safety
LA gas leak among worst ever – could new regulations help?
March 1, 2016The leak was halted on February 18, but not before ravaging the atmosphere with roughly 100,000 tons of methane, leaving a carbon footprint larger than the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Rebuild America’s infrastructure
February 25, 2016We didn't need the horrors of children at risk from fouled lead pipes in Flint, Michigan to know that our infrastructure is dangerously decrepit.
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Justice Dept. to prosecutors: Tackle job safety crimes, other abuses
February 19, 2016The point is to make violations of job safety more costly to errant companies, hopefully deterring the firms from breaking the law in the first place.
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Flint pediatrician says kids can make it with lots of help
February 11, 2016Suggestions include early childhood intervention, expansion of WIC, breast feeding education, expansion of mental health services, nutritional services, and mobile food banks.
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Climate Disobedience Center defends oil blockaders — and so many others
February 9, 2016In the face of increasing fossil fuel disasters and legal crackdowns on civil disobedience, the need for this organization and others like it has never been greater.
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