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Due to construction, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District parking lot is closed.

2015-10-28 22:05:18| CUMTD Alerts

Due to construction, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District parking lot is closed. 2/20C Red: Neil to Center Drive. Do not divert onto Kenyon if requested. The temporary stop is at Neil and Kenyon Southeast corner. 2/20U: Neil to Main Street. Do not divert onto Kenyon for the CUPHD stop. The temporary stop is at Neil and Kenyon Southwest Far Side.

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Soda pop industry pumps $100 million into defeating public health initiatives

2015-08-25 23:49:30| Beverages - Topix.net

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and the American Beverage Association have spent at least $106 million to defeat public health initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels since 2009, according to an analysis conducted by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest. The watchdog group says the actual amount spent by the soda industry is much greater, since campaign finance and lobby expenses are not available in 10 out of the 23 jurisdictions that have considered policies aimed at reducing sugar drink consumption.

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City Council to Hold Public Hearing on the Multnomah County Health Department Headquarters Project

2015-06-02 18:40:21| PortlandOnline

Public invited to testify on proposed height changes to accommodate new health services building in Old Town/Chinatown

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Coal, oil, gas subsidies higher than public health spending

2015-05-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EU Observer: Around 1.6 million premature deaths would be prevented annually if the world's governments stopped subsidising fossil fuels, a study by four researchers from the International Monetary Fund found. The most relative gains could be made in eastern Europe and Turkey, where 60 percent of the people who die as a result of air pollution are estimated could be saved. The IMF study, published Monday (18 May), calculated the true costs of the widespread practice of giving tax benefits and other subsidies...

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