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If the drought isn’t enough, Mormon crickets are starting to show up early in Utah.

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Forever Balboa Park unveiled a pergola that caps its effort to restore the Botanical Garden building to its 1915 design.

California’s first new conservancy in more than 15 years will oversee restoration, manage habitat and improve air quality at the deteriorating Salton Sea

As Texas confronts decades of water mismanagement and growing demands for electricity from data centers, the state’s top utility regulator, Public Utility Commission Chairman Thomas Gleeson, told a state House committee on Thursday that it’s critical to have a clear picture of how much water data centers use.  His testimony came as data center developers […]

美國副總統萬斯原本反對對伊朗開戰，如今卻被賦予重任，受總統特朗普的指派，前往巴基斯坦領導談判，要將一項極為脆弱的兩周停火轉化為更長期的和平協議，要結束一場他自己並不支持的戰爭。

美国副总统万斯原本反对对伊朗开战，如今却被赋予重任，受总统特朗普的指派，前往巴基斯坦领导谈判，要将一项极为脆弱的两周停火转化为更长期的和平协议，要结束一场他自己并不支持的战争。

Com forte influência do slam, a rapper paraibana Bixarte fala sobre como coloca em seu processo criativo questões políticas e de identidades atravessadas por tantas transversalidades. Em entrevista ao Conexão BdF, da Rádio Brasil de Fato, Bixarte fala sobre a violência contra corpos trans como o dela no país e como usa a arte para […] Fonte

法國世界報刊發文章，報道了伊朗戰爭以及霍爾木茲海峽受阻所引發的石油危機對中國公路運輸業的衝擊。該報指出，在中國，公路運輸業的競爭非常激烈，運輸企業擔心競爭力下降，所以，就是否將燃料成本的上漲轉嫁給客戶，它們非常謹慎。中國的卡車司機則擔憂石油危機將讓他們不得不“停工”。他們甚至說，“在這種情況下，還不如讓卡車停在車庫裡”。

法国世界报刊发文章，报道了伊朗战争以及霍尔木兹海峡受阻所引发的石油危机对中国公路运输业的冲击。该报指出，在中国，公路运输业的竞争非常激烈，运输企业担心竞争力下降，所以，就是否将燃料成本的上涨转嫁给客户，它们非常谨慎。中国的卡车司机则担忧石油危机将让他们不得不“停工”。他们甚至说，“在这种情况下，还不如让卡车停在车库里”。

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.New York City property owners with working cooling towers — the cylinder rooftop structures spiking the city’s skyline — will soon be required to step up their testing for the Legionella bacterium.It’s the city’s latest effort to prevent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease, which killed at least seven people in Harlem last summer. A spokesman for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Friday the new cooling tower regulations go into effect on May 8 citywide. The rules were published in the City Record, a database of records and notices that includes public hearings and agendas, on Wednesday, and registered tower operators were notified. Property owners will also face higher fines for noncompliance.The final rules were shared with all elected officials and community boards citywide Thursday.The new regulations come after the City Council in October approved legislation to ramp up requirements for testing building cooling towers for Legionella microbes. In the past, cooling tower operators were required to conduct Legionella sampling every 90 days. Building owners will now need to test for the presence of Legionella at least every month when the cooling towers are in use, which is generally during warmer weather months. The bill further requires that all such testing be performed by, or under the supervision of, a “qualified” professional.Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacterium. It spreads through airborne water droplets, not by drinking water or through person-to-person spread. Many of the outbreaks in New York City are caused by water vapor spewing from rooftop cooling towers. Harlem has high risk factors for Legionnaires’ diseaseCentral Harlem was the center of a Legionnaires’ outbreak last summer in which health officials say at least seven people died and more than 100 were sickened, many of them hospitalized. The outbreak was linked to contaminated cooling towers at several locations, including Harlem Hospital, which also had an outbreak in 2021. In that case, health officials determined the facility had not properly managed one of its cooling towers in accordance with local law.Last month, Gothamist reported that Harlem Hospital ignored its own cooling tower maintenance plan in the weeks before last year’s outbreak when it failed to conduct rapid, weekly tests for Legionella.New York City Legionnaires’ disease outbreak: Cooling towers, regulations, and lessons from 2015In a separate Harlem case, two residents in one of the city’s largest residential complexes were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, prompting local health officials in January to open an investigation. Residents were advised to take baths or sponge baths instead of showers so that they wouldn’t breath in contaminated mist. Harlem is particularly vulnerable to Legionnaires’ outbreaks, because of its high density of tall buildings with cooling towers, and the concentration of chronic disease — a risk factor for Legionnaires’ — in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. The health department has also cited historic disinvestment and structural racism as factors.Legionnaires’ disease tends to emerge more frequently in neighborhoods with older populations and higher rates of poverty, according to health officials. From 2019 to 2022, the city’s highest annual Legionnaires’ disease rates were concentrated in parts of Harlem and the Bronx. Among residents with Legionnaires’ disease in that period, more than 90% had at least one chronic medical condition, and more than 50% were previous or current smokers.In what seemed like an odd anomaly to Harlem residents, city health inspectors in February found two tenants with Legionnaires’ disease in an apartment building on the Upper East Side. “I started to believe that Legionella only knew Black and brown neighborhoods,” Marquis Harrison, chair of Manhattan’s Community Board 10 in Harlem, said March 31 on a panel with city health officials hosted by the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy. “We only saw it in the South Bronx and in Harlem, and only communities of color. We were having these outbreaks. … Maybe it doesn’t just exist in our neighborhoods.”Preliminary budget includes more inspectorsThe city held public hearings after last summer’s outbreak.Health officials testified last September that they needed more inspectors to strengthen oversight and enforcement and hiring has begun. Speaking about the preliminary budget before the City Council’s Health Committee on March 20, health officials said that when fully staffed, the department will have about 56 scientists and water ecologists to oversee work related to the inspections. The city has some 6,000 cooling towers.“The additional staffing that we got will enable us to conduct the annual inspection and any follow-up that’s needed of every cooling tower in the city, which, as you know, has been our goal,” said Corinne Schiff, deputy commissioner of the environmental health division in the health department.The preliminary budget plan notes that the health department is devoting more money toward community outreach, cooling tower inspections, disease surveillance and laboratory testing. In the budget hearing, chief financial officer and deputy commissioner Aaron Anderson said $9 million will go toward surveillance and testing in the fiscal year 2027, along with 50 employees. Another $2.5 million will be devoted to the cooling tower inspections and 28 employees, and community outreach efforts will receive $1.1 million and 15 employees. The outbreak has prompted lawsuits against the city and the construction firms involved in maintaining the cooling towers, with the backing of civil rights lawyer Ben Crump and the Rev. Al Sharpton. In his lawsuit, Crump alleged that the city failed to learn that water towers were unregistered or went uninspected. He also argued that the official death toll was an undercount.The seven people who died last summer have not been publicly identified. Harrison said their names may have been lost in the confusion surrounding the summer outbreak. “It’s very sad for us, because the community couldn’t send their condolences or even celebrate their lives,” Harrison told Healthbeat on Friday, adding that he would renew his request to learn more about the people who died.At the March budget hearing, City Council Health Committee Chair Lynn Schulman asked Schiff if the health department required further help.“Do you need additional resources to prevent future outbreaks?”“The program is to promote compliance with the rigorous requirements that New York City has, and as we discussed in the fall, that is designed as a prevention measure,” Schiff said. “We can’t commit that nothing bad will ever happen again.” Trenton Daniel is a reporter covering public health in New York for Healthbeat. Contact Trenton at tdaniel@healthbeat.org or on the messaging app Signal at trentondaniel.88.

