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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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Carle Illinois Students Awarded New Grant to Increase Access to Local Health Care; Expands Reach to Shelter Medicine | Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) students have received a new grant that will allow them to increase access to health care resources for the underinsured and uninsured. The students have been awarded the Family Medicine Cares USA existing clinic award grant from the American Academic of Family Physicians (AAFP). It was awarded for the CI MED students’ work and research at the Avicenna Community Health Center, a free clinic for the underinsured and uninsured in Champaign County, Illinois. The center provides longitudinal care to an underserved population that is unlikely to receive care otherwise. “Avicenna plays a pivotal role in increasing access to health care. It also…
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Local US hospitals are increasingly facing an impossible choice: Merge with larger hospitals or close
Locally owned and operated community hospitals these days often face an impossible dilemma: Should they allow a larger hospital system to take over their operations, which can mean cuts to staff and services — or close entirely? These hospitals are an essential lifeline for health care, often the only place where patients can receive hospital-level care without having to travel hours away from their homes. They are part of the fabric of the community, providing not only medical services but also good-paying jobs and other secondary benefits. But the US health care system puts small, locally controlled hospitals at a disadvantage. Revenue is based almost entirely on the volume of…
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Public latrines not for local residents: VR Environmental Health and Sanitation Office
Those who reside in communities without their own toilets are infringing on the rights of others, the Volta Regional Environmental Health Director (REHD), Stella Kumedzro, has said. She explained that public latrines are meant exclusively for use by people in transit and not local residents. “Toilet and sanitation are now a human rights issue and those who reside in the communities without their own toilets are infringing on the rights of others,” she said. In an interview to mark World Toilet Day (WTD) Ms Kumedzro said that those who engaged in open defecation, for instance, were creating a nuisance in the communities with the offensive odour from the excrement. Further,…
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Environmental Health Specialist III – Lookout Local Santa Cruz
FILING DEADLINE: Friday, October 14, 2022 SALARY: $7,562 – $9,575 per month JOB TYPE: Open and promotional Bilingual (Spanish/English) Candidates Encouraged to Apply JOB DESCRIPTION: Under direction, inspect and investigate environmental health conditions to enforce Federal, State, County and local environmental health and safety laws, ordinances, and regulations; obtain compliance or corrective action; educate the public concerning environmental health and safety; and do other work as required. Environmental Health Specialist III is the professional level expert and/or project leader in the Environmental Health Specialist series. Under direction, incumbents work independently, respond to emergency calls, and are responsible for specialized complex environmental health programs such as water supply, land use, hazardous…
