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Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in parts of the US

Jun

Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the US Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States. AP News

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Third day of smoky air gives millions in US East Coast, Canada a new view of wildfire threat; what novices need to know

Jun

A third day of smoky air gives millions in US East Coast, Canada a new view of wildfire threat With weather systems expected to hardly budge, the smoky blanket billowing across the U.S. and Canada from wildfires in Quebec and Nova Scotia will possibly persist into the weekend. AP NEWS

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Administration Recommends $562M Investment to Make U.S. Communities More Resilient to Climate Impacts

Apr

Biden-Harris Administration Recommends $562M Investment to Make Communities Resilient to Climate Impacts - HS Today The funding for nearly 150 projects across 30 coastal states and territories is designed to make communities and the economy more resilient to climate change.

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Analysis: Why The US leads the world in weather catastrophes

Apr

The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. The nation's weather chief and other experts say the U.S. gets hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on Earth. Those include tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, blizzards and the like. The reason is geography. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, mountains, the jet stream and jutting peninsulas all combine to brew up severe storms. But nasty weather by itself isn't a disaster. What makes nature's bad hand a disaster is humans.

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World wide, Nearly everyone is exposed to unhealthy levels of tiny air pollutants, study says

Mar

Nearly everyone is exposed to unhealthy levels of tiny air pollutants, study says “Almost no one is safe from air pollution,” Yuming Guo, the lead author of the study, told The Washington Post. Kasha Patel Washington Post

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Air pollution: the 10 worse places in the United States--study

Mar

Revealed: the 10 worst places to live in US for air pollution A Guardian analysis using cutting-edge modelling developed by researchers tracks deadly PM2.5 levels the Guardian

America’s top spot is not a traffic-clogged metropolis or renowned heavy industry zone but a small town surrounded by farmland and mountains.

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In poor school districts, COVID relief money more likely to go to building repairs

Feb

For poor schools, building repairs zap COVID relief money JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The air-conditioning gave out as students returned from summer break last year to Jim Hill High School in Jackson, Mississippi, forcing them to learn in sweltering heat. By Thanksgiving, students were huddling under blankets because the heat wasn’t working. Along the way students dealt with broken showers in locker rooms, plumbing issues and a litany of other problems in the nearly 60-year-old school building. “There’s been... MSN

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San Francisco to end COVID-19 public health emergency declaration Feb. 28

Feb

San Francisco to end COVID-19 public health emergency declaration Feb. 28 San Francisco Department of Public Health announced that the city would end its COVID-19 public health emergency declaration, along with additional health orders on Feb. 28. ABC7 San Francisco

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Yellen says U.S. counties should use COVID funds for housing, job training

Feb

Yellen says counties should use COVID funds for housing, job training U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday called on counties, cities and states to focus their remaining COVID-19 pandemic aid funding to develop more worker training and affordable housing programs. Speaking to the National Association of Counties conference in Washington, Yellen said the nearly two-year old American Rescue Plan Act has enabled state and local governments to budget over $14 billion on more than 1,800 projects focused on housing.

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Turkey and Syran earthquake: Daunting medical issues for earthquake survivors are just beginning

Feb

Daunting medical issues for earthquake survivors are just beginning Water-borne diseases and medication shortages are likely issues for doctors and paramedics working to save lives after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. David Ovalle Washington Post

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Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in parts of the US

Third day of smoky air gives millions in US East Coast, Canada a new view of wildfire threat; what novices need to know

Administration Recommends $562M Investment to Make U.S. Communities More Resilient to Climate Impacts

Analysis: Why The US leads the world in weather catastrophes

World wide, Nearly everyone is exposed to unhealthy levels of tiny air pollutants, study says

Air pollution: the 10 worse places in the United States--study

In poor school districts, COVID relief money more likely to go to building repairs

San Francisco to end COVID-19 public health emergency declaration Feb. 28

Yellen says U.S. counties should use COVID funds for housing, job training

Turkey and Syran earthquake: Daunting medical issues for earthquake survivors are just beginning

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