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Florida nursing homes on high alert amid increase in COVID-19 cases Some Florida nursing home employees are not vaccinated Florida nursing homes on high alert amid increase in COVID-19 cases With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Florida’s leading nursing home association said its facilities are on high alert. Kristin Knapp with the Florida Health Care Association said with the spread of the Delta variant, vaccinated individuals are the facilities are getting COVID-19 “What we have to do in some cases is if they have a positive case in the building, they shut down visitation in that wing,” Knapp said. ....
The city-owned gas utility has discussed with industry groups a Pa. Senate bill that would prevent Philly from taking steps to promote electrification. ....
Cities Confront Climate Challenge: How to Move from Gas to Electricity? Ending the use of fossil fuels to heat homes and buildings is a key challenge for cities hoping to achieve net-zero emissions. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where technical and financial hurdles and a reluctant gas company stand in the way of decarbonization. In 1836, Philadelphians mostly used whale oil and candles to light their homes and businesses. That year, the newly formed Philadelphia Gas Works caused a stir when it lit 46 downtown street lamps with gas made from coal in its plant on the Schuylkill River. By the end of the Civil War, public thoroughfares and private dwellings in the core of most large Eastern cities were illuminated by gas, supplied through cast iron pipes buried beneath the busy streets and the whale oil lighting industry was nearly dead. ....
Three Cities Switching To Life-Affirming Economies Three Cities Switching To Life-Affirming Economies FacebookTwitterEmailShare Portland city planner Kyle Diesner walks along a path leading to the Tilikum Crossing bridge. Diesner works on a project to map out more sustainable and equitable urban design and economic policy. Photo by Paul Dunn/YES! Magazine Three Cities Switching To Life-Affirming Economies “Doughnut economics” invites nature and social well-being into urban planning. Spring 2021 Feb 16, 2021 The city of Portland, Oregon, prides itself on being ahead of the curve. In 1993, it became the first U.S. city to adopt a climate action plan, which now calls for cutting carbon emissions by 50% by 2030, and to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Portland also has long been a leader in progressive urban planning strategies, and since 2006 has been a member of C40, an international network of cities seeking innovative ways to redu ....