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Month: November 2021

DOJ opens environmental justice probe of Alabama health departments, the first under 1964 law

By Christina Carrega, CNN The US Department of Justice has launched an investigation into whether the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Lowndes County Health Department have put Black residents at a higher risk of disease by failing to properly rid their communities of raw sewage. This is the first environmental justice investigation the

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Cómo la fotografía y la narración de historias pueden convertir la apatía en acción por el clima

Ángela Reyes Cristina Mittermeier es una bióloga marina y activista pionera en el campo de la fotografía conservacionista y del clima. En 2014 cofundó SeaLegacy, una red de narradores que alimentan una comunidad centrada en restaurar la salud del océano. En 2020, Mittermeier anunció Only One, que utiliza el poder de los medios de comunicación

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Surgeon general on Matthew McConaughey’s opposition to vaccine mandates for kids: ‘Covid is not harmless in our children’

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy stressed Tuesday that parents need to recognize that “Covid is not harmless in our children” after actor Matthew McConaughey said his kids aren’t vaccinated and that he’s against mandating vaccines for children. “Many kids have died. Sadly, hundreds of children — thousands — have been

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Surgeon general on Matthew McConaughey’s opposition to vaccine mandates for kids: ‘Covid is not harmless in our children’

CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy stressed Tuesday that parents need to recognize that “Covid is not harmless in our children” after actor Matthew McConaughey said his kids aren’t vaccinated and that he’s against mandating vaccines for children. “Many kids have died. Sadly, hundreds of children — thousands — have

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