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 Want to know who some of the biggest victims of the government shutdown are? The agencies that protect our environment, including the EPA!
Tell Congress to end the shutdown! In addition to costing hundreds of thousands of people their jobs, the shutdown has prevented key agencies from serving the American people. The EPA is one of the hardest-hit. The agency has basically been shut down, and 94% of its employees have been sent home. Employees who “ensure continued public health and safety, including safe use of food and drugs and safe us of hazardous materials” have been sent home. Workers who protect federal lands and research properties have been sent home, as have employees who provide disaster and emergency aid. 505 Superfund cleanup sites in 47 states have been closed. And staff who write and implement greenhouse gas regulations can no longer come to work. Tell Congress to end the shutdown and let the EPA get back to work protecting our environment. It gets worse. The national parks are closed to visitors, but open to oil and gas drilling. Just a few employees will stick around to monitor the drilling activities. The Forest Service had to cut its staff, too, right in the middle of peak forest fire season. Meanwhile, the threats to our environment will not rest. We simply can’t afford to let this happen—there’s too much at stake. Tell Congress to end the shutdown immediately! -The Earth Day Network Team
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Tag Archives: Emergency management
Top 3: No Relief For Oklahoma, A Congressman’s Hypocrisy, And The Supreme Court
Nothing left after the storm … Helene D. Gayle, CARE
 The people of Madagascar were struggling to recover from Cyclone Giovanna when a second tropical storm,
Irina, took them by surprise last month. With nearly a quarter of the island’s population living in poverty, these two storms made things worse. In addition to causing more than 100 deaths, the storms ripped through homes and destroyed the few possessions families owned. who now lack even the basics: food, clean water and shelter. He told CARE about the night Cyclone Giovanna tore through his district, “We saw a part of our roof blown away by the storm and our house collapsed after that.” — not homes, stores or crops — but Jackie is thankful he and his family did. Today, many people in his town are in a dire situation. People are facing hunger as their food was blown or washed away and they’re living in inadequate, temporary shelters that do little to protect them from the elements. preventing urgent delivery of emergency response services. Flooding and broken infrastructure also threaten to increase the spread of waterborne diseases like cholera and malaria. However, much remains to be done before Jackie and his family can resume their normal lives. help us prepare for future emergencies and provide people around the world access to tools, resources and education they can use to help lift themselves, their families and their communities out of poverty for good. |
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Ten Minutes…Until Evacuation
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 Community and neighborhood evacuations are more common than you might think. A wildfire, hurricane, tornado, mudslide, toxic industrial accident or other imminent disaster could force you to leave your home—in some cases, within minutes of the evacuation order.Knowing what to do and what to take with you should the order come can help you preserve your most important possessions.
Plan it out. Prepare a box with essential documents such as birth certificates, insurance records, passports, tax returns, wills and cherished photographs. Be sure to place this box in a secure location, such as a fireproof safe. Create or update a home inventory list to accurately record your possessions and add the list to your essential document box.
Pack it up.
Go to statefarm.com to learn how to be prepared in the event of a natural disaster, and visit the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for a detailed preparedness plan. |
Source: StateFarm
5 Easy Ways to Improve Fuel Mileage |
As prices at the pump continue to tick higher, everyone is looking to stretch each gallon of gas. Being smarter about the way you drive could help you go a lot farther on each tank. Here are five ways to improve your fuel mileage.
Visit statefarm.com to learn more gas mileage tips. |
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The water has stolen everything
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“All my books are lost,” says 12-year-old Adil. “I am missing my school and home.” Many survivors of the floods that devastated Pakistan recently didn’t have much to begin with and now, like Adil, they have nothing. The situation in Pakistan remains bleak. Most survivors of the floods live under open skies — with no sanitation and no clean water. This leaves them vulnerable to potentially fatal diseases, such as cholera and acute diarrhea. In addition, many children and pregnant women aren’t getting enough to eat. Malnutrition is spreading. CARE has been on the ground in Pakistan helping men, women and children with emergency relief, but we need your support to continue carrying out our disaster and long-term poverty-fighting programs around the world. Every single day, CARE works to address the root causes of poverty, including low-quality education, poor health care and hunger. When you give to CARE, you open a world of possibilities for impoverished people everywhere. Let me share an example: With the generous support of friends like you, CARE was among the first responders to the earthquake in Haiti. Eight months after the quake, CARE continues to work with the people of Haiti to help rebuild their country — we’re reopening schools, setting up cash-for-work activities for women and providing counseling for children traumatized by the earthquake. As you can see, the work we are doing in Pakistan, Haiti and the other countries CARE serves is vital to alleviating suffering and fighting poverty. And it’s only possible because of the generosity of supporters like you. You can help by making a gift to CARE. You will be a proud partner in changing lives and helping children like Adil regain hope and overcome poverty. Sincerely, |
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