Sat.Sep 22, 2018 - Fri.Sep 28, 2018

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Sports Organizations Buy Carbon Offsets to Finance Cookstoves in Low-Income African Countries

Law Columbia

By Ama Francis. Five sports entities explained why they have become industry leaders by engaging with voluntary carbon offset markets at Friday’s Sports and Climate Change Summit. Photo courtesy of South Pole. The New York Yankees, New York Mets, NASCAR, U.S. Tennis Association (USTA), and Major League Soccer (MLS) are each purchasing carbon offsets from cookstove projects in low-income African countries in order to meet their own sustainability goals.

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Hurricane Florence: Deja Vu All Over Again

Smith Enviorment

September 23, 2018. A serious storm accompanied by flooding has many environmental impacts and most are all too familiar to North Carolina from past storms. Once the immediate rescue phase has ended, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has a larger role in hurricane response than the public may realize. Some of the environmental challenges: Disabled water treatment and wastewater treatment systems.

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