Mark Haggerty News Today

The West End region of Colorado is eager to replace coal with tourism, as long as visitors can behave themselves.

COVID-19, RSV, and influenza are all showing elevated activity in the weeks after Christmas, according to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH).

Good mining jobs with good benefits can counterintuitively hurt access to care.

Numerous individuals affiliated with activist organizations are listed as contributors and authors of the Biden administration's landmark climate report.

Sentara's Virtual Care Team members — virtual care and digital solutions director Tyler Okoren, Dr. Mark Haggerty, Aida Vicente, Alisha Dore’, Shannon Hunnicutt, Cindy Taylor, Sherry Taylor, Mark Crowe, Lee Orciga, Jessica Rivera and Tammy Maloney — are being recognized as Health Care Heroes for Advancements in Health Care for their role in helping Sentara providers and patients access and adapt to virtual care during the pandemic.

The Center for American Progress published a pair of reports this month highlighting funding challenges for rural areas in the context of climate resilience, offering recommendations for how decision-makers can better design federal programs to be more inclusive of rural communities as disasters like wildfires and floods become more frequent.

The Center for American Progress published a pair of reports this month highlighting funding challenges for rural areas in the context of climate resilience, offering recommendations for how decision-makers can better design federal programs to be more inclusive of rural communities as disasters like wildfires and floods become more frequent.

The Center for American Progress published a pair of reports this month highlighting funding challenges for rural areas in the context of climate resilience, offering recommendations for how decision-makers can better design federal programs to be more inclusive of rural communities as disasters like wildfires and floods become more frequent.

Washington, D.C. — A new report from the Center for American Progress shows how rural communities can end their historical dependence on royalty revenue from fossil fuels, giving them a new source of income as they transition to cleaner energy.

Gianforte Withdraws Montana From Multi-State Climate Coalition Gov. Greg Gianforte has withdrawn Montana from a coalition of two dozen states dedicated to fighting climate change.  The U.S. Climate Alliance is committed to achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. To do that, member states strive to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide by 2050. Former Democratic governor Steve Bullock joined the alliance in 2019. Evan Wes...