Kansas senator calls for oversight reform following Haskell University report

by 13WIBW | April 25, 2024
Kansas Senator Jerry Moran is calling for changes to the oversight of Native American educational institutions. Sen. Moran sent a letter to the Department of the Interior upon the release of a report detailing the lack of safeguards against sexual assault, misconduct by leadership, and ...

Letter to the Editor: Climate change is only a symptom of the bigger problem

by LA Times |
Our Jeff Ruch wrote a letter to the editor in response to the Los Angeles Times’s climate columnist Sammy Roth’s column, Changing our lives is scary. But the climate crisis is way scarier: The “jarring lifestyle changes” that will be forced on us by unchecked climate change ...

Westfield weighs PFAS concerns in considering a new synthetic field; vote is Tuesday

by Mass Live | April 22, 2024
“Forever chemicals” might be lurking again in Westfield, this time behind a proposed synthetic turf field for Westfield High School, a renovation that many in the community say is decades overdue. City councilors are set to vote Tuesday on whether to approve new athletic fields at ...

A campus ‘in disarray’: Report on investigation of misconduct allegation at Haskell to be released after more than a year of secrecy

by LJ World.com | April 21, 2024
A “frivolous” investigation of a former cross country coach. Improperly handled sexual assault allegations. An athletic department “in disarray.” These are just some of the findings in a report about a wide-ranging investigation of misconduct at Haskell Indian Nations University, ...

The EPA is cracking down on PFAS — but not in fertilizer

by Grist | April 19, 2024
In February, five farmers in Johnson County, Texas, sued Synagro, a biosolids management company based in Maryland, and its subsidiary in Texas. Synagro has contracts with more than 1,000 municipal wastewater plants in North America and handles millions of tons of waste every year. The ...
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