Annual “State of the Air” Report Reveals Rhode Island’s Air Quality
The report assessed the air quality in Providence, Kent, and Washington counties.
April 23, 2021
Using public transportation instead of your car can reduce emissions.
Find yourself huffing and puffing more than usual after a short walk? It might just be the air in your community.
On Wednesday, April 21, the American Lung Association released the twenty-second annual “State of the Air” report, or the “report card,” which establishes whether our nation’s air quality is healthy to breathe or not, as well as which residents are most at risk and why climate change should be addressed. Each state and its metro areas were ranked in terms of cleanest air quality and the most polluted.
Providence, RI | April 13, 2021
The American Lung Association in Rhode Island applauds the Rhode Island State legislature for passing the Act on Climate and Governor Dan McKee for signing this landmark legislation into law. The legislation passed the State Senate on March 16th, 33-4, the House on March 23rd, 53-22, and both chambers passed the companion bills on April 6th before the bill was transmitted to the Governor’s desk for signing.
The American Lung Association’s Senior Manager of Advocacy in Rhode Island, Daniel Fitzgerald said, “Climate change is undoubtedly a public health issue, and one that creates disproportionate impacts across Rhode Island’s diverse communities. This new law will advance critically important work of reducing harmful pollution through clear, enforceable climate pollution reduction standards, paving the way for improved air quality, stronger public health outcomes, and easier breathing for Rhode Island residents.
How to get your kids to use the bathroom all by themselves
Even once your kid is out of diapers, they still need a lot of help in the bathroom. Here s how to encourage them to master those skills and get yourself on the other side of the bathroom door.
Whether potty training was a walk in the park or a
long, painful process, it’s a pretty big moment when your kid can finally recognize the need to go and hold it until they make it to the washroom.
But even once you’ve kicked daytime diapers to the curb (woohoo!), toilet-trained kids will still need an adult’s help to get through all the elements of the bathroom routine. You may not mind wiping, flushing and washing for your kid, but working toward bathroom independence where your kiddo can handle the whole process from beginning to end without assistance is a good and necessary step for kids as they enter preschool and kindergarten.
Bostonâs hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions - some paying millions of dollars - raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.
By Liz Kowalczyk, Spotlight fellow Sarah L. Ryley, Mark Arsenault and Spotlight editor Patricia Wen Globe Staff and Globe Staff,Updated April 3, 2021, 4:54 p.m.
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As chief of Boston Childrenâs Hospital, one of the most esteemed pediatric hospitals in the world, Sandra Fenwick had outsized influence. After the pandemic struck last spring, she used that clout to lobby Massachusetts legislators for more money for telemedicine, a suddenly essential alternative to in-person visits.
St. Bernardâs School
St. Bernardâs School students look at an Acts of Mercy wall mural they made, now in display at St. Bernardâs Church throughout the Lenten season.
(Provided photo â Sylvia Hough, St. Bernardâs School) St. Bernard’s School patiently teaches that love means to emphasize the way of life wherein service to others, in all degrees of need, is how we act in love toward one another. It is not enough to simply be kind, because we must also be generous with our time, and willing to sacrifice some part of our own comfort to increase another person’s well-being.