Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service BBC The system can identify heat spots before fires are noticeable to the human eye Planning consent is being sought for a new fire prevention and suppression system at Plymouth’s largest recycling and waste facility. Biffa Waste Services, which runs the Chelson Meadow facility for Plymouth City Council, said...
This story was originally published by The 19th. Over the last four decades, the United States has built a web of federal policies and funding to address domestic and intimate partner violence, a pervasive health and safety crisis. In just 130 days, the Trump administration has put that safety net in jeopardy. Funding pauses, cuts,...
Tsu-Yin Wu was shocked when the email from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) showed up in her inbox. On March 21, just 18 months into her five-year study, the NIH had unilaterally decided that Wu’s research “no longer effectuates agency priorities.” The project’s funding, like hundreds of other NIH grants across the country, was...
No one can claim they hadn’t been warned. Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued last month that the US offers student visas for those who wish to study in this country, not agitate and contribute to illegal actions on behalf of terrorist organizations. And the same is true for applications to emigrate to the US,...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. A little past 4 a.m. on June 21, 2019, workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, noticed a leak from a corroded pipe, and were immediately on high alert. The leak had originated in Unit 433, known...
The move could send the US back to “the dark days of the ‘80s, when people died from HIV every day,” one advocate said. The Trump administration is reportedly considering ending a division within the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that is focused on funding HIV/AIDs prevention and treatment. Even if Trump simply...