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Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative

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01/24/2017

... be the case. Because how do you conserve a wetland that’ s drying up? How do you protect a dwindling species when it’ s fled from its changing habitat? Large green groups and ...

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Commonwealth Fund Explains Why the House Repeal Bill Is Unlikely to Stabilize Insurance Markets

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03/13/2017

... sector had never offered before. To ensure this product’ s viability, Congress enacted stabilizing measures —a ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund have remained focused on the issue but are leery of stepping too far into the debate on particular pieces of legislation.

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Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival

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04/20/2017

... Foundation helped make that a reality. "With Tony' s shows, they're really popular among a whole gamut of ... we wanted to reach as many of people as possible since it' s an issue that...

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W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth

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05/03/2017

... problems for adolescents already at risk for mental health issues , a new study from Duke University finds. "Also, on .....

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JPMorgan Chase Focuses on Asset Building in Communities of Color

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05/26/2017

... of Color The mix of funders worried about America' s vast racial gaps in wealth and opportunity is increasingly ... these institutions will be adversely affected if America' s growing non-white...

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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

... science and tech expertise into tackling some of the world' s biggest problems. On Wednesday, the tech giant announced ... academic fellows and nonprofits to take on societal issues through data. With the...

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More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers

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07/28/2017

... July, there were officially 79 within the initiative’ s namesake cohort — most of which have survived local ... more focus than ever on the role of cities in addressing issues of resilience exacerbated by...

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Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications

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08/03/2017

... Chasing Coral, which won the Sundance Audience Award for U. S . documentaries in January and debuted on Netflix in ... chat about what agencies can to do help people understand issues affecting the ocean. . ...

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Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism

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08/28/2017

... Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’ s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism The ... a Pulitzer Prize that helped spur the British newspaper’ s international expansion, is fully...

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New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision

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08/31/2017

New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump' s DACA Decision Thousands are marching in New York City ... from deportation and the ability to work legally in the U. S . . . New York City March Held Ahead...

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Mayor De Blasio Revives Push To Convert Former Greenpoint Hospital Into Affordable Housing

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08/31/2017

The city is seeking proposals to transform the site of the former Greenpoint Hospital — shuttered since 1982 — into hundreds of units of affordable housing, Mayor de Blasio will announce Wednesday night.

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U.S. Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message Does that Send?

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08/31/2017

U. S . Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message ... and the Arctic— those who have spent careers on these issues worry about the message being sent to the ... 36 special envoy positions that he...

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EPA Now Requires Political Aide’s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications

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09/05/2017

EPA Now Requires Political Aide’ s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications The ... in solicitations. . . EPA Now Requires Political Aide’ s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications ...

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After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’

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09/06/2017

For 16 years, advocates for legalizing young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried to pass legislation to shield them from deportation. The bill was called the Dream Act, and in Congresses Democratic and Republican, and in...

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Trump's DACA Decision Could Strip Thousands In New York Of Medicaid Coverage

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09/06/2017

Trump' s DACA Decision Could Strip Thousands In New York Of Medicaid Coverage The Trump administration’ s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood ... a brief window to solve one of the nation...

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More Floods Are Coming And We're Making Them Worse

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09/07/2017

... culture, complex history and diverse architecture. It’ s also a mess: water shortages, contamination and wastewater issues add to the complications of crime, poverty and ...

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'We're Trying to Go All In': Chocolate Giant Mars Pledges $1 Billion To Fight Climate Change

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09/14/2017

... increasingly worried about overall progress on the big issues , whether that' s climate change or solving poverty," Barry Parkin, Mars' .....

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New School Year, New Complaints About Contaminated Food Given To NYC Students

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09/20/2017

... already problems with the food served to New York City’ s 1.1 million students. As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia ... Fariña told Kramer she was fast-tracking food safety issues . “We are working on it in an...

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