News from February 2022
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Feb 5, 2022
If you’ve been to Death Valley National Park and have suggestions for improving the amenities at Stovepipe Wells, you now have the chance to share them thanks to the National Park Service.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Shining a laser at an aircraft is a serious safety threat. Many types of high-powered lasers can incapacitate pilots, many of whom are flying airplanes with hundreds of passengers.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued its millionth airspace authorization for drone pilots to use busy airspace safely.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., is a “No Drone Zone” for Super Bowl LVI.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today released new guidance to implement changes in its signature highway safety funding program, which received substantial new funding under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for the first nine months of 2021.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Fatal overdoses in New York have nearly tripled in the last decade, with nearly 85 percent of them linked to controlled substances, including opioids. Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates fatal opioid overdoses kill 91 people each day in the U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
At the height of the pandemic, displaced workers flooded state unemployment insurance systems across the nation with requests for assistance and benefits, exposing many antiquated systems and their vulnerabilities.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
In the last decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of fatal overdoses in West Virginia has nearly tripled, nearly 85 percent of them linked to controlled substances including opioids.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
With opioid-related overdoses linked to nearly 2,700 deaths in Maine between 2010 and 2019, and tens of thousands of Maine residents living with chronic addiction, opioid usage remains a serious health emergency there.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Nationwide, thousands of oil and gas wells penetrate coal seams that are being actively mined.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on Feb. 22, 2022.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
A federal investigation into fatal injuries suffered by an 86-year-old worker at a Henderson sawmill and pallet manufacturer found the company exposed workers to hazardous energy sources and lack of machine guarding.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Employer address: 640 Dell Road, Carlstadt, New Jersey 07072Citations issued: On Jan. 19, 2022, the U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
From Feb. 1 through Feb. 2, approximately 5,400 workers – nearly 90 percent of eligible workers – cast votes in an historic election at the General Motors’ facility in Silao, Mexico, to determine which of the four unions on the ballot will exercise collective bargaining rights.
By John Kelly | Feb 5, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expanding their pesticide outreach and education program in order to meet the needs of pesticide applicators in a better way.
By Andy Nghiem | Feb 5, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined a Kansas-based cleaning products manufacturer Fuller Industries Inc. for violations of the federal Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Plan Rule.
By Kaleb Brown | Feb 5, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency (or EPA) has recently said it will hold a series of virtual public listening sessions, including one on Feb. 22 for residents of the Southwest Pacific region, to help them draft their strategy on combatting lead.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Feb 5, 2022
The U.S. Census Bureau is helping to promote Black History Month, which started Feb. 1, with an assortment of stats and a brief history of the national month's establishment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and one count of Felony Child Abuse.
