‘He couldn’t breathe’: How playing soccer on artificial turf nearly killed a teen
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Susan Sargent | August 2, 2019
From: WJLA “In late June, a recycled tire field in Northwest DC’s Palisades Park was roasting. 7 On Your Side used both an infrared laser spot thermometer and a more sensitive infrared camera to test wider areas. Both consistently showed surface temperatures on artificial turf ...
Bureau Of Land Management’s Acting Director Faces Controversy
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Susan Sargent |
From: NPR “JEFF RUCH: We’ve likened it to putting an arsonist in charge of the city fire department. SIEGLER: Jeff Ruch is with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that represents whistleblowers inside federal agencies. RUCH: The whole mission of the BLM ...
Local Grocery Stores Are Selling Toxin-Tainted Bottled Water
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Susan Sargent |
From: Boston Magazine “New Hampshire officials discovered last month in random testing that the water from Haverhill company Spring Hill Farm Dairy—which is sold at stores across New England under various different names—contained abnormal amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...
Investigation Finds National Park Service Fails To Accurately Track Cell Tower Installations
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Susan Sargent |
From: National Parks Traveler “An investigation into cell tower installations in national parks has found not only that the National Park Service doesn’t know how many of the installations exist across the National Park System, but that the agency is either overcharging or ...
House Rep. trying again to help federal retirees who saw cuts to Social Security
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Susan Sargent |
From: Federal News Network “Seen any good management skills lately? The EPA wants to hear about it. Acting Deputy Administrator Henry Darwin asks employees to record video of their department’s team huddles, and submit them to EPA’s Office of Continuous Improvement before Aug. 16 ...
EPA Inspector General wants to know how something like this was OK’d
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Susan Sargent |
From: Raw Story “Under the current administration, EPA is a pollution watchdog not only on a leash but under a muzzle, as well,” said Kyla Bennett of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the nonprofit that sued for the records on behalf of WaterLegacy. Kevin Pierard, ...
