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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that the state will invest $536 million in preventing wildfires. That will include more than $350 million to improve forest management and to thin out the vegetation that fuels fires. It also includes $25 million in economic stimulus for the hard-hit forestry sector.
Some experts praised Newsom for the investment, but said California’s plan must go further.
“A $500-million appropriation would be huge, and they’ll need to do substantially more than that again next year,” said Paul Mason, vice-president of policy at the Pacific Forest Trust, a non-profit land trust and think tank that promotes forest conservation. “It will need to be in the billions.”
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LONDON, ON, April 8, 2021 /CNW/ - Canadians want clean air and clean water for their children and grandchildren. When companies pollute our natural environment, they pay the price, and the Government of Canada ensures that environmental good follows environmental harm by reinvesting those fines in projects that will benefit our environment.
Today, Kate Young, Member of Parliament for London West, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Government of Canada is investing $5.9 million from environmental fines into Let s Talk Science. With this funding, Let s Talk Science will engage over 600,000 youth across Canada in climate science awareness and action through regional events, action projects, hands-on activities and a suite of digital resources, including career information.
Rachel E. Stark
Rachel Elizabeth “Betty” Stark was a member of the first team of women to climb the Himalayas. Later, she moved mountains in the scientific understanding of a baby’s babbling. Stark came to Purdue in 1987 to become head of the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, arriving with a portfolio of experiences.
Stark was born in Scotland and earned degrees from Jordanhill College of Education of Glasgow, Glasgow’s School of Speech Therapy, and the Royal Academy of Music of London. She was a speech therapist within the public school system and worked in a hospital system in Scotland.
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Let’s Talk Science and Dow Canada have partnered through the Horizon Project to bring STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) kits to local classrooms.
“Over 120 food banks, Indigenous groups, and community partners in every province and territory across Canada will start receiving fun, hands-on activity and resource kits to distribute to families with youth in Grades 4 – 6 in low socio-economic communities. 75,000 kits will be sent out as a way to engage them in meaningful and fun learning opportunities that do not require technology or internet access; of these, more than 8,000 kits will be given to Indigenous youth. That’s over 130,000kg of unplugged learning resources being shipped across Canada,” the Let’s Talk Science organization shared in a press release.