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Ray Wu: How commercial building owners can improve indoor air quality and reduce energy use
Many commercial building owners may feel stuck between choosing to address health and safety or sustainability, but it doesn’t have to be one or the other.
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When it comes to COVID, 'hot spot' isn't just a metaphor
Heat, environmental problems and the pandemic concentrate in certain neighborhoods. Here’s a new idea for what to do about it.
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American’s food supply chain was already deadly. Then came the wildfires.
As blazes devour California and Oregon, farmworkers are risking their lives by showing up for the harvest. What other choice do they have?
Survival of Indigenous communities at risk as Amazon fire season advances
Combined with COVID-19, illegal fires pose a serious threat to Indigenous health and food security.
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Is it safe to bring your reusable bags back to the grocery store?
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, many grocery stores banned reusable bags. Now, with more known, reusables are making a comeback.
Hanna taught South Texas about hurricane preparedness during coronavirus
Texas' emergency response teams have worn personal protective equipment and distributed it to residents across South Texas in responding to Hurricane Hanna, another challenge for the state as it prepares for hurricane season during the pandemic.
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Mine safety agency should do more to protect coal miners in a pandemic, oversight office finds
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has not done enough to protect coal miners during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from an oversight agency released Tuesday.
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