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About Public Health Watch

Public Health Watch is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization founded in 2021. We illuminate weaknesses and injustices in the nation’s health infrastructure and policies, expose inequities and highlight solutions. Based in Austin but national in scope, we collaborate with media outlets large and small, and college journalism and public health programs. Our aim is to uncover truths that hold institutions and individuals accountable and compel change.

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GIJN Webinar: Climate & Accountability — Investigating Methane Emissions

This Global Investigative Journalism Network webinar will bring together reporters and experts who will offer tools and techniques to identify specific methane emitters, find the data, look closely at measurement systems and research what companies and governments are doing to reduce methane emissions. 9:00 a.m. ET.

"With Bike Buses, Kid Cyclists Dominate the Road"

"As more families have considered biking to school during the pandemic, they’ve turned to group bike commutes to make their journeys safer — and more visible."

Source: Bloomberg CityLab, 02/14/2022

"Greta Thunberg Condemns UK Firm’s Plans For Iron Mine On Sami Land"

"A British company has fallen foul of Greta Thunberg, Unesco, Sweden’s national church, and the indigenous people in the north of the country over plans for an open-pit mine on historical Sami reindeer-herding lands."

Source: Guardian, 02/14/2022

Muscogee (Creek) Nation Seeks First National Park And Preserve In Georgia

"Georgia has no national park, but with a deal finalized this week to purchase and protect an expansive tract of forest, swamp and sacred Native American tribal land, that could soon change."

Source: Washington Post, 02/14/2022

"UN To Finalize Science Report On How Warming Hits Home Hard"

"Scientists and governments met Monday to finalize a major U.N. report on how global warming disrupts people’s lives, their natural environment and the Earth itself. Don’t expect a flowery valentine to the planet: instead an activist group predicted “a nightmare painted in the dry language of science.”

Source: AP, 02/14/2022

"Harris in NJ Points To Newark As Model For Lead Replacement"

"The success of New Jersey’s biggest city at replacing nearly 24,000 lead drinking water pipes can serve as a national model and shows why infrastructure spending is vital, Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday in Newark."

Source: AP, 02/14/2022

Ukraine a Turning Point in Russia’s Uneasy Energy Link to European Union

"Putin's threats galvanize sentiment in Europe to end dependence on Russian natural gas, with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline the first potential sacrifice."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/14/2022

Formaldehyde Increases By 17 Percent The Risk Of Memory, Thinking Woes

"Health-care workers and others who are exposed on the job to formaldehyde, even in low amounts, face a 17 percent increased likelihood of developing memory and thinking problems later on, according to research published in the journal Neurology."

Source: Washington Post, 02/14/2022

Rightwing Lobby ALEC Pushes To Blacklist Companies That Boycott Oil

"The influential rightwing lobby group the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) is driving a surge in new state laws to block boycotts of the oil industry. The group’s strategy, which aims to protect large oil firms and other conservative-friendly industries, is modelled on legislation to punish divestment from Israel."

Source: Guardian, 02/14/2022

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