Tag: environmental justice
Environment
Groups ask state to reopen Love Canal emergency-area review, call for McKiernan family relocation
Local residents and environmental groups will release a petition Oct. 2 in Niagara Falls asking state agencies to re-open review of Love Canal Emergency Declaration Areas and to relocate the McKiernan family, organizers say.
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Why do we carve pumpkins for Halloween? Tracing the history
The tradition of making jack-o'-lanterns to ward off spirits has roots in Irish folklore.
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Watch out for these 8 claims about polling stations, ballots
Election fraud and lost ballots rumors we've investigated are spreading widely ahead of the midterm elections.
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Global outcry sinks ‘unethical’ RFK Jr.-backed study targeting newborns
A vaccine study championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has collapsed after a global outcry over plans to give only half of 14,000 newborn participants a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.The World Health Organization deemed the proposed trial in Guinea-Bissau “unethical,” even after…
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Mass ‘Black October’ panic as insiders suddenly whisper about possible internet lockdowns
Mass “Black October” panic is stoking fears of a looming internet lockdown, as attackers race to exploit a critical flaw in much of the web and banks scramble to rein in AI agents inside customer accounts.Some major U.S. banks are finding unvetted third-party AI agents…
