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New septic rules take effect in March: What homeowners should know
Septic systems and private wells are an essential part of La Plata County’s rural infrastructure. Many of our residents rely on private wells for drinking water and septic systems to manage household wastewater. When septic systems fail, contaminants can reach groundwater and nearby waterways, putting drinking water at risk.
An improved water lab for La Plata County
Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental need that supports community health. With this need in mind, the La Plata County Public Health Department completed construction on its new water lab this summer. The new laboratory allows the Public Health Department and specifically the Environmental Health program to improve its ongoing work testing public water and private well water systems for harmful bacteria.
The Public Health Water Lab: Safe drinking water for all
Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental need that supports community health, prevents waterborne disease and contributes to our overall quality of life. The La Plata County Public Health Department’s Water Quality Lab offers bacteriology testing for Total Coliform and E. coli. These are harmful types of bacteria that can contaminate our drinking water and cause diarrhea, nausea, cramps, infections and headaches.
Not yet over the rainbow: LGBTQ+ community has come far, but acceptance afforded by Pride month still needed
What is the point of Pride month? Is Pride still necessary? These are questions I often hear in sound bites, in academic settings and when facilitating workshops.
What does the Article 6 Rulebook mean for REDD+?
Charlotte Streck 16 December 2021 | The carbon market community had eagerly—and excitedly as much as nervously—awaited the decisions on Article 6, attaching a lot of hope that these decisions would bring clarity to regulated as well as voluntary carbon markets.
Shades of REDD+: ART, JNR or GCF… Which is Best for Countries?
Donna Lee and Till Neeff 13 May 2021 | Last month, several donor governments and companies offered to pay countries for emission reductions measured and issued under the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART). Just the week prior, Verra issued the revised Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) standard, v4.0. And last week the Green Climate Fund (GCF) held a dialogue to inform the next phase of REDD+ results-based payments under the GCF.
What’s in a carbon credit? New tools help quantify the sustainable development benefits of carbon offset projects
Kim Myers 8 March 2021 | The people of Lango, Uganda pay a high price for their water, a price borne by the wives and daughters, not the fathers and sons. That’s because it’s women who must trek daily to rivers, streams, and forests, filling buckets of water and gathering wood to boil away the impurities. The women of Lango spend up to 2 hours a day providing water for their families – hours they could just as well spend earning income or studying in school.
Climate Change will be a Higher Priority in the 14th Five-Year Plan
Liu Daizong, Zhang Daiyang This story first appeared on the WRI blog. Photo: Xinhua 02 March 2021 | In the “Guiding Opinion[1]on Coordinating and Strengthening the Work Related to Climate Change and Environmental Protection” (hereinafter referred to as “Guiding Opinions”) published by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) in January, the government has addressed several important and bold suggestions on the country’s national climate change policies.
Library News: Learn about the ocean for National Ocean Month this June
By Kim Erickson Myers Wednesday Jun 10, 2020 at 2:00 AM June is National Ocean Month. The ocean covers 71% of the earth’s surface and its health is critical to our planet, however the ocean is clearly at risk. We know that the lobster industry in Southern New England states has declined dramatically as it has been affected by warmer ocean temperatures. We see coral reefs die off as water temperatures rise and increasing amounts of trash impact marine life.
York Reads: 'The Woman's Hour' is this year's book
By Kim Erickson Myers, Assistant Director Wednesday Feb 5, 2020 at 3:01 AM York Reads is back! This year�s book, �The Woman�s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote� by Elaine F. Weiss, is an account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment granting voting rights to women. It traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders.
Linking Public Safety And Public Health Data For Firearm Suicide Prevention In Utah
Catherine Barber ([email protected]) is a senior researcher in the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, in Boston, Massachusetts. John W. Berrigan is a research assistant in the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Morissa Sobelson Henn is director of the Community Health Program at Intermountain Healthcare, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Library News: Learn about Classical Music Month through the library's resources
By Kim Erickson Myers, Assistant Director Tuesday Sep 17, 2019 at 2:35 PM September is Classical Music Month, a good time to appreciate classical music, learn more about it, and celebrate it. Whether you like instrumental music or vocal, opera or choral, sacred or secular, there are many choices available for listening. If you love opera, Bizet�s �Carmen�, Verdi�s �Aida�, and Mozart�s �Die Zauberfl�te� (Magic Flute), are available on DVD here at YPL.
Library News: Happy Birthday, Hawaii!
By Kim Erickson Myers, Assistant Director Tuesday Aug 20, 2019 at 1:47 PM On August 21, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the official proclamation declaring Hawaii as the 50th state. Hawaii had been a territory of the United States since 1898 after white colonists overthrew King Kalakaua and prohibited his successor, Queen Lili�uokalani from ruling.
Anticipating the arrival of the spring planting season
By Kim Erickson Myers It’s daylight savings time and the sun peaks higher in the sky and sets later each day. It is now time to turn our attention to spring. If you’re a gardener, like I am, you have been anticipating the season since the arrival of the first seed catalogs back in December.
Read about the past, understand the present
Kim Erickson Myers and Kathleen Whalin World War II’s events are fast fading from our country’s collective memory as its active participants age and die. There are many tales of valor and heroism and community support but, like most major historical events, there is also a dark side.
Read about Olympics as 2016 games begin
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The Dust Factory - Film 2004
The Dust Factory è un film del 2004 diretto da Eric Small con Armin Mueller-Stahl e Hayden Panettiere. Durata: 99 min. Paese di produzione: USA. Data di uscita nd (Italia) Genere Ragazzi , Drammatico , Fantastico Anno 2004 Regia Eric Small Paese USA Durata 99 Min Trama del film The Dust Factory Due teenager si aiutano l'uno con l'altro nell'afforntare un peiodo difficile della loro vita.
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