Konstanz becomes first German city to declare climate emergency
Iceland Glacier Gone
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Southern German city declares ‘climate emergency’
I am so proud of my Alma mater to follow the UKs example.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/southern-german-city-declares-climate-emergency/2019/05/03/32f25b9a-6da5-11e9-bbe7-1c798fb80536_story.html
Friday, May 3, 2019
Food safety: Dung beetles and soil bacteria reduce risk of human pathogens -- ScienceDaily
Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats from farms to keep out pathogen-carrying wildlife and livestock. Yet, this could come at the cost of biodiversity. New research encourages the presence of dung beetles and soil bacteria at farms as they naturally suppress E. coli and other harmful pathogens before spreading to humans.
Continue reading at: Food safety: Dung beetles and soil bacteria reduce risk of human pathogens -- ScienceDaily
Continue reading at: Food safety: Dung beetles and soil bacteria reduce risk of human pathogens -- ScienceDaily
Thursday, May 2, 2019
UK Parliament declares climate change emergency - BBC News
This is leadership needed from every government!
MPs have approved a motion to declare an environment and climate emergency.
This proposal, which demonstrates the will of the Commons on the issue but does not legally compel the government to act, was approved without a vote.
Continue reading at: UK Parliament declares climate change emergency - BBC News
MPs have approved a motion to declare an environment and climate emergency.
This proposal, which demonstrates the will of the Commons on the issue but does not legally compel the government to act, was approved without a vote.
Continue reading at: UK Parliament declares climate change emergency - BBC News
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
PFAS found in Saline during investigation across River Raisin watershed - mlive.com
Michigan officials are investigating PFAS contamination in a second watershed that feeds into Lake Erie.
The chemicals were found last summer in Saline, southwest of Ann Arbor, where the city’s wastewater treatment plant was discharging them to a tributary of the River Raisin.
That’s also near a contaminated industrial site, located just steps from the Saline River, that has even higher levels of the unsafe chemicals in groundwater- and they’re possibly moving into the river, officials say.
Continue reading at: PFAS found in Saline during investigation across River Raisin watershed - mlive.com
The chemicals were found last summer in Saline, southwest of Ann Arbor, where the city’s wastewater treatment plant was discharging them to a tributary of the River Raisin.
That’s also near a contaminated industrial site, located just steps from the Saline River, that has even higher levels of the unsafe chemicals in groundwater- and they’re possibly moving into the river, officials say.
Continue reading at: PFAS found in Saline during investigation across River Raisin watershed - mlive.com
WHO: New report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis
CAFOS such as the ones we have in Lenawee County are one big culprit for this danger!
International organizations unite on critical recommendations to combat drug-resistant infections and prevent staggering number of deaths each year
29 April 2019 Joint News Release New York
UN, international agencies and experts today released a groundbreaking report demanding immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to avert a potentially disastrous drug-resistance crisis.
If no action is taken - warns the UN Ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance who released the report – drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050 and damage to the economy as catastrophic as the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. By 2030, antimicrobial resistance could force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty.
Continue reading at: New report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis
International organizations unite on critical recommendations to combat drug-resistant infections and prevent staggering number of deaths each year
29 April 2019 Joint News Release New York
UN, international agencies and experts today released a groundbreaking report demanding immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to avert a potentially disastrous drug-resistance crisis.
If no action is taken - warns the UN Ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance who released the report – drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050 and damage to the economy as catastrophic as the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. By 2030, antimicrobial resistance could force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty.
Continue reading at: New report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis
Monday, April 29, 2019
2019 COTE® Top Ten Awards - AIA - Setting the standard in design and sustainability
The 2019 COTE® Top Ten program highlights projects that meet the AIA Committee on the Environment's rigorous criteria for social, economic, and ecological value. The COTE® Top Ten Plus designation denotes projects with exemplary performance data and post occupancy lessons.
2019 COTE® Top Ten Awards - AIA
2019 COTE® Top Ten Awards - AIA
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