health and safety

New satellite network to locate and monitor methane super-emitters

April 16, 2021 By Climate Nexus

Between 2016 and 2018, using airplane-based instruments, scientists found 600 "super-emitters" were to blame for more than one-third of the state's methane pollution.

S.F. Giants demand food service workers sign COVID ‘release of liability’ form

April 13, 2021 By Marc Norton

The San Francisco Giants Opening Day was Friday, April 9. The Giants had been doing a full court press (sorry to mix in basketball metaphors) for days on end about how safe the stadium would be...

U.S. military had ‘clandestine burning’ of toxic chemicals in low-income neighborhoods, study finds

March 26, 2021 By Kenny Stancil

"In defiance of common sense and environmental expertise, the Department of Defense (DOD) has enlisted poor communities across the U.S. as unwilling test subjects in its toxic experiment."

Hospital bosses still putting profits over patients after a year of pandemic

March 11, 2021 By PAI

81% of registered nurses surveyed report they are still re-using what are supposed to be single-use protective gear.

Kroger closes grocery stores to avoid COVID hazard pay for workers

March 11, 2021 By Special to People’s World

One of the most profitable corporations in the United States is threatening grocery workers’ jobs in response to a new coronavirus-era hazard pay requirement.