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- EBSCO Information Services Partners with The Carroll Center for the Blind to Advance User Research and Design
- 5/17/2019 2:48:00 PM
- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and The Carroll Center for the Blind today announced a partnership in which the two organizations will work together to improve and enhance the experience across EBSCO products for users with a varying array of disabilities.
- National Archives Hosts Free “Write” Stuff Festival June 1
- 5/17/2019 2:44:40 PM
- The National Archives welcomes the start of summer break with its third annual “Write” Stuff Festival for aspiring writers and illustrators on Saturday, June 1.
- Cancer Research UK Team Wins Sixth Morgan Stanley UK Strategy Challenge
- 5/17/2019 2:12:07 PM
- Morgan Stanley announced that the Cancer Research UK team has won the sixth UK Strategy Challenge. The Morgan Stanley team working with Cancer Research UK developed an effective business model to help build and diversify their income streams.
- The American Board of Industrial Hygiene® Creates the “Board for Global EHS Credentialing®”
- 5/17/2019 9:01:52 AM
- We are very pleased to announce that the American Board of Industrial Hygiene® (ABIH® ) has created a new, higher-level organizational umbrella called the Board for Global EHS Credentialing® (BGC® ) to more accurately reflect our enhanced credential offerings, which include the Certified Industrial Hygienist® (CIH® ), Qualified Environmental Professional® (QEP® ), …
- UNICEF and partners vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children affected by Cyclone Idai; stepping up life-saving cholera prevention work in northern areas affected by Cyclone Kenneth
- 5/17/2019 2:48:04 AM
- Hundreds of thousands of children affected by deadly Cyclone Idai in Mozambique have been vaccinated and received vitamin A supplements in the past week, with UNICEF and partners including the World Health Organisation (WHO) supporting the Government-led Health Week in the 21 most affected districts of Sofala, Manica, Inhambane, and Zambézia provinces.
- Indonesian government actively blocking efforts to reform palm oil industry
- 5/17/2019 2:46:04 AM
- Jakarta, Indonesia – Ministers in the Government of President Joko Widodo are blocking efforts to reform the palm oil industry. Last week the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs ordered palm oil companies not to share information regarding the palm concessions they own.
- Flipping Switches, Beeping the Horn, All the Things That Kids Are Supposed to Do
- 5/16/2019 12:46:34 PM
- On Saturday, May 4, 2019 families and friends gathered at the Manahawkin Lake in Stafford Township, New Jersey for the 5th Annual Stafford Chamber of Commerce Touch A Truck.
- Primavera Sound teams up with the UN SDG Action Campaign
- 5/16/2019 6:51:01 AM
- · The Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by world leaders at an historic UN Summit as a plan of action for governments, the private sector and civil society to work together to eradicate poverty and inequalities, tackle climate change and ensure prosperity for all whilst protecting the planet · The alliance encapsulates the acts of solidarity that the festival has …
- EPA Report Suggests More Oil and Gas Wastewater Headed for U.S. Waterways
- 5/16/2019 3:16:04 AM
- New information from the U.S. EPA suggests the agency may roll back vital safeguards that keep many oil and gas producers from discharging hazardous wastewater into rivers and streams.
- 43 cities score an A grade in new cities climate change ranking
- 5/15/2019 1:31:26 PM
- An ‘A List’ featuring 43 global cities has been released by environmental impact non-profit CDP at the start of EU Green Week. Barcelona, London, Paris, Cape Town, Hong Kong and San Francisco are among the 7% of cities reporting to CDP that have received the top score for climate leadership and action.
- AIHce EXP 2019 Attendees Encouraged to Participate in the ABIH® Forum
- 5/15/2019 10:07:32 AM
- The American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce EXP) gets underway in Minneapolis, Minnesota next week. The event begins on May 20th and continues through the 22nd.
- Over a Hundred Thousand Civilians Have Nowhere to Seek Refuge as Violence in Syria’s Idlib Intensifies
- 5/13/2019 11:49:48 AM
- CARE International is extremely alarmed by the recent escalation of violence in northwestern Syria, including in areas in and around the demilitarized zone.
- US – Trump Administration Prosecutes Third Whistleblower Under Espionage Act
- 5/13/2019 11:37:34 AM
- Daniel Hale, a former government intelligence analyst who worked for the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, was arrested on May 9 and charged in a federal court under the Espionage Act with five crimes related to the disclosure of classified information.
- Global Union Delegation Attends National Express AGM
- 5/13/2019 11:13:45 AM
- A delegation of union activists from around the world have attended the annual general meeting (AGM) of the National Express group to question the company about its anti-union activities in Morocco and ask why the good relations elsewhere are not being upheld. Katie Finn and Jim Glimco (Teamsters, USA) reported to the AGM that the company has improved relations in North …
- Reaction to the G7 gender ministerial – 130 million girls out of school, nearly 1000 women infected with HIV every day
- 5/13/2019 5:22:51 AM
- The Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC), a consultative G7 body, presented its declaration on gender equality to key gender ministers in the run-up to the G7 in Biarritz.
- Dollar General Literacy Foundation Makes an $8.3 Million Impact to Approximately 1,000 Schools, Nonprofits and Literacy Organizations
- 5/10/2019 3:08:03 PM
- The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded more than $8.3 million to approximately 1,000 nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools. These grants will support adult, family and summer programs, which aim to enhance local literacy and education initiatives throughout the communities Dollar General (NYSE: DG) serves.
- Study Finds Exercise Improves Overall Fitness of Older Kidney Patients
- 5/10/2019 2:45:20 PM
- Exercise for older patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is not only safe, but can improve their overall physical fitness, investigators found and presented at the National Kidney Foundation’s 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings in Boston this week.
- Improving Health in Africa’s Protected Areas
- 5/10/2019 2:06:19 PM
- Americares is teaming up with wildlife conservation organization African Parks to strengthen the capacity of local health centers providing care to people living in and around Africa’s protected areas.
- 200+ Groups Urge Senate to Oppose European Fossil Fuel Promotion Bill
- 5/10/2019 1:45:27 PM
- More than 200 groups sent a letter to U.S. senators, urging them to oppose the European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019 (S. 704), a bill that would provide billions of dollars of support for natural gas infrastructure projects in Europe, further incentivizing fracking and fossil fuel development in the United States.
- Arsenic in Drinking Water May Change Heart Structure
- 5/10/2019 1:38:03 PM
- Study Highlight: • Among young adults, drinking water contaminated with arsenic may lead to structural changes in the heart that raise their risk of heart disease.
