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With COVID-19 on the wane locally and more resources in place to handle it, the Capital Region has been cleared to begin reopening its economy starting Wednesday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the decision at his daily briefing Tuesday. The move puts the eight-county region in Phase 1 of reopening, allowing careful restart of businesses that have the least potential for spread of the virus: construction, agriculture, forestry, pickup/dropoff retail, manufacturing and wholesale trade.

At intervals of at least two weeks, other business sectors will be allowed to reopen in Phases 2, 3 and 4. The businesses in each successive phase are deemed less essential to the economy and more conducive to spread of disease. If infection activity picks up, the reopening will be slowed or halted.

The state measures a regions readiness to reopen withseven metrics that show the level of COVID-19 illnessin the region and the ability of that region to respond to the pandemic.

The Capital Region had met six of the seven metrics but was stuck for a while on the last metric: Hiring and training enough contact tracers to identify everyone who has been in sustained close contact with newly diagnosed COVID-positive people. Once identified, these potentially infected people can be tested and/or quarantined.

Cuomo said Tuesday this has happened: Capital Region, which has met many of the health metrics, has to get their tracers up and running. We've been working with them to do that. They need 383 tracers, they found 430 working together so that's great news.

Cuomo shut down substantial portions of the state's economy in March to slow the spread of the virus, which in mid-April peaked at nearly 800 dead and nearly 19,000 hospitalized in a single day. The greatest impact was in New York City and its immediate suburbs, all of which still fall short of the metrics they must meet to reopen.

The shutdown has not been complete, however. Construction work has continued on certain projects deemed essential to health or safety, manufacturing of essential items has continued, and retail sale of vital itemssuch as foodhas continued.

Capital Region business leaders Tuesday welcomed the first stages of reopening, but cautioned that normalcy is still a long way off, and that it may not resemble the pre-pandemic normal.

The shutdown has been very hard on businesses, especially small businesses, and theyre excited at the prospect of restarting, said Todd Shimkus, president of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce.

Hes not aware of any local businesses that have closed their doors permanently, but added that the rest of 2020 may be a harder test than the previous ten weeks: Starting up is one thing, surviving for the rest of the year is another.

The partnership the chamber and five other Saratoga County business/economic development agencies haveformed has been closely focused on keeping businesses afloat, Shimkus said, but theres another part of the puzzle that they cant control the public.

As the weather warms and the pandemic eases its grip on New York, the chamber is hearing from businesses that customers are walking in without masks and not staying six feet apart.

"I think a key part of this is employers are going to develop plans and employees are going to implement them but were going to need consumers to do what they need to do, Shimkus said.

People also need to be patient, he added. Its a new world for businesses.

I think the challenge going back is were not going back to business as usual, said Mark Eagan, president of the Capital Region Chamber.

The way around this, he said, will be to take things step by step.

Businesses in Phase 1 have had a few weeks to get ready, he noted. Businesses in subsequent phases will have at least two weeks to get ready as well.

Still, a lot of people are raring to go.

When this whole pandemic started the business community was really supportive. But with the progress in recent weeks people have been chomping at the bit, Eagan said.

A large Saratoga County homebuilder said Tuesday it will have supplies dropped at its construction sites starting Wednesday and hopes to get back to work Friday.

Certainly were all excited to move in the direction of resuming some sense of normality, Belmonte Builders President Peter Belmonte said. The company has been studyingeverything the state publishes about safe operation so it can get back to building and keep its employees safe.

Some parts of the project require people to work less than six feet apart, such as installing a hot water heater.

There are stages of the house, Belmonte said. Bringing in mirrors its a dangerous item and it takes a couple of people to handle it properly.

Other things, roofing, framing? They guys are usually spread out.

Sheetrock is awkward. It really ebbs and flows.

The physical work is perhaps the least challenging part. Harder is getting the people to do it there are only so many subcontractors, and every builder is going to want them on-site as soon as possible.

Then theres a little thing called the economy.

Right now, customers and prospective customers fall into three categories, Belmonte said: Those whove already signed the paperwork and are gung ho about moving into their new house once its complete; those whove spent the last 10 weeks cooped up in their current house and are now determined to live somewhere better; and those too worried about their financial future to consider a half-million-dollar new house.

Business by far is not dead but time will tell, Belmonte said. Were all on pins and needles.

His company started 2020 with a healthy backlog of orders for the construction season. Delivering them wont be a problem; its making sales this year for the 2021 construction season that worries him.

The Capital Region is defined as Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and Washington counties.

The neighboring Mohawk Valley region which includes Fulton, Montgomery and Schoharie counties was cleared to reopen last week.

