable energy standard took full effect five years ago, and—along with accelerated closures of coal plants, like the one in Monroe, and a ban on new gas plant construction—it has saved Michigan families at least $15 billion in public health costs. Family members lost too soon.

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Energy Storage Can Help People with Disabilities Through Extreme Weather Events 

Union of Concerned Scientists

During climate disasters and extreme weather events like hurricanes, wildfires, or winter storms, people with underlying health conditions and disabilities face global mortality rates that are four times higher than those without disabilities. A Tesla Powerwall battery, for example, comes with a $11,500 price tag.

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

Circle of Blue

I believe that the key moment here will be when the politicians in Columbus begin to see this as an economic issue and not just an environmental or health issue. They’ve pretty clearly shown that they just don’t care about the environmental and health implications. They’ve had a chance to deal with it.

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Feature: Meet Your New Year’s Resolution On The Susquehanna Greenway

PA Environment Daily

Not only is getting outside a great way to ring in 2024, but it also offers a first crack at those health-related resolutions. And once you’re back in your living room, be sure to share your hike by tagging SGP (@susquehannagreenway) and using the hashtag #FirstDayHike.

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Amira Fernández – combating ‘tags’ in STEM

Frontiers

Pharmaceutical biotechnologist Dr Amira Fernández has a passion for disseminating research and the publication of her award-winning book ‘ Té con Ciencia’ (2020) cemented her profile as a scientific communicator. As with addressing any problem, Fernández hopes to counteract damaging ‘tags’ in science by ‘going to the base’.This