Trump Schemes To Make Money Off The G7

Trump at his most brazen, touting his own business as next G7 venue

By David Cay Johnston, DCReport Editor-in-Chief

The latest proof that Donald Trump is not, and never has been, a multi-billionaire emerged Monday in France of all places.

The proof came from Donald’s own mouth, as many proofs do no matter how much our major news organizations fail to grasp the significance of his words.

Speaking in Biarritz, after the G7 meeting where six other world leaders treated him as a bizarre curiosity rather than an equal, 

Trump confirmed that he intends to host the next G7 meeting at one of his Florida golf resorts. He asserted that federal officials had looked at various possible locations and decided that a Trump property near the Miami Airport was the best.

Providing the Doral gratis, Trump could declare how charitable and public-spirited he is.

In doing so he reiterated his claim that being the leader of the free world is a money-losing job. But, Trump quickly added, he is oh so happy to forgo a fortune because he loves America more than money.

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UPDATED: EEE is here; health officials issue stern warnings

First human case in RI confirmed.
DEM Confirms EEE In A Horse And A Third Mosquito Trap, Both In Westerly

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On Friday, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) announced the state's first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a person over the age of 50 from West Warwick. 

This is the first human case of EEE in Rhode Island since 2010. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which performs the EEE testing, notified RIDOH of the positive result.

…Over the past few weeks, mosquitoes carrying the disease have been found in Westerly and Central Falls. This is a higher-than-average risk summer for mosquito-borne diseases in southeastern New England. Massachusetts has announced four human cases of EEE and seven cases in horses. Connecticut also has found EEE and West Nile Virus in mosquitoes and two cases in horses.

To respond to the elevated risk, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is adding traps to capture and test more mosquitoes statewide. 

Typically, DEM sets between 25 and 30 traps in Westerly, Charlestown, South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Exeter, Warwick, Cranston, Johnston, Providence, Central Falls, Pawtucket, East Providence, Barrington, Warren, Bristol, Tiverton, Portsmouth, and Newport. DEM will add traps in West Warwick and the northern Rhode Island communities of Burrillville, North Smithfield, Woonsocket, and Cumberland. 

Patch reports that Connecticut officials in Stonington, North Stonington and Voluntown are urging residents to stay indoors especially "from one hour before to one hour after dawn and dusk."

The federal Centers for Disease Control provides a pretty grim picture for what happens if you contract EEE.

First, NO specific antiviral treatment for EEEV infections is available. Patients with suspected EEE should be hospitalized, appropriate serologic and other diagnostic tests ordered, and supportive treatment provided.

Second, approximately a third of those who develop EEE die. Many of those who survive will have mild to severe permanent neurologic damage. Many patients with severe sequelae die within a few years.

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Local Climate-Adaptation Projects Receive Appreciated Boost

By TIM FAULKNER/ecoRI News staff

A solid-waste separation tank at the sewage treatment plant in Warren, R.I., was raised to 16 feet to withstand a 100-year storm and sea-level rise. (Tim Faulkner/ecoRI News)

An innovative program has five Rhode Island communities talking about and taking action on climate change. 

Barrington, Portsmouth, South Kingstown, Warren, and Westerly are all at various stages of  planning adaptation projects, such as protecting sewage treatment facilities and preserving salt marshes and woodlands.

The Municipal Resilience Program, run by The Nature Conservancy and the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, is offering $2 million to seed a range of nature-based and manufactured adaptation plans. 

The concept is modeled on programs in Massachusetts and Connecticut that look for achievable efforts cities and towns can collectively approve and complete, such as dam removal, road elevation, micro electric grids, stormwater management, backup power, tree planting, and coastal erosion control.

The intent of the Rhode Island program is to identify worthy projects and see that they get done.

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