With the Capital Region greenlighted, seven of the 10 regions in the state have been cleared to reopen. The three regions remaining on shutdown orders are the ones where most of the states infections and deaths have occurred: New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley.

While COVID hospitalizations and deaths continue their slow decline statewide, the situation is far from over: There were 105 deaths recorded Monday, 1,474 new positive tests and 5,818 people hospitalized statewide.

An individual region could well backslide because of a single infection cluster.

Central New York, for example, has seen its hospital census climb 15 of the last 18 days, from 31 to 77. So far, the rate of increase has not been rapid enough to disqualify it on the first of the seven metrics new hospitalizations.

In the Capital Region, 113 COVID patients were hospitalized Monday, 21 in intensive care units. Three deaths were recorded, one each in Albany, Columbia and Schenectady counties. The Schenectady County death was the first reported there since May 2.

Also Tuesday, Cuomo announced a few other tentative steps toward normalcy: Local governments will be allowed to authorize gatherings of up to 10 people for Memorial Day observances and visitors will be allowed to see patients in a handful of hospitals as part of a two-week pilot project.

The visitors will facetime limitations, must wear personal protective equipment and must pass symptom screening. The only Capital Region hospital participating is Albany Medical Center; the next nearesthospital is Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.

Gov. Cuomo shut down much of the states economy in March to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hes allowing it to reopen regionally in four phases based on the decline of sickness and death in a given region, as well as thatregions ability to respond to the virus.

The Capital Region was cleared to open starting Wednesday.

By self-certifying that they have detailed plans in place to keep workers, workplaces and customers safe from the virus, Phase 1 businesses can now begin to reopen. These are:

Construction, agriculture, forestry, retail (pickup or dropoff only), manufacturing and wholesale trade.

Each subsequent phase will start at least two weeks after the preceding phase, and may be delayed in a given region if that areasees too much of an uptick in sickness.

Phase 2 is: Administrative support, professional services, real estate and retail.

Phase 3 is: Restaurants and food services.

Phase 4 is: Arts, education, entertainment and recreation.

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REOPENING. Mall goers observe physical distancing while queuing at a mall at North Edsa in Quezon City. Photo by Darren Langit/Rappler

MANILA, Philippines The easing of quarantine restrictions means that more industries are allowed to resume full or partial operations.

Fears that a second wave of infection may occur have, however, also been raised as other nations relax lockdowns. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned these countries to boost public health responses and ensure proper case identification and contact tracing to avoid a major second wave.

As of Wednesday, May 20, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Philippines has risen to 13,221, with a death toll of 842.

To minimize the risks of infection due to the increased number of people in workplaces, government agencies have released guidelines for businesses to follow before and when they reopen their workplaces.

International institutions have also made checklists of what business owners and workers need to know about mitigating the coronavirus threat in their establishments.

What should employers consider before reopening workplaces?

The WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States advise executives to conduct workplace risk assessment and draw up control plans in consultation with employees.

Work-related exposure depends on the likelihood of close contact or frequent contact with suspected coronavirus carriers, as well as contact with contaminated surfaces and objects.

Business operation decisions must also be based on the status of disease transmission in the community as well as the employer's readiness to protect employees and customers. Executives must then monitor the cases in their community and work out policies in the event that infection occurs in the company.

What should be done before reopening a workspace?

According to the CDC, if building operations have been stopped or reduced, reductions in normal water use may cause hazards for occupants who will return to work. Microbial hazards that should be addressed before reopening are mold and Legionella, which causes Legionnaires' disease.

Moisture from leaks or condensation from roofs, windows, or pipes, or even from floods, may cause mold to grow. Before resuming operations, buildings should be checked for mold and excess moisture. This could be done by trained industrial hygienists. If dampness or mold is detected, the water entry source must first be addressed, then clean-up and remediation must be conducted.

Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems in the building that have been inactive for a prolonged period must be operated for at least 48 to 72 hours before the staff returns. This "flush out" process must be continued until no odors are detected.

As for Legionella, stagnant or standing water in a plumbing system may be the cause for its growth and spread. To reduce this risk, managers must determine if draining the water heater is recommended after a prolonged period of disuse. Higher temperatures may also reduce the risk of Legionella growth.

Hot and cold water must also be flushed through all points of use like showers and sink faucets so that the water inside building piping may be replaced with fresh water. Decorative water features, like fountains, must also be cleaned. Safety equipment like fire sprinkler systems, eyewash stations, and safety showers must also be regularly flushed, cleaned, and disinfected.

How should returning workers be screened?

