• Mississippi Health Care Faces ‘Looming Disaster,’ MSMA Tells Lawmakers
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    Mississippi Health Care Faces ‘Looming Disaster,’ MSMA Tells Lawmakers

    Mississippi’s health-care crisis is worsening, and an overhaul of the state’s “current system of care is unmistakably essential,” a leading medical group warned hours before the State Legislature was set to begin its 2023 session at noon Monday. “The lack of access to healthcare for many Mississippians is currently a crisis, not a new crisis, but one that has been fermenting—and is getting worse,” the Mississippi State Medical Association said in a press release this morning. “As hospitals close across Mississippi, access to life-saving medical care becomes a real threat to all Mississippi. While the debate rages on as to why our hospitals are closing, the immediate crisis progressively engulfs…

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  • Environmental groups to push coal ash disposal, conservation funding with lawmakers | Local News
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    Environmental groups to push coal ash disposal, conservation funding with lawmakers | Local News

    YORKTOWN — Wooded areas along the White River in Delaware County bustle with wildlife activity year-round, according to volunteers at the Red-tail Nature Preserve near Muncie. “These are rare and special places,” said Julie Borgmann, executive director of the Red-tail Land Conservancy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and restoring natural areas and farmland in east central Indiana. “Protecting this natural heritage, these natural areas permanently not only protects our waterways and critical lands for wildlife, it also allows for public recreation.” Borgmann spoke during an impromptu hike along the river, during which a buck leaped from behind a tree and bounded farther into the woods. Borgmann pointed out majestic…

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  • Gambia: NEA Exposes Lawmakers to Environmental Health Issues
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    Gambia: NEA Exposes Lawmakers to Environmental Health Issues

    The National Environmental Agency (NEA) on Saturday 10th December, 2022 convened a capacity building forum on issues relating to environmental health for National Assembly Select Committee on Environment and chairpersons of various select committees of the parliament. The training held at NaNA, was aimed at enhancing the capacity of lawmakers, especially the select committees on Environment. It was also designed to expose and enhance their understanding of the various environmental Acts and Regulations. The exercise, officials believe, would help the participants greatly in making informed decisions and for them to expedite ratification of pending draft bills when it is tabled before them. Established by Section 9 of NEMA 1994 Act,…

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