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Newport New residents ask city to consider barriers for coal dust

Southeast Community residents have long complained about coal dust pollution from passing trains, and they want the City Council to intervene......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgJan 25th, 2024

Smog in Pakistan megacity ends outdoor play for schoolkids

Schoolchildren in Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore have been banned from outdoor exercise until January because of hazardous smog levels, officials said Friday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Ripples of colonialism: Decarbonization strategies perpetuate inequalities in human rights, says study

A University of Michigan study of a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo finds that the necessary process of decarbonization is repeating and recreating colonial inequalities......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Homelessness, high rents weigh heavily on Angelenos, survey finds

More than 9 in 10 Los Angeles County residents say homelessness is a pressing issue, and 64% feel its impact in their neighborhoods, according to the most recent findings from the USC Dornsife annual LABarometer survey on livability and affordability.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

City of Madeira Beach holds packed townhall on FEMA"s 50% regulation

City of Madeira Beach holds packed townhall on FEMA"s 50% regulation.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

4 large asteroids, including a skyscraper-size "city killer," will zoom past Earth in a 12-hour span today (Oct. 24)

4 large asteroids, including a skyscraper-size "city killer," will zoom past Earth in a 12-hour span today (Oct. 24).....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika?

In many Central and Eastern European countries, a period of greater openness emerged in the late 1980s. How did this affect the future perspective of residents? And can we learn anything from this period for our current times? University lecturer Dor.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

Philippines races to reach stranded as storm"s death toll rises

Philippine rescuers raced Thursday to reach residents stranded by fast-rising floodwaters after torrential rains from Tropical Storm Trami submerged villages and killed more than 20 people......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

A month after Helene, Augusta residents put up with huge piles of wood lining city streets

A month after Helene, Augusta residents put up with huge piles of wood lining city streets.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

Experts explain Hurricane Helene"s impact on Appalachia

Hurricane Helene has devastated swaths of Southern Appalachia, pummeling cities from Newport, Tennessee, to Asheville, North Carolina......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities face barriers to medical school admission, study finds

There are 45.3 million African Americans living in the United States and they represent 13.6% of the U.S. population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But only 5.7% of physicians in the United States self-identify as Black, despite multiple effor.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Seven dead, thousands evacuated as tropical storm batters Philippines

Philippine rescuers waded through chest-deep floodwaters Wednesday to reach residents trapped by Tropical Storm Trami, which has killed seven people and forced thousands to evacuate as it barrels toward the east coast......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

New rankings say this district has the best middle schools in Kansas City. See where

New rankings say this district has the best middle schools in Kansas City. See where.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Lawsuit: City cameras make it impossible to drive anywhere without being tracked

"Every passing car is captured," says 4th Amendment lawsuit against Norfolk, Va. Police use of automated license-plate reader cameras is being challenged in a lawsuit alleging tha.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

People around the world are using courts to question whether climate policies are fair

Coal workers suing their government over job losses. Indigenous people using the courts to block wind farms or anti-deforestation policies that violate their cultural rights. What these cases have in common is they challenge the fairness of climate p.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Breathing space—smart parking policies improve city dwellers" lives in EU

Researchers have put in place smart parking set-ups that offer residents across Europe cleaner air, more greenery and space to play......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Could injecting diamond dust into the atmosphere help cool the planet?

A multi-institutional team of climatologists, meteorologists and Earth scientists has found evidence that dropping diamond dust from an airplane into the atmosphere could cool the planet. In their study published in the journal Geophysical Research L.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Protein signaling pathway provides insights into cell migration and cancer metastasis

The innate immune response is the body's first line of defense against infection, and a successful immune defense takes a village: a combination of physical barriers, chemical attacks, and an army of specialized white blood cells. But maintaining and.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Astronomers detect ancient lonely quasars with murky origins

A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole at its center. As the black hole draws in surrounding gas and dust, it blasts out an enormous amount of energy, making quasars some of the brightest object.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

City microbes surviving on disinfectants, research reveals

New research shows microbes in our cities are evolving to resist the very cleaners we use to eliminate them. It also identifies novel strains living in Hong Kong that were previously only found in Antarctic desert soil......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Bondi beach "closed" as Sydney shores hit by "tar balls"

Lifeguards declared Sydney's famed Bondi beach and several other strands closed Thursday, as more mysterious black "tar ball" globules washed up along the city's shores......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024