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Camp Roberts to house up to 20,000 migrant children during drought May 4, 2021 By KAREN VELIE Amid drought conditions and concerns of water shortages, the Department of Health and Human Services has received permission to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant children at Camp Roberts in San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties. Initially, 1,500 children were to be housed in barracks. Now, there are plans for a maximum of 20,000 children to be sheltered in either military-style tents or trailer...

DeSmog Background Based in Washington DC, the American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largest trade association for the oil and gas industry, representing over 600 corporate members “from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry.” The API says its mission is to “influence public policy in support of a strong, viable U.S. oil and natural gas industry.” API describes itself as “the only national trade association that repre...

Introduction On 24 June 2020 Law 7246 Amending the Law on the Protection of Competition entered into force and introduced significant changes to Turkish competition law, including with regard to the commitment mechanism. The commitment mechanism allows undertakings and trade associations to make commitments in the course of an ongoing preliminary investigation or a full-fledged investigation process to address competition concerns (except hardcore violations) arising from Articles 4 and 6 of La...

Date Time Researcher studying disease-causing fungus in Carlsbad bats Visiting University of New Mexico Biology associate professor Diana Northup studies the external microbiome of bats at Carlsbad Caverns National Park to detect potential natural defenses against the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome (WNS), a common bat disease. UNM Biology associate professor Diana Northup Northup currently has three Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CPCE...

Fueled by Climate Change, Wildfires Threaten Toxic Superfund Sites Blazes at the imperiled hazardous waste sites could release toxins ranging from acid mine drainage to radioactive smoke. December 23, 2020 Firefighters use a back burn to try and control the Carr fire as it spreads towards the towns of Douglas City and Lewiston near Redding, California on July 31, 2018. The fire swept over the Iron Mountain Mine Superfund site, threatening to release corrosive chemicals into the watershed and co...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 13December 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Summary: New US Covid cases...

After 35 days of personal struggle, the federal government is once again open for business. yesterday, an uptick in air traffic control sick calls causing major delays and major east coast airports. earlier in the week, an eithair traffic control official told cnn the impact can be felt for quite a long time. >> the hiring. the training that has not been accomplished will be difficult. the ripple effect for that, it could take years to catch up. >> all right, lets bring in jn th jonathan, he onc...