(The Center Square) - Calls grew Friday afternoon for U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-San Francisco, to quit the gubernatorial race following allegations of sex abuse. A former member of Swalwell's staff told the San Francisco Chronicle that the congressman sexually assaulted her. CNN reported on that member and three more women who accused Swalwell of making sexual advances and sending explicit photos. Swalwell, who is among the top three most popular Democrats running for governor according to a recent University of California, Berkeley poll, called the allegations false in a statement. “For nearly 20 years, I have served the public — as a prosecutor and a congressman and have always protected women," Swalwell said. "I will defend myself with the facts and where necessary bring legal action. My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies." According to media reports, multiple members of Swalwell's staff resigned after Friday's news of the allegations. Tom Steyer, the billionaire who is among the leading Democratic gubernatorial candidates, commended the former staffer for coming forward in a statement on X. “Speaking out is never easy, and her account must be taken seriously." Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, one of the two leading Republicans running for governor, called on Swalwell to resign not only from the race but Congress.

La presencia de Sheinbaum en la cumbre progresista cierra la lista de invitados con Lula, Petro y Orsi, los presidentes de los principales países de América Latina gobernados por la izquierda, en un encuentro para proyectar una red internacional de líderes progresistas.

Kunang-kunang kerlap kerlip melintasi orang-orang yang sedang berkumpul di satu teras rumah di Desa Harapan Maju, Kecamatan Mentarang, Kabupaten Malinau, Kalimantan Utara, penghujung tahun lalu. Mereka bercengkrama walau tak saling memandang rupa. Tak ada cahaya maupun lampu yang menyinari permukiman itu pada malam itu. “Listriknya sudah mati satu mingguan, kecuali nanti perusahaan datang untuk mengganti […] The post Nasib Warga Seboyo Terelokasi Demi Proyek PLTA Mentarang appeared first on Mongabay.co.id.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed off on a supplemental budget bill that authorizes nearly $450 million in additional state spending this year.  The budget bill covers additional costs incurred by the state this fiscal year ending in June, including funds for disaster relief, education, corrections and transportation.  The bill was approved by the Alaska State Legislature […]

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Friday signed into law a bill to require teachers and doctors to out transgender minors to their parents, or face lawsuits. House Bill 822 requires schools, health care providers and child care providers to notify parents within three days after the entities receive “any request by the minor student to […]

By the end of the year, roughly 80,000 low-income Idahoans on Medicaid expansion will need to start proving that they are working to stay on the program. Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Friday signed into law House Bill 913. The bill — which takes effect immediately — directs the state to implement Medicaid work requirements […]

Emerald Plaza, with its green-tinted façades and clustered towers, officially opened on April 10, 1990.

One official warned City Council members that providers may have to lay off staff or even go bankrupt over the payment delays.