Russian collaboration loss risks permafrost carbon emissions network
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02001-6
Russian collaboration loss risks permafrost carbon emissions network
Nature Climate Change…
The World’s Most Beautiful Butterflies: Pictures & Facts
Butterflies are celebrated throughout the world for their bright colors and intricate patterns. Together with moths, they make up the insect order Lepidoptera, and these beautiful flying insects are found on all continents except Antarctica.
On this page is a list of the world’s most beautiful butterflies with pictures and facts.
Page Index
The Most Beautiful Butterflies In The World
Blue Morpho
Scientific Name: Morpho helenor
Family: Nymphalidae
Where Found: …
USDA Announces Recipients of New Health Food Financing Expansion Grant
Last week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) announced that it will partner with Reinvestment Fund, a national mission-driven financial institution, to fund 16 public-private partnerships. As an expansion of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), the Local and Regional Healthy Food Financing Partnerships Program (the HFFI Partnerships Program) will provide technical or financial assistance (including loans).
This is the inaugural round of the HFFI Partnerships Program, and they awarded over $ 40 million in grants to 75 partners in 20 states and Washington, DC. This new program is partly funded through the American Rescue Plan and will be used to expand or create new Healthy Food Financing Programs.
Program Background
The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) is a public-private partnership administered by Reinvestment Fund. The initiative offers grants and technical assistance to grocery …
Explore Food Waste Collection With Nicole Chardoul
Maximize Local Organics Recycling with Food Waste Collection
Are you considering food waste collection in your community? With Materials Management Planning underway across Michigan counties, now is the perfect moment for local communities to explore this opportunity. Join RRS Vice President Nicole Chardoul for a half-day training on introducing food waste into compost collection programs and operations. The training is part of a pre-conference training day before the 2024 Michigan Recycling Coalition (MRC) “Stay Current” Conference.
- Registration: Register with MRC for the pre-conference training on the MRC website. You can also register on the training day in Port Huron for an additional cost.
- Training Name: Introducing Food Waste into Collection Programs and Operations to Maximize Local Organics Recycling – Nicole Chardoul
- Advanced Registration: Members $ 65, Non-Members $ 90
- Day-Of Registration: Members $ 90, Non-Members $ 120
- Date: April
A water crisis in Mississippi turns into a fight against privatization
In the summer of 2022, heavy rainfall damaged a water treatment plant in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, precipitating a high-profile public health crisis. The Republican Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency, as thousands of residents were told to boil their water before drinking it. For some, the pressure in their taps was so low that they couldn’t flush their toilets and were forced to rely on bottled water for weeks.
Many of the city’s 150,000 residents were wary that their local government could get clean water running through their pipes again. State officials had a history of undermining efforts to repair Jackson’s beleaguered infrastructure, and the city council, for its part, didn’t have the money to make the fixes on its own. So when the federal government stepped in that fall, allocating funding and appointing an …
Analysing health system capacity and preparedness for climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01994-4
The authors perform a meta-analysis to assess current and future capacities of healthcare systems under climate change. They summarize the key focus points of current literature and highlight the need for effective policies, trained workforces and redesigned infrastructure to meet future burdens.
Nature Climate Change…
Major Rivers Of Africa: Famous African Rivers, Pictures & Facts
Discover the major rivers of Africa. On this page is a guide to five famous African rivers, with pictures and interesting facts…
African Rivers
The major rivers of Africa include the Nile, Congo, Niger, Zambezi and Orange. These five famous African rivers are of vital importance to a continent in which many people live in poverty and many regions are dry.
Rivers in Africa bring life to otherwise infertile and barren regions, enabling people to grow crops, catch fish and transport natural resources. They also provide a valuable habitat to a vast range of animals.
African rivers have brought explorers and missionaries into the continent’s heartlands and to this day are a source of fascination for anyone interested in the continent’s history and geography.
Major Rivers of Africa: Index
…Senate Bill Offers a Pathway to Sustain Local Food Purchasing Program
On March 19, Senator Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island, led the introduction of the EAT Local Foods Act of 2024 alongside twelve co-sponsors and with 184 endorsements from organizations, farms, and businesses from across the country. The bill seeks to sustain the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) program, which launched in 2021 as one of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) initiatives to transform the food system and build resilient regional supply chains.
…“If the program continues beyond 2025, I think that local farmers and local processors will grow into a stronger network. Plus, the people that are benefitting from Ohio CAN (Community + Agriculture + Nutrition) and LFPA will continue to have access to the local food they need for themselves, as a business and for the people that are eating it,” said