Based on the guidelines of the Philippine Department of Health (DOH), returning employees must be screened for COVID-19 symptoms, including fever, cough, colds, and other respiratory symptoms. They must be checked for any relevant travel history or exposure within the last 14 days.

Exposure means that these events happened two days prior or within 14 days from the onset of symptoms for a confirmed or probable case: face-to-face contact with a confirmed case for over 15 minutes and within one meter, direct physical contact with a confirmed case, and direct care for a probable or confirmed COVID-19 patient without using personal protective equipment (PPE).

Symptomatic employees with travel or exposure history on the date of work resumption should not be allowed to physically come back to work.

Symptomatic employees with travel or exposure history within the last 14 days before work resumption should present a certificate of quarantine completion issued by the step-down care facility or local health office.

Asymptomatic employees within the last 14 days before work resumption may be cleared to return to work.

What safeguards must be in place when operations resume?

Apart from mitigating work-related exposure risks to COVID-19, employers must also implement measures to provide support to employees. These standards should be planned out and ready for implementation before work resumes.

The following measures were recommended by the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the DOH, WHO, and CDC:

Engineering and administrative controls

Health checkups

Promotion of physical and mental resilience

Hygiene promotion

Environmental cleaning and disinfection

Physical distancing

What costs should employers cover?

The expenses to acquire and implement prevention and control measures should be shouldered by the employer. According to DOLE's advisory, these include the following:

Meanwhile, for construction project contracts and security, janitorial, and other services, these prevention and control measures will be provided by the principals or clients of the construction or service contractor.

If returning employees will be tested, how should it be conducted?

Testing returning workers is the prerogative of the employer. If an employer decides to conduct testing, the DOH recommends testing a representative sample of those who have physically returned to work and have a high risk of contracting COVID-19 due to their line of work, such as frontliners.

Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for these personnel may be conducted to look for evidence of asymptomatic transmitters.

Those who test positive should be isolated and referred for appropriate management. Close contacts will also be isolated and tested. Those who test negative may continue working under the minimum preventive measures.

If an employee initially tested negative but developed symptoms over time, he or she must be tested again. In the event of testing positive, close contacts should be isolated and tested.

Employers must then report results to the DOH.

Meanwhile, testing representative samples using rapid antibody tests may be conducted up to every 14 days.

IgM negative, IgG negative, or IgG positive employees may continue to work. If an employee tests IgM positive but IgG negative on the first test, he or she should be isolated for 14 days and be tested again on the 14th day.

If the results are the same, quarantine will be extended by 7-day increments with repeat testing. If the results remain IgM positive but IgG negative for two consecutive retesting after the first 14-day quarantine period, an employee may be false-positive and must confer with infectious disease specialists.

Employers must submit the results of the rapid antibody tests to hrtucovid19results@gmail.com using the format at https://bit.ly/RDTReportingForm. Rappler.com

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There was a time when Br. Jaazeal Jakosalem had little success when he asked bishops in the Philippines to join campaigns against mining or coal-fired power plants endangering communities as well as the land.

It wasn't that the bishops were ignoring the issues facing the environment they'd written a half-dozen statements on the topic since the late 1980s. They just weren't as visible in the struggle to do something about them, said Jakosalem, a lifelong environmental activist and a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.

Br. Jaazeal Jakosalem, aka Brother Tagoy, joins a direct action against a coal plant in Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines. (Provided photo)

The Philippines is one of the world's front lines on climate change. Last week, Typhoon Vongfong slammed into the Eastern Samar province, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in a region that seven years earlier was decimated by Typhoon Haiyan. Climate scientists expect such tropical storms to become more powerful and more frequent as global temperatures rise.

Things have changed in the post-Laudato Si' world.

Today, the Catholic Church of the Philippines is seen as one of the leaders in answering the call that Pope Francis issued to the entire world in his 2015 social encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home."

Since the encyclical's release, Jakosalem, better known as Brother Tagoy, says more bishops have joined him and other religious in speaking out against the construction of new coal-fired power plants and the damaging effects of mining on both communities and the land. Last July, the Philippine bishops conference issued a pastoral letter on the "climate emergency," calling the full church on the islands to an ecological conversion and to "activate climate action on behalf of the voiceless people and the planet."

"They are emboldened to act more for the caring of our environment," Jakosalem told EarthBeat in a phone interview.

Five years after the publication of Laudato Si', you can easily find such examples across the world of individual Catholics, parishes and institutions responding to the pope's own repeated appeal for ecological conversion with prayer and reflection over the encyclical but also with concrete actions in living it out.

Even with those examples, the consensus among Catholic ecological leaders is those responses have been not nearly as widespread as Francis sought with his universal call "for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet." Count the pope among them.

