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Rachel Schattman – Sustainable management & community engagement are the keys

Frontiers

She is also a fellow with The George J Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and an associate of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. Photo credit: Karrah Kwasnik What encouraged you to work towards sustainability, more specifically on climate change issues and sustainable agriculture? “I

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Op-ed: The common ground between labor and climate justice is the key to a livable future

Environmental Health News

The urgency of cutting emissions and phasing out fossil industries to mitigate climate change has brought the seemingly contentious relationship between labor and environment into sharp focus. The heavy layer of pollution killed 20 people and caused long-term health effects for at least 5,900 people.

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The Network in 2025: Connecting Public Health, Community Needs, and Law and Policy Solutions

The Network for Public Health Law

A Message from Interim Co-Executive Directors Quang (“Q”) Dang and Ann Phi-Wendt “ While laws and policies can serve as barriers to health equity, they can also be used to promote health and advance equity and this is, has been, and will continue to be the focus of our work, whatever the political climate might bring.

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Environmental Health News

“I have a lot of concerns about how large that facility might be and what emissions could be like, and whether it’ll cause increased traffic on the river and the roads,” said Coptis, who works as a senior advisor at the climate advocacy nonprofit Taproot Earth.

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Is NC dental profession oversight/business model about to change?

NC Health News

His widow vowed shortly after that to do what she could to make sure deep sedation and anesthesia rules were changed so dentists across North Carolina would have to have an anesthesiologist or certified registered nurse anesthetist present when performing such procedures on patients in a subconscious state.

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Disrupted systems: How EPA cuts are shaking up community health and climate research

NC Health News

31 he signed the landmark Clean Air Act into law. These actions reflected a growing federal recognition that clean air and water were vital to Americas health, economy and long-term prosperity. The loss of this funding means that critical health interventions may never be fully realized, Wall said. By Will Atwater On Dec.

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What’s hampering federal environmental justice efforts in the hydrogen hub build-out?

Environmental Health News

Later, after reading the DOE's public summary of the event, she felt frustrated. “I In 2023, the Biden administration passed historic federal policies directing 80 agencies to prioritize environmental justice in decision-making. This hydrogen hub is just one piece of this larger picture about the U.S.’s