With their long-term credibility on the line, environmental and health officials need to agree upon more comprehensive testing protocols.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Government Does a Bad Job Assessing Toxic Exposures
The history of the captured federal agencies that reassure the public after chemical disasters should give East Palestine residents pause.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Chemical Reaction Spreads Out From East Palestine
Pennsylvania residents are increasingly anxious about health impacts and water contamination after the East Palestine derailment.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Calling Deficit Squawks’ Bluff on Environmental Enforcement
Deregulatory zeal and government spending cuts are surefire ways to preserve corporate impunity, at the public’s peril.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
East Palestine Residents Are Still Skeptical
High-profile visits, shoddy testing protocols, and unclear FEMA assistance guidelines leave residents worried.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Chemical Desolation in Appalachia
Freight rail companies are running their trains ragged to boost profits. Sometimes they crash.
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Splitting the Strikers at UC
Today on TAP: University of California managers divide (and—not clear yet if they’ll—conquer), while General Motors and Microsoft indulge a modicum of worker power.
Posted inPolitics
‘Gentlemen, Let’s Focus’: Grudges Upstage Policy Differences in Second Ohio Debate
Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance’s stark policy differences have taken a back seat to growing personal animosity.
Posted inWorking in America
The Conservative Astroturf Organization Rolling Back Child Labor Protections
The National Federation of Independent Business has been active in passing new laws allowing teenagers to work long and late hours in three states.
Posted inTAP
Reproductive Rights Crushed at Oberlin
Today on TAP: To save a few bucks, the college leaves students to the tender mercies of a Catholic health system.