VENICE – The Venice City Council will consider Tuesday whether to settle a 2022 lawsuit filed by developer Pat Neal over excess building permit fees for $1.6 million. Neal originally asked for at least $1.45 million. Funds collected through the fee were used to pay for a 7,000 square-foot expansion of the city’s building division, […]
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We’ll soon live in a world with a ‘staggering’ excess of oil that we can’t fully use, global energy watchdog IEA warns
Oil demand has been on a rollercoaster ride over the last five years due to a global pandemic, wars, and other economic pressures. That’s happened against a backdrop of the U.S. ramping up shale production, countries tightly controlling how much oil is released, and the world transitioning to alternative energy sources. All these factors will […]
1 in 5 children and adolescents globally have ‘excess weight,’ new study finds. Here’s what parents need to know about childhood obesity.
Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents continues to be highlighted as a global health issue, as new research published by JAMA Pediatrics finds that, worldwide, 1 in 5 people under the age of 18 have experienced excess weight. The review of global studies revealed that the prevalence of obesity saw a 150% increase from […]
Covid vaccines may have helped fuel rise in excess deaths
Covid vaccines could be partly to blame for the rise in excess deaths since the pandemic, scientists have suggested. Researchers from The Netherlands analysed data from 47 Western countries and discovered there had been more than three million excess deaths since 2020, with the trend continuing despite the rollout of vaccines and containment measures. They […]
Cabell County voters reject education excess levy
A variety of books and resources are available at the Cabell County Public Library Main Branch in Huntington, West Virginia, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. In addition to the Main Branch, the Cabell County Library system has seven branches serving the communities of Barboursville, Cox Landing, Gallaher Village, Guyandotte, Milton, Salt Rock, and West Huntington. […]
Attorneys of Le’Keian Woods condemn excess use of force by Jacksonville Sheriff Officers
Attorneys representing Le’Keian Woods, the 24-year-old man subjected to a violent encounter with officers from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO), issued a scathing statement following Woods’ plea to a misdemeanor charge of Resisting an Officer Without Violence earlier today. READ: Le’Keian Woods: Man whose arrest sparked use of force concerns pleads guilty to resisting an […]
UN labor agency report warns of rising threat of excess heat, climate change on world’s workers
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. labor organization warned Monday that over 70% of the world’s workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, citing increased concern about exposure to sunlight. It also warned of air pollution, pesticides and other hazards that could lead to health problems including cancer. In a new […]
Yellen meets with China’s central bank chief, presses case on excess capacity
By David Lawder BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to wrap up four days of meetings in China with a visit to the central bank as she presses her case for Chinese leaders to rein in excess industrial capacity and boost domestic demand. Yellen, who is on her second trip to […]
Yellen faces tough road on China’s excess capacity problem
By David Lawder GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives in China’s southern factory hub of Guangzhou on Thursday with a tough message to Chinese officials: you’re producing too much of everything, especially clean energy goods, and the world can’t absorb it. China is unleashing a flood of electric vehicles (EVs), batteries, […]
Border inspections show excess import from Ukraine, need for stronger inspections
Inspections of agricultural goods at the Ukraine-Poland border show excess imports of goods and a need to strengthen veterinary inspections, the Polish Agricultural Minister Czesław Siekierski said on Feb. 4. The excess goods included sugar, oil, and cereal products such as flour and cornmeal, according to the ministry’s statement. “It is also worrying that the […]