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National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences (NAEHS) Council Meeting - February 12-13, 2024

 Join us February 12^th, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., EST and February 13^th, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., EST, during open sessions of the 171^st meeting of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council.  This is a virtual meeting and will be open to the public via https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/webcasts/.  Council documents can be found at:  https://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/boards/naehsc/agenda.  Use the following email address to contact Council during the meeting: National.Advisory.Council@niehs.nih.gov.

DRC (Africa) Minerals Exploration. GECAMINES and JOBMEC. February 2024

 The Minerals Security Partnership Announces Collaboration in Minerals Exploration, Production, and Processing Between GECAMINES in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and JOGMEC in Japan

02/05/2024 02:08 PM EST

 

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The United States, as Chair of the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), and MSP partners, announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between LA GENERALE DES CARRIERES ET DES MINES (GECAMINES) and the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC). This milestone collaboration, forged through dialogue among MSP partners, creates a framework for coordination in mineral exploration, production, and processing in alignment with our shared commitment to the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI)’s development of the Lobito Corridor. The MOU will create a framework for cooperation in the areas of mining and mineral resources with the intention of expanding of business opportunities for the parties.

This coordination among MSP partners is a powerful demonstration of the MSP’s efforts to secure and diversify critical mineral supply chains, which bring economic benefits to local communities and source countries such as the DRC. In addition, GECAMINES will be a key player in the Lobito Corridor project thanks to its large portfolio of joint-venture projects in production, representing over 1.5 million tons of copper cathodes and 100,000 tons of cobalt hydroxide and more to be commissioned from projects under construction.

Learn more about the Minerals Security Partnership.

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In 2024? Redlining still an issue.

 Justice Department and State of North Carolina Secure $13.5 Million Agreement with First National Bank of Pennsylvania to Resolve Redlining Claims in North Carolina

02/05/2024 07:00 AM EST

 

The Justice Department and the State of North Carolina jointly announced today that First National Bank of Pennsylvania (FNB) has agreed to pay $13.5 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Charlotte and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Redlining is an illegal practice in which lenders avoid providing credit services to individuals living in communities of color because of the race, color, or national origin of residents in those communities. 

Freedom House Pittsburgh Ambulance Service celebrated during Black History Month

         “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” —Angela Davis

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1710082259481856/?mibextid=9bG9fT  https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburgh-freedom-house-ambulance-service-hill-district/46617518#  PITTSBURGH — As Black History Month begins, the city of Pittsburgh is honoring the legacy of the Freedom House Ambulance Service, which was founded in the Hill District in 1967. It was the first ambulance service in the country to provide medical service to patients before they arrived at hospitals.\ Dr. Peter Safer, who invented CPR, collaborated with the Freedom House community organization to start the ambulance service, which was initially made up of 25 Black men and women. A display honoring the Freedom House Ambulance Service is on display through Feb. 29 on the first floor of the City-County Building downtown