'When we pass that 1.5 degrees threshold, climate change will move into all of our living rooms.'

Veerabhadran Ramanathan

"Sadly, the urgency of this ecological conversion seems not to have been grasped by international politics, where the response to the problems raised by global issues such as climate change remains very weak and a source of grave concern," Francis said in January in remarks to the Vatican diplomatic corps.

The call for increasingly urgent action from a historically slow-moving institution is driven by awareness of the numerous crises facing the planet.

The coronavirus pandemic struck at the start of a decade that climate scientists say is critical to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Doing so would prevent the most severe consequences of climate change, which threatens to exacerbate poverty, hunger, lack of water access, and migration, all impacting first and fiercest the world's already most vulnerable communities.

Already, global temperatures have risen 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) since the late 1800s. The planet is on pace to warm another 2 degrees C by the end of the century, and to reach the critical 1.5-degree mark as soon as 2030. Roughly 20% of the planet already has, according to a Pulitzer-winning report by The Washington Post.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan speaks on solutions to climate change during a 2018 lecture at Villanova University in Philadelphia. (CNS/Courtesy of Villanova University/Paul Crane)

"When we pass that 1.5 degrees threshold, climate change will move into all of our living rooms," said Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. "You don't have to turn on TV to find out about climate change."

The pandemic has some worried it may slow momentum for addressing climate change. But there is also optimism up to the highest levels of the Catholic Church that how the world responds, economically and otherwise, just may be the multitrillion-dollar stimulus needed to jumpstart the globe to match societal actions with the urgency of the science.

And perhaps Laudato Si' can play a part.

"Laudato Si' has an immense amount of wisdom to charter that path and just aid us in that journey," said Toms Insua, co-founder and executive director of the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

Responding on a global scale

Some of the biggest impacts from Laudato Si' so far are found in what's formed from it.

Take the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

When it launched in January 2015 during Francis' papal trip to the Philippines where he visited communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan it had 19 members, a mix of church development agencies, religious orders and Catholic environmental groups. In five years, it has grown to more than 900 organizations, representing every continent and more than 50 countries.

'We feel included in this call of Laudato Si'.'

Domenica Reyes

The movement, often called GCCM by members, has spearheaded some of the more prominent response to living out Laudato Si', and all at a global scale. Months after forming, it generated 900,000 signatures onto a Catholic Climate Petition delivered to world leaders at the COP 21 climate summit in Paris. It has trained more than 2,800 Laudato Si' Animators, who are tasked with doing just as their name implies in their local communities. Another 5,000 are in training now.

Each Lent, GCCM has organized creation-centered programs. Through its divest-invest campaign, it has played a leading role in facilitating more than 180 Catholic institutions to publicly declare they will cease investments in the fossil fuel industry.

At World Youth Day 2019 in Panama, GCCM formed a youth branch called Laudato Si' Generation. The group, now at 1,200 members worldwide, has brought a faith-based presence to the youth climate strikes.

Domenica Reyes, co-chair of Laudato Si' Generation, said young Catholics see in Laudato Si' a symbiosis between their faith and their concern for the environment. It's become "a spark," she added, empowering them to get involved and to press their politicians and priests alike to make environmental issues a priority.

"We feel included in this call of Laudato Si'," she said.

Members of Laudato Si' Generation pose with Cardinal Luis Tagle, then archbishop of Manila, Philippines, during World Youth Day in Panama City in 2019. Second from left is Domenica Reyes, co-chair of Laudato Si' Generation, and in center is Toms Insua, executive director of Global Catholic Climate Movement. (Global Catholic Climate Movement)

One of the biggest initiatives around the encyclica to date has been the Sowing Hope for the Planet project, a campaign orchestrated by the International Union of Superios General, an umbrella grou representing 2,000 women religious congregations. A network of 980 contacts share information and resources with their congregations to promote Laudato Si', and in particular its message of answering both "the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor." Sowing Hope for the Planet, for which GCCM is a collaborator, has seen Catholic sisters in the U.S. and Ghana have partnered in a plastic recycling program that reduces waste and provides jobs. The Servants of the Holy Spirit Sisters worked with other nongovernmental organizations to stop mining in Timor West.

Franciscan Sr. Sheila Kinsey, coordinator of Sowing Hope and UISG executive co-secretary of the justice, peace and integrity of creation commission, said the encyclical is clear, inspiring and practical. Now it's up to the wider church to pursue the systematic change it says is necessary.

"We must make a clear connection between our spiritual values and our daily actions," she said.

