Long Beach municipal workers will now be required to get vaccinated or present a negative test every week.

Source: Long Beach Joins Other SoCal Cities In Requiring Vaccines For Municipal Employees | LAist

Source: Costa Rica to Vaccinate Undocumented against Covid-19 – Havana Times

Source: Bhutan has managed to executed one of the world’s fastest and most effective vaccination programs – The Washington Post

“It was so strong,” says Courtney Beltz of Rock Hill, South Carolina, talking about when the stench first hit her town earlier this year. “The smell would wake us up in the middle of the night, even with the windows and doors closed. The smell of rotten eggs would permeate our home. Some people thought they had a gas leak. I first thought, ‘Did my cat have an accident? Did someone not flush a toilet?’”

For weeks, she and many other locals tried to figure out the cause of the mysterious stench.

The source turned out to be the paper mill. The New-Indy Containerboard paper mill in Catawba, South Carolina, to be exact. The company is owned by The Kraft Group and Schwartz Partners.

The hydrogen sulfate (H2S) emissions from the plant spread a foul odor into several counties at the border of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Catawba Indian Nation, causing physical harm to residents who have reported health issues such as headaches, coughs, burning eyes, and nausea.

Source: They’re Called Containerboard Plants & They Stink – by Erin Brockovich and Suzanne Boothby – The Brockovich Report

The highest-emitting power plant is in Rogowiec, Poland, a facility that produces 20 percent of the nation’s electricity but spewed 38 million tons of CO2 in 2018. Six of the 10 highest-emitting plants are in China and East Asia; two are in India; and two in Europe, including the Rogowiec facility.

Researchers calculated how much “super polluters” could reduce emissions by boosting their efficiency, switching to lower-carbon fuels, or adding carbon-capture technology. The found that boosting efficiency at hyper-polluting power plants would cut total global power sector emissions by 25 percent. Switching from coal to oil or gas would lower emissions by around 30 percent, while installing carbon capture technology would slash emissions nearly in half. The findings have been accepted for publication in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

Source: ​Just 5 Percent of Electric Plants Responsible for 73 percent of Power Sector Emissions – Yale E360

In its statement, the company drew a contrast between the democratic territory of Israel and the territories Israel occupies. The decision to halt sales outside Israel’s democratic borders is not a boycott of Israel. The Ben & Jerry’s statement did not endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The company’s stated decision to more fully align its operations with its values is not a rejection of Israel. It is a rejection of Israeli policy, which perpetuates an illegal occupation that is a barrier to peace and violates the basic human rights of the Palestinian people who live under the occupation. As Jewish supporters of the State of Israel, we fundamentally reject the notion that it is anti-Semitic to question the policies of the State of Israel.

“We will find ways to get people to come back”: the community is forging ahead to try and make visitors feel safe again in Vancouver’s battered Chinatown.

Source: ‘It could be lost forever’: Community working on economic strategy to save Vancouver’s Chinatown – BC | Globalnews.ca

Source: Puerto Rico orders government workers to get vaccinated – The Washington Post

Source: DC experiences four-fold increase in daily virus cases since beginning of July | TheHill