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Peter Buck, an academic programs manager in Penn State’s Sustainability Institute and former Ferguson Township supervisor, announced on Monday that he will seek election to the State College Area School Board this year. “The Pennsylvania Constitution requires a ‘thorough and efficient’ system of education,” Buck said in a statement. “In SCASD, we need to make it more thorough and more efficient. We need advocates on our school boards who take on a comprehensive view of education in ...

By Teagan King Less than a month into his presidency, President Joe Biden has already begun acting on his promises to address climate change. Some local environmentalist groups say the federal effort may not reach as far as Columbia. A main component of Biden’s campaign was his environmental policy. As part of this policy, he promised to “make a $2 trillion accelerated investment, with a plan to deploy those resources over his first term.” Much of this plan has to deal with making wide-re...

Alok Sharma, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) President-Designate, has said that collaboration between the governments of

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja President-designate of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), Mr. Alok Sharma, has visited Nigeria to discuss how the United Kingdom can work with Nigeria to address its climate change challenges. In his first visit to Nigeria in that position, Sharma who met leaders from government, the private sector and civil society, stressed the need for urgent climate change action ahead of the UK-hosted COP26 summit in November in Glasgow. He add...

Agriculture has consistently been the largest sector in Bangladesh, as in several other developing economies. About 50 percent of the population are employed in this sector and about 70 percent people overall depend on agriculture for their livelihood. A significant proportion of the poor relies on agriculture as the key source of income and employment. Indirect dependence on agriculture is reflected through employment in agro-based services and rural enterprises. However, for the past three de...

Housing and Development Newsletter The original impetus for the plan appears to have been Assembly Bill 691 in 2013, that mandated that “addressing the impacts of sea level rise for all of its legislatively granted public trust lands shall be among the management priorities of a local trustee.” Santa Barbara is the local trustee of state tidelands, that is, our beaches. The California Coastal Commission and the State Lands Commission also piled on to help specify exactly what “addressing ...

COLUMBIA- The City of Columbia officially implemented a new trash and recycling program, "Pay as You Throw," on Monday.  All trash and recycling must be placed at the curb for collection in the citys provided black trash bags and blue recycling bags with the city logo on them. The city distributed bags through a voucher program and are available at local grocery and retail stores across Columbia.  A City of Columbia sanitation worker on his route in the east Columbia neighborhoodLauren Sc...

New Zealand’s peat wetlands are more powerful than tropical forests at absorbing carbon. For World Wetlands Day today, Forest & Bird is releasing regional data to show wetlands are our secret resource in working to mitigate the effects of climate change. "The Government needs to introduce a plan to protect and recharge Aotearoa’s wetlands," says Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Annabeth Cohen. “Only about 10 percent of our historic wetlands remain, and the few wetlands left are dwindling...

Press Release – Forest And Bird Restoring peat wetlands – our secret climate resource New Zealand’s peat wetlands are more powerful than tropical forests at absorbing carbon. For World Wetlands Day today, Forest & Bird is releasing regional data to show wetlands are our secret resource in working to mitigate the effects of climate change. “The Government needs to introduce a plan to protect and recharge Aotearoa’s wetlands,” says Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Annabeth Cohen. “...

Press Release – Forest And Bird New Zealand’s peat wetlands are more powerful than tropical forests at absorbing carbon. For World Wetlands Day today, Forest & Bird is releasing regional data to show wetlands are our secret resource in working to mitigate the effects of climate change. “The Government needs to introduce a plan to protect and recharge Aotearoa’s wetlands,” says Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Annabeth Cohen. “Only about 10 percent of our historic wetlands remain, a...