GCCM also played a role in the creation of the Laudato Si' Action Platform, announced at the start of Laudato Si' Week (May 16-24) by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. The platform invites Catholic institutions to commit to "total sustainability" within a seven-year period through an integral ecological approach.

The goals are an invitation, not a mandate. The dicastery hopes that ground-up approach will yield a "critical mass" sweeping through the church that so far has yet to fully materialize.

"If I'm totally honest, it still often feels like we're at the very beginning," said Lorna Gold.

Gold has had a unique vantage point to the response to Laudato Si'. Until recently, she worked with Trocaire, the Irish Catholic development agency, and served on the Irish bishops' Laudato Si' Working Group. She is a GCCM board member. She has also been active in the climate strikes and is the author of Climate Generation: Awakening to Our Children's Future.

Asked to grade the global church's implementation so far, Insua responded, "It's low. A low grade." But that grade is a mixed bag, he said, with Amazonian countries and the Philippines at the high end, and the United States and Europe on the lower side.

"Encyclicals take time to sink in. A lot of time," Insua said. "But that's the problem with this encyclical, is that it doesn't allow for a lot of time to be taking on."

Along with the action platform, expected to launch in early 2021, the Vatican has introduced other prompts to spur action throughout the church.

Francis has recommended care for our common home be added to both the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Following other Christian denominations, he added a World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (Sept. 1) to the liturgical calendar, and invited Catholics to celebrate the Season of Creation throughout September to Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

The Vatican delegation has been active at the United Nations climate summits, with the encyclical viewed as a factor in reaching the Paris Agreement.

Back home, the Vatican has hosted numerous conferences of scientists, economists and world leaders. The past two years, it held meetings with top oil executives and investment firms, where Francis called for "a radical energy transition" to stave off "a climate emergency." The 2019 session resulted in nearly all participants signing a declaration in favor of a price on carbon emissions and increased transparency from energy companies.

Pope Francis speaks to executives of leading energy, petroleum and natural gas companies, leaders in investment firms and climate scientists during a meeting at the Vatican June 14, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Insua singled out the Season of Creation as perhaps the most significant church response to the encyclical in the past five years. He said it gives Catholics and parishes not just a day but an entire month each year to plan programs reflecting on their place within their environment and how to preserve it.

"In a lot of people's minds, slowly but steadily, September is that time of the year," he said.

The difference leadership makes

The Season of Creation wasn't so new to Philippine Catholics. By 2003, Catholics there had begun celebrating in September its own creation time.

In many ways, the encyclical has reinforced throughout the archipelago ecological ministries in place for decades and has energized more to take part.

Jakosalem, 47, said Laudato Si' has been an affirmation of their work by placing creation care squarely in the framework of church teaching. Likewise, it's bolstered more bishops and priests to take prophetic stands against extractive industries without worrying what the financial repercussions to the church may be.

"We feel secured because of this document," he said.

In September, the Philippine bishops pledged to divest from fossil fuels. Their climate emergency pastoral called each diocese to establish ecology desks to spearhead programs pressing for a swift and just transition to clean energy, organizing to pass and implement environmental protection laws, and critically, integrating Laudato Si' and creation care more fully into church teaching in parishes, schools and seminaries.

Archbishop Jos Palma of Cebu, Philippines, speaks during an event for the Break Free from Coal campaign. (Jaazeal Jakosalem)

Archbishop Jos Palma of Cebu was instrumental in the campaign to block a new coal plant on the island. The four bishops of Negros Island have been active in efforts to block new coal-fired power plants. In both cases, the projects were not approved.

"This is something, huh?" Jakosalem said.

Like the Philippines, the bishops in Ireland established a Laudato Si' working group early on. Gold, one of its members, said it played a major role in bringing regular proposals to the bishops' conference and ultimately making Laudato Si' a higher priority on their agenda.

One result was the Irish bishops' decision to divest from fossil fuels, announced in August 2018 ahead of Francis' visit as part of the World Meeting of Families. Individual dioceses and religious orders have followed suit. Trocaire played a critical role in the Irish government's own decision to divest. The Irish bishops have also committed to the Season of Creation.

Gold said one ongoing priority is making Laudato Si' part of the formation of clergy and church leadership. Trocaire found some success through trips, at home or overseas, to witness climate injustices up close. Bringing priests and bishops more on board doesn't mean they do all the work, she added, but they are uniquely positioned to deliver the message and set in motion wider action in conserving God's creation.

"To reach a certain scale it really has to be about working alongside and working with the bishops' conference," Gold said.

What difference leadership can make is evident in the Amazon.

