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Public Technologies: Media Advisory: USGS Measures Record Flooding Across Nebraska
Public Technologies: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union to commemorate the World Water Day
Public Technologies: Females live longer when they have help raising offspring
Public Technologies: Reduced Load Restrictions Start Saturday, March 23
Public Technologies: Governor Releases 10-Year Budget Blueprint for Alaska
Public Technologies: Volcano cliffs can affect monitoring data, study finds
Chico Enterprise Record: Musco to offer new contracts to olive growers in Corning
Breitbart: Greenpeace Founder: 'Climate Change Crisis' Is a 'Completely Made-Up Issue'

As Climate Change Melts Everest's Glaciers, The Bodies Of Dead Mountaineers Are Being Revealed

File - The Khumbu icefall and Mt Everest's peak is visible sticking out back right. The mountain is so hard to get a good look at from the Nepal side. The route to Everest starts up the long hazardous and circuitous Khumbu icefall to Camp 1

IFL Science: Mount Everest is famously the world’s highest mountain, and to conquer it is to conquer the world. Plenty of people have managed it, and plenty of people have died trying. Mountaineering is a risky...

Two Chinese Earth observation satellites put into service

A model of Chinese module of space station is displayed during the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition

People Daily: BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese Earth observation satellites, the Gaofen-5 and Gaofen-6, were officially put into service on Thursday after completing in-orbit tests. During the tests, the...

New Crosswalk In South Korea Uses Radar, Thermal Imaging To Help Prevent Distractions

Visitors dressed in South Korean traditional "Hanbok" attire walk across a crosswalk near the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, and one of South Korea's well known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017.

WorldNews.com: Civil engineers in the South Korean city of Islan, which has the world’s highest smartphone penetration rate, are trying out a new crosswalk to design which is aimed to help pedestrians and drivers on...

US and Saudi Arabia blocking regulation of geoengineering, sources say

photo: US Navy file/Photographers Mate 1st Class Aaron Ansarov

‘One chance at survival’: Jay Inslee is running for president to fight climate change

photo: Creative Commons / Joe Mabel

Mozambique flooding: More than 100 people dead after rain and deadly cyclone hits major cities

photo: NASA / MODIS

Thousands Of Young Students Around The World Stage Walkouts Over Climate Change

photo: AP / Kin Cheung

Malaysia: schools closed after hundreds poisoned by toxic waste dumped in river

photo: AP / Thomas Yong

USDA Assists Farmers, Ranchers, and Communities Affected by Recent Flooding
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

(Washington, D.C., March 21, 2019) - To help residents, farmers, and ranchers affected by the devastation caused by recent flooding, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid people in their recovery efforts. USDA staff in the regional,...

S.D. 11 Bridge Over Split Rock Creek Closed
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

S.D. 11 Bridge Over Split Rock Creek Closed For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 21, 2019 Contact: Kristi Sandal, Public Information Officer, 605.773-3265 kristi.sandal@state.sd.us SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The...

Illinois EPA Refers Dynegy Midwest Generation, LLC to Attorney General for Enforcement
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Acting Director John J. Kim announced that the Agency has referred an enforcement action to the Illinois Attorney General's office against Dynegy Midwest Generation, LLC (Dynegy). Dynegy operated a coal-fired power plant in Oakwood, Vermilion...

BUDGET 2019-2020 - Press release no. 5 of 6 - Concrete Action for the Environment
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

QUÉBEC, March 21, 2019/CNW Telbec/ - If we are to meet the major climate change challenge, the government must take meaningful action. Fighting climate change must be seen as an opportunity for Québec to attract investments, export its green technologies, innovate and electrify our economy,...

BUDGET 2019-2020 - Press release no. 1 of 6 - Quebecers' Priorities at the Heart of the New Québec Government's First Budget
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

QUÉBEC, March 21, 2019/CNW Telbec/ - The Québec Budget Plan - March 2019, tabled today by Minister of Finance Eric Girard, fulfils several of the new Québec government's commitments to address Quebecers' concerns. All told, $5.2 billion will be put back in the pockets of Quebecers within five years,...

Murray, Cantwell, Colleagues Press DoD, EPA for Answers on Reports of Efforts to Weaken Contamination Standards for PFAS
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined 16 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting the agencies release communications...

Governor Kate Brown Outlines Mission of Oregon Climate Authority
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

Salem, OR-Governor Kate Brown today outlined her vision for the Oregon Climate Authority during testimony for Senate Bill 928 , which proposes creation of a state agency...

Extreme Networks Reduces Dependence on the Grid with Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Technology
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

New project uses reliable, low-cost and sustainable power source to fuel 90 percent of Extreme's energy needs at its San Jose headquarters SAN JOSE, Calif., March 21, 2019 - Establishing resilient, clean energy sources for businesses and communities is at the forefront of global conversations....

Travel Training
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

Beaumont, CA-Forget about gas prices, traffic and paid parking, Beaumont Pass Transit will show you how to travel Southern California without a car! Beaumont Pass Transit's Travel Training Program teaches riders how to utilize local public...

Traffic delays, water main work on Jimmy Durante Boulevard
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

Posted on: March 21, 2019 Traffic delays, water main work on Jimmy Durante Boulevard Traffic on Jimmy Durante Boulevard at the San Dieguito River...

Marking World Observance, Secretary-General Calls for Upholding Right of Access to Water for All amid Climate Change Challenges
Public Technologies 2019-03-21

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres' message for World Water Day, observed on 22 March: Water is vital for survival and, alongside sanitation, helps protect public and environmental health. Our bodies, our cities and our industries, our...