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Modeling Biota Losses from Cooling Water Intake Structures
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Power plants’ cooling systems often are located along coastal waterways and use large amounts of water from oceans, bays and estuaries. As millions of tiny aquatic organisms in the water such as fish eggs and larvae pass through the power plant, the heat…
SPECIATE: EPA's Repository of Volatile Organic Gas and Particulate Matter Speciation Profiles of Air Pollution Sources
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The SPECIATE database is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) repository of volatile organic gas and particulate matter (PM) speciation profiles of air pollution sources. The data are used to guide regulatory analysis and need to be kept up…
Combatting Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
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Ascend Lot 1 – The UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) set out to invest £100 million in 11 countries in East and Southern Africa and South Asia to advance the impact and sustainability of national programmes tackling NTDs…
KOMPAK Strengthened Delivery of Core Services
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KOMPAK implemented a local-level development initiative to improve basic services and economic opportunities for poor and vulnerable Indonesians.
Assessing the Impacts of Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico
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The Deepwater Horizon disaster contaminated habitats across the northern Gulf of Mexico, including deep water corals, shallow bays, estuaries, coastal marshes and beaches. The spill affected wildlife ranging from birds to dolphins to sea turtles. The…
Helping ACS Build Health Systems Capacity
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The American Cancer Society (ACS) is engaged in the Health Systems Capacity Building initiative that supports 21 Community of Practice (COP) health systems working to expand screening for colorectal and breast cancer and vaccination for human…
Increasing Resilience Among HUD Grantees
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Extreme weather events and natural disasters are impacting communities across the United States, and Americans are already feeling its effects. While environmental hazards have devastating effects on all communities, low- and moderate-income communities, including…
Improving Access to Basic Services in Senegal
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Senegal’s government services in education, health, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) face continued challenges that slow the country’s progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Lack of access to data-driven systems prevents…
Abt Refines Approach to Participatory Mapping for Land Governance in Indonesia
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With more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia has always struggled to map its plentiful resources and boundaries. Few of the country’s 65,000 villages have legally demarcated boundaries. That hampers the flow of investment and public funding to rural areas…
Preparing Oregonians for a Postsecondary Education
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In 2006, the Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development (CCWD) launched the Oregon Pathways for Adult Basic Skills Initiative (OPABS) to better help low-skilled adults transition from the state’s Adult Basic Skills (ABS) programs…