Indigenous people are seen on the banks of the Xingu River during a media event in Brazil's Xingu Indigenous Park Jan. 15, 2020. (CNS/Reuters/Ricardo Moraes)

Over the course of two years, bishops through the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network conducted 260 listening sessions across the nine Amazon countries on the threats facing one of the world's most biodiverse and critical ecosystems. All that culminated in October with the Vatican's special Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, what many viewed as the first major application of Laudato Si'.

The vast majority of participants hailed from the Amazon Basin, and included bishops, priests, religious and indigenous leaders. The synod turned the global church's attention to the multiple crises like deforestation, mining, biodiversity loss and land disputes facing the Amazon, a key region in mitigating climate change. Raging fires in the rainforest in the preceding months highlighted the situation.

The synod's final document and Francis' own reflection, Querida Amazonia, positioned the church shoulder to shoulder with indigenous communities in defense of their rights and protecting the rainforest against destructive, unrestrained industrial development.

In the final document, the participants identified climate change as "above all" the great threat to life in the region. They proposed a definition of ecological sin and called on all Christians to defend human rights in the Amazon as "a requirement of faith." They recommended creating environmental awareness training programs and special ministers, and for the church in the Amazon to support and join divestment campaigns of industries causing socio-ecological damage.

Pope Francis attends a prayer service at the start of the first session Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 7, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Reyes, the Laudato Si' Generation co-chair based in Ecuador, said one of the biggest contributions of the encyclical, reinforced by Querida Amazonia, is in the awareness it's raised on how everything is connected. That protecting the Amazon doesn't matter just for people living there, but for the future of the entire world.

"That Amazon is not only a matter of the Ecuadorian or Brazil church, but it's a matter of the universal church," she said.

US response 'still a work in progress'

In the United States, the prevailing sense among Catholics working on environmental issues is Laudato Si' has not been made a main priority.

Outgoing president Cardinal Daniel DiNardo made waves at the November meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, when he described the sense among bishops about global warming as important but not urgent.

Juniors and seniors from environmental science classes at Elizabeth Seton High School, a girls school in Bladensburg, Maryland, stand with their climate change signs along Constitution Avenue in Washington Sept. 20, 2019, as they prepare to join a march with thousands of others to the front of the U.S. Capitol. (CNS/Carol Zimmermann)

The comment was widely seen as at odds not only with the science but with the pope. Within the encyclical's introductory appeal alone, Francis stated the urgency three times and more than a dozen in total, including the "urgent need" to develop emissions-reducing policies "in the next few years." He has repeated that urgent message in nearly every speech on the topic since.

During an online roundtable May 20, three U.S. bishops acknowledged uneven response so far. "It's still a work in progress," conceded Archbishop Paul Coakley, chair of the bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.

San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy, a leading U.S. voice on the encyclical, said that while it's been well-received by scientists and the young, he worries the church has yet to reach the intensity that climate change requires.

"We don't have 40 years left on the climate question," McElroy said in response to comments from Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron that past encyclicals took decades to be put in practice.

Last summer, the Catholic Climate Covenant held the first of three biennial conferences at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, aimed at ramping up implementation in the U.S. church.

In an op-ed last month, Dan Misleh, Covenant executive director, reflected on progress at the five-year mark: "If I'm honest, not nearly to the degree I would have hoped nor commensurate with the scope of the challenge we are facing."

Franciscan Sr. Joan Brown is among the many who point to a lack of leadership.

Women religious congregations like hers have long been at the forefront of environmental action. Universities and schools have increasingly emphasized sustainability in recent decades. But for the church to take the next big leap will require the ecological conversion taking root with more priests and bishops, said Brown, who is executive director of New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light.

A first step, she suggested, is viewing climate change through integral ecology, that issues related to the environment, poverty, inequality, immigration and life are all interrelated.

A line of protesters Aug. 18, 2015, blocks the main gate at the Crestwood Midstream Partners gas storage facility on the shores of Seneca Lake in Reading, New York. Eighteen people were arrested while reading Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'. (CNS/Dennis Sadowski)

A first step, she suggested, is viewing climate change through integral ecology, that issues related to the environment, poverty, inequality, immigration and life are all interrelated.

"There has to be some deep-seeded shifts in the church for us to really grapple with this largest ethical and moral concern of our time," Brown said. "And the longer it takes us, the more we run into greater storms, greater need for emergency relief."

In speaking at churches, the climate scientist Ramanathan said he's surprised by the number of Catholics who haven't read Laudato Si' or aren't aware of it. Educating more people about the text what he calls "a singular iconic document" that spells out the human tragedy of climate change and the climate science is essential, he said, to garnering wider support for the solutions, stressing "there is still time for solving the problems."

