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A safer future for firefighters through the PFAS Alternatives Act
Firefighting can be a very rewarding career, but it entails numerous risks, from smoke inhalation to serious injuries from collapsing buildings. Still, a more obscure health threat to these brave people is toxic exposure, as firefighters come in contact with plenty of harmful substances on the job, including formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide, benzene, polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, […]
Last chance to register to vote in Georgia; deadline extended in South Carolina
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The 2024 presidential election is fast approaching, and the voter registration deadline has arrived for the state of Georgia. Monday is your last chance to sign up to vote for key offices in the November election. Every state has its own voter registration deadline. South Carolina extended their voter deadline to […]
‘Price gouging’ another way of saying ‘most effective disaster relief’
Another natural disaster, another round of complaints about “price gouging.” Per Business Insider, South Carolina’s attorney general reported 142 “price gouging” complaints in the early aftermath of Hurricane Helene, while North Carolina’s AG claimed 64. Those numbers will multiply as electricity and phone service gets restored in the hardest-hit areas. One South Carolina example from the Business Insider story: “(S)tores […] The post ‘Price gouging’ another way of saying ‘most effective disaster relief’ first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Kentucky’s electric cooperatives employees assisting with Hurricane Helene relief
With power restored within Kentucky, hundreds of line workers and contractors from the state’s electric cooperatives are now helping sister co-ops in other states ravaged by Hurricane Helene in one of the largest mutual aid deployments in the program’s history. More than 150 personnel from Kentucky’s co-ops are providing mutual aid in Georgia, North Carolina […] The post Kentucky’s electric cooperatives employees assisting with Hurricane Helene relief appeared first on The Interior Journal.
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