…about cities, and certainly vice versa, but beyond pie-in-the-sky ideas about how we’re essentially the same, we are absolutely connected in economic terms and by our resources. Often water that…
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…across the water nine and a half miles away, which is really an important story for so many places that are in the midst of having to respond to the…
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…Hurricane Sandy. The study found that proximity to the water didn’t weigh heavily on the decision to relocate; other, more qualitative factors were more important. “The location of surveyed households,…
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…The report also outlines the various laws that DHS can waive for the construction of border fencing – the Safe Drinking Water Act, Archeological Resources Protection Act and the Migratory…
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…Knowledge deficit: “More ‘aluminum’ in a pickle than a dose of flu vaccine. Do you know ‘aluminum’ (sulfate) is used in water purification systems? So much scaremongering with the word…
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…affected by economic shock. Some sectors, such as manufacturing and construction, rebounded quickly. Scientific research, air and water transportation and transportation equipment manufacturers were also less affected by economic shocks….
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…clean water to poorer countries. But a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences finds that without global warming, the gap in gross domestic product per…
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…development and “improvements in vaccination, early childhood nutrition, sanitation, clean water, and targeted interventions for HIV/AIDS and malaria.” In more-developed regions, mortality decreased primarily because of reductions in mortality due…
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…worth covering if there’s human epidemiological evidence (like studies of people exposed to the chemical in drinking water) you could pair it with, too. “I don’t ever report on it…
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…problems with phone service; unsafe drinking water; mold or other environmental issues; inadequate heating or cooling; electrical problems; and issues with the sewage system. In total, 22% of those surveyed…
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