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As climate change leads to hotter days across the country, the cost of cooling public school buildings grows higher. New research estimates that more than 280 Maryland public schools that did not need air conditioning in 1970 could have to spend $818 million to install new heating and cooling systems by 2025 to keep classrooms at a safe temperature.
These schools may also have to spend an additional $32.8 million every year to operate and maintain the HVAC systems, affecting more than 900,000 students across the state, according to the report from the Center for Climate Integrity, an environmental advocacy group. And those costs are expected to increase as the climate continues to heat up.
GAO report finds increased behavioral health symptoms and decreased access Patrick Jones | May 14, 2021
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According to the report, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Household Pulse conducted a survey from April 2020 to February 2021 which found that 38% of adults, across 24 survey collection periods, reported symptoms of anxiety or depression. In 2019, only 11% of respondents reported these symptoms.
The report also found an increase in overdose deaths and suicide attempts. CDC analysis found that emergency room visits for overdoses and suicide attempts were 36% and 26% higher, respectively.
This increase in behavioral health symptoms is challenged by limited behavioral health services.
According to the report, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designated 5,700 mental health provider shortage areas, with one-third of Americans living within these areas as of September 2020. Stakeholders from hospital associations in O
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday said the Biden administration has made repeated false claims about the legality and status of its halt in border wall construction, urging the U.S. Government Accountability Office to take those issues into account as it reviews the pause.
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12 May, 2021 Author Tom DiChristopher The shutdown of the 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline Co. system following a cyberattack has revived calls for federal regulation of pipeline operators and reform at federal agencies.
As of May 11, Colonial was returning portions of the critical artery for East Coast gasoline and refined fuel supply to service. While government officials and industry analysts did not anticipate widespread supply disruptions, the high-profile event caused filling station shortages in the Southeast and raised concerns about the prospect of future pipeline shutdowns at a time of rising cyberattacks.
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on May 11 asked Americans to avoid hoarding gasoline and urged them to report price gouging.