Laudato Si' "is a powerful tool that Pope Francis has put in our hands and we have to use it," Ramanathan said.

'Let's face it, the most convincing way that the document will be put into practice is if people can see a direct impact on their own lives.'

Archbishop Wilton Gregory

Within the U.S. bishops' conference, policy work has been a major focus, said environmental policy consultant Ricardo Simmonds. The conference has issued dozens of statements citing Laudato Si' during the Obama administration in support of environmental measures and during the Trump years opposing rollbacks and deregulation.

Simmonds agrees that there's much more that can be done, but from his view he sees a lot happening already. The U.S. bishops were official partners for the Vatican's Laudato Si' Week and produced resources for parishes and priests. Later this summer, the conference plans to start its own Laudato Si' advocates program geared toward young Catholics.

So far, the bishops' conference hasn't discussed establishing a Laudato Si' commission like those in other countries, Simmonds said. At the Creighton conference, McElroy suggested the idea as a way to make climate change "a central priority" in the U.S. church.

Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory at the Oct. 17, 2019, blessing of solar panels that are being leased to produce renewable energy for Washington residents (CNS/Catholic Standard/Andrew Biraj)

Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory, seen as another Laudato Si' leader, told EarthBeat he would support forming a working group, but that it may be more effective at a regional level "because the environment, while it belongs to all of us, manifests itself with great regional diversity," he said in a phone interview.

While archbishop of Atlanta, Gregory commissioned a Laudato Si' Action Plan to bring the text to life across all church levels. The plan has become a blueprint for other dioceses, and he has asked the D.C. archdiocese's care for creation committee to devise its own version. In April, Catholic Charities of Washington Archdiocese completed construction of a 2-megawatt solar array the largest solar installation in the District.

The solar project was facilitated by Catholic Energies, a program of Catholic Climate Covenant. Since it formed in fall 2017, it has completed 10 projects in five states, with another 12 set for construction this year. Together, they will generate 10 megawatts of solar energy annually,the equivalent of removing 5 million pounds of carbon emissions from the atmosphere.

The adoption of solar by parishes and dioceses has been one of the most visible responses to Laudato Si' in the U.S., with the dioceses of Monterey and San Diego in California leading the pack. The Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, has seven parishes signed up with Catholic Energies and is looking to develop a 5-7 megawatt array at a retreat center.

Apart from energy projects, the Cincinnati Archdiocese has a creation care task force, while the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, formed a network linking its parish green teams. In 2017, the statewide Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, celebrated a Year of Creation. Last year, the California bishops issued a pastoral statement responding to Laudato Si' and outlining specific steps to implement it locally. A now-permanent creation care committee will guide its rollout. A similar statement was issued by the Minnesota Catholic Conference.

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Many publishers are seeing a spike in both digitaltraffic and print subscriptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Trusted Media Brands Taste of Home and Family Handyman.

In April, the brands reported recordnumbers during their biggest month ever, with TasteofHome.com recording a 66% increase of monthly unique visitors year-over-year at 32.2 million. FamilyHandyman.com recorded a 44%increase year-over-year at 9.6 million.

Each brand saw traffic spike between March and April, too, with Taste of Home reporting a 22% increase and Family Handyman reporting a38% increase.

The increase in traffic is due, in part, to the brands quick pivot early on in the pandemic.

When news of the virus spreading in the U.S. startedaccelerating in early March, we anticipated that more people would be staying close to home, Beth Tomkiw, Trusted Media Brands Chief Content Officer, told Publishers Daily. Sowe came together as a group to identify the content categories and topics Taste of Home could organize around in a way that is true to the brand and our audience during thecoronavirus.

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That meant tapping into already popular topics, like comfort foods and baking and freezing and preserving food. They also looked at ingredient substitutions with pantrystaples and cleaning and disinfecting tips.

Following its first meeting, Taste of Home content director Jeanne Sidner put together a task force of stakeholders from distributionchannels, including search, social, newsletters and partners.

The goal was to meet daily to look at real-time content performance data, share ideas and use our learnings to boost visitsand engagement across all channels, said Tomkiw.

The team currently meets once a week to checking our brand stance on new issues that arise and creating relevant new content,while moving away from topics that are slowing down.

Some of the most popular collaborations across the Taste of Home teams include one focused on bread baking, which has seenthe brands Basic Homemade Bread recipe clock in 4.4 million visits since March 1. The newsletter team created bread-specific sends, while the social team create a Homemade Bread Challenge.

The brands culinary team members created Cooking from Home videos that repurposed the basic recipe to create mini breakfast pizzas, apple dumpling pull-apart bread and cinnamonrolls.

