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DOH Among Nation’s Leaders in Health and Food Security Efforts
For immediate release: September 29, 2022 (22-149) Contact: DOH Communications Part of national vision to end hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030 OLYMPIA – Washington State Department of Health was recognized by the White House yesterday for the agency’s commitment to moving several plans forward for sustainable and equitable access to nutrition for all …
SCREEN Increases Efforts to Reduce the Environmental Impact of the Semiconductor Industry
KYOTO, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd. (SCREEN SPE), a subsidiary of SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd., has announced it will increase its efforts to reduce the company’s environmental overall impact. The SCREEN Group is committed to both achieving a sustainable global society and to improving its sustainable value (social value) and has formulated a medium-term …
Baidu Releases 2021 ESG Report, Pledging Efforts towards a Greener Future with Technology Innovation
Taking 2020 as the baseline year, Baidu plans to comprehensively build science-based pathways to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. Baidu has continuously explored pathways to reducing carbon emissions in businesses such as autonomous driving and intelligent transportation, refining them into methodologies and capabilities open to society. BEIJING, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: …
Search and rescue efforts bolstered in Philippine disaster – KSNF/KODE – FourStatesHomepage.com
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — As search and rescue efforts increased with the arrival of equipment, the death toll has risen to at least 56, with 28 others missing, after a summer tropical depression that unleashed days of pounding rain caused landslides and floods in the central and southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday. Nearly 200 villagers …
Amazon workers claim HR executive Beth Galetti is a blocker for diversity and inclusion efforts
Amazon has never been known as an easy place to work. It’s not uncommon for job candidates to ask Amazon’s recruiters about an infamous New York Times story from 2015 that reported corporate employees routinely cry at their desks. Amazon corporate managers have goals for “unregretted attrition” — basically a percentage of their staff that …
China Tempers Climate Change Efforts After Economic Officials Limit Scope
China’s top economic planners have put the brakes on attempts by environmental officials to reduce carbon emissions as driving growth takes priority over meeting climate targets for now, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials at China’s main economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, have limited the initial scope of a …
How Dahua Technology Supports Water Management Efforts
Hangzhou, China: River damming, water pollution, overfishing, and sand quarrying have been damaging the living environment of aquatic organisms in the Yangtze River for some time. The decline of biodiversity in the Yangtze ecosystem is an immediate threat to fishery production, and a longer term threat to the health of …
Survey will help health department, school system plan vaccination efforts – Washington Daily News
Pfizer’s COVID -19 vaccine has been approved for everyone 12 and older. The health department is working with Beaufort County Schools to determine how many students ages 12-15 would like to receive the vaccine. Parents are encouraged to fill out this survey. The data from the survey will help the health department and BCS plan …
Science, technology and innovation are crucial to efforts aimed at transforming agri-food systems
7 May 2021, New York/Rome – FAO Chief Scientist Ismahane Elouafi this week presented the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Science Days (July 8-9) at a high-level United Nations’ Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) event, and stressed the central role of science, technology and innovation for the transformation of agri-food systems. “Harnessing science, technology and …
Suez Canal: Efforts to refloat Ever Given container ship continue
The Ever Given, a container ship almost as long as the Empire State Building is tall, ran aground in the Egyptian canal on Tuesday after being caught in 40-knot winds and a sandstorm. It is now hoped that tug boats can make use of the winds and tides Saturday to dislodge the 224,000-ton ship, the …
