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Industries such as steel, cement, chemical and automotive are working to become more energy-efficient by implementing the use of renewable resources, experts say.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is cooperating with energy-intensive industries to help them become as energy-efficient as possible and reduce carbon emissions, said James Clift, the department’s deputy director.
The department is responsible for coordinating Michigan’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
Carbon neutrality refers to net-zero carbon dioxide emissions.
That cooperation includes construction of electric automotive manufacturing plants.
Those industries don’t get enough attention from environmental groups when it comes to increasing sustainability, Clift said.
House lawmakers want Medicare to fund mental health peer support services
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Two House lawmakers reintroduced a bill Thursday that would allow Medicare to fund mental and behavioral health services from trained specialists with similar challenges to their patients.
The Promoting Effective and Empowering Recovery in Medicare Act of 2021, introduced by Reps. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) and Judy Chu (D-Calif.), would clarify that CMS can reimburse peer support specialists for services rendered in mental and physical health settings. Currently, Medicare and private health insurers are not able to reimburse these services, leading to a lack of funding and dwindling number of available jobs for specialists.
Jan 14, 2021 06:41 AM EST
In France, a man was saved from being deported because of his health condition, and deporting him would worsen his ailment. The man was reported to have been diagnosed with severe asthma, and his country of origin is one with terrible air quality. Sending him home would be a turn for the worse and exacerbate his breathing disability.
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Despite being the first case in the country to have been ruled in this manner, environmental concern is a global issue that is one reason for international migration. Cases like this will most likely grow in numbers as the climate crisis continues.
Jan 06, 2021 08:48 PM EST
A study conducted by a collaborative team of researchers under different academic institutions: the Texas A&M University, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Nanjing University, showed that the internal global temperature of the planet would inevitably rise by 2 degrees because of the greenhouse gases that we accumulated in the atmosphere for years.
Using a climate model, a team of scientists and researchers simulated the effects of greenhouse gases on the planet s temperature. The current geographical structure observation result showed a much higher (and more worrying) development compared to the ones they have previously taken.
The damning part of the entire study shows the extent of the greenhouse effect, one that is sped up by human activities - the continuous rapid release of greenhouse gases.