After reviewing data that revealed banana bread was among the most popular recipes in the U.S., the Taste of Home team created a My Bakeable Challenge themed around it. Thechallenge had the highest engagement for any Bakeable challenge ever.

Taste of Home has also seen success with gardening articles, which experienced a spike in late April thatcontinues.

For its part, Family Handyman has relied on its service journalism and calm voice during the pandemic.

The brands direct-to-consumer product DIY Universityreported a 53% increase in transactions year-over-year in April, with a 72% increase in revenue year-over-year, as it provided readers with how-to stories, such as How to Power Your Homewith Renewable Energy, How to Build a Backyard Shed and How to Build a Deck."

Noted Tomkiw: We have forward-thinking brainstorms and discussions about wherewe need to go next. Being a journalist is fantastic these days because you have data to help inform decisions and data to demonstrate what works and what doesnt.

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The Roofing Chemicals market worldwide is projected to grow by US$55.6 Billion, driven by a compounded growth of 7.4%. Asphalt/Bituminous, one of the segments analyzed and sized in this study, displays the potential to grow at over 7.7%. The shifting dynamics supporting this growth makes it critical for businesses in this space to keep abreast of the changing pulse of the market. Poised to reach over US$55.1 Billion by the year 2025, Asphalt/Bituminous will bring in healthy gains adding significant momentum to global growth.

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Keeping a lawn lush and green requires consistent mowing, weeding, watering, fertilizing and more. If your lawn is particularly large, it may make sense to hire a full-service lawn care provider. Whether you take a DIY approach or bring in the experts, maintaining your lawn requires a range of tasks.

Plan to mow the lawn often, allowing it stay longer than may seem convenient longer grass is healthier grass. The general rule is to cut off no more than a third of the grass blade. This helps prevent damage to the lawn as well as keeping weeds from taking root. Its also important to remove any weeds, then prevent new ones from growing. In spring, consider spraying a pre-emergent herbicide on your lawn to prevent crabgrass and other types of weeds from sprouting from seed. During other seasons, broadleaf weeds like dandelions can be pulled by hand or sprayed with weed killers. The best time to water your lawn is early in the morning, allowing the sun to help dry the grass. Make sure to thoroughly soak the lawn so that the water penetrates several inches into the ground.

Lawn care also requires feeding; look for a mixture of fast- and slow-release fertilizers that include nitrogen. Some lawns also benefit from aeration, which creates small holes to let air, water and nutrients penetrate the grass roots. Although most homeowners can manage these tasks on their own, a full-service lawn care company can handle them on a regular schedule, taking the guesswork out of maintaining a beautiful lawn.

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(WBNG) -- Throughout this pandemic, the community has stepping in to help those on the front lines, whether it's buying them lunch or making mask donations.

Now another service is becoming free to healthcare workers...lawn mowing.

Plowz & Mowz is an app based out of Syracuse that made its way to Binghamton this past winter.

It offers landscaping services in the area, ranging from snow plowing to lawn mowing, meant to make life a little bit easier.

"Our mission has always been to help people and we wanted to take it a step further with healthcare workers," said co-founder Wills Mahoney.

Now because of the pandemic, the app is offering a free lawn mow to healthcare workers as a way to say thank you.

"We know they're working 12 plus hours, crazy shifts, and the last thing they probably want to do is mow their lawns. So we said, 'Hey, let's give them a free lawn mow,'" said Mahoney.

Healthcare workers say it's a small gesture that means a lot.

"It takes like two hours plus to just mow and then all the extra stuff and that's time we could spend with our family. So it's nice to have someone else come to do that and it's convenient to find it on an app," said nurse Jamie Turcotte. "I've never had so much support in my life. Everyone is always like, 'Thank you so much, nurses are great.' Everything like that but the outpouring support from the community has been amazing."

The app is not only helping healthcare workers, it's helping the small businesses it partners with.

"Every landscaping company right now is taking a hit during this time, so to be able to get them more work, we're paying for it 100 percent, I'm sure it means a lot to them," said Mahoney.

Lawn Works Landscaping out of Vestal provides services through Plowz & Mowz.

"They've definitely helped me grow, pick up more accounts in the community," said Lawn Works owner Justin Scheddin.

His business is also happy to help a greater cause.

"It's just another lawn, you know, and we do the same quality work as we would for anyone else and it feels really good to give back to our community," said Scheddin.

If you're a healthcare worker looking to take advantage of the offer, all you have to do is enter the code "HERO" in the coupon field at checkout on the Plowz & Mowz app.

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