safety
NHL fights a head-on battle with player brain concussions
May 23, 2019“It’s definitely a problem that players are suffering from. It’s a real threat.”
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Boeing engineers: Company was negligent, Trump’s FAA undermined inspections
May 9, 2019The privatization of safety inspections is a classic case of Boeing assigning the fox to guard the henhouse.
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Trump weakens rules meant to prevent next Deepwater Horizon spill
May 3, 2019"The well control rule was one of the most important actions we took, as a nation, in response to the BP-style disaster at sea.
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Air Wisconsin flight attendants could starve on $15k annual wages
April 9, 2019Despite their important safety responsibilities, Air Wisconsin flight attendants report starvation wages as low as $15,000 a year.
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For some river towns, flood protection is simply too costly
April 8, 2019Most communities on America’s rivers have some sort of flood protection — usually a concrete wall or an earthen levee. But a few places such as Clarksville do not.
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