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Critics Say EPA Played Dual Role in Recycled Tire Controversy
2015-02-22 19:03:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.sfchronicle.com/">San Francisco Chronicle</a> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has terminated its longtime campaign to promote the use of recycled tires on artificial turf fields and playgrounds, amid growing concern from critics in California and elsewhere who fear the material poses a health risk to people. read more
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Guardrail Maker Fires Back on Crash Test Controversy
2015-02-18 04:49:32| Automakers - Topix.net
An affidavit filed by Trinity expert witness Malcolm Ray hits back against recent comments that a test of the ET-Plus guardrail head demonstrated an impact that would have caused severe injury to a driver. The guardrail got a "pass" grade on the first four of eight government-requested tests and appeared to sail through the next three as well, but civil engineer and accident expert Brian Coon declared the eighth appeared to be a "clear failure" in an affidavit filed earlier this month.
Guardrail Maker Fires Back on Crash Test Controversy
2015-02-18 04:14:37| Railroads - Topix.net
An affidavit filed by Trinity expert witness Malcolm Ray hits back against recent comments that a test of the ET-Plus guardrail head demonstrated an impact that would have caused severe injury to a driver. The guardrail got a "pass" grade on the first four of eight government-requested tests and appeared to sail through the next three as well, but civil engineer and accident expert Brian Coon declared the eighth appeared to be a "clear failure" in an affidavit filed earlier this month.
The idea and controversy behind 'manspreading'
2015-01-19 11:49:24| Railroads - Topix.net
Recently, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued advertisements about the very real idea of manspreading. The adverts say "DudeStop the Spread, Please.
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Keystone controversy
2015-01-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toledo Blade: President Obama is taking flak by advocates on the left and right for his failure to provide decisive action on the Keystone XL pipeline, which would cut across the United States to transport Canadian oil to the gulf coast. But for all the controversy the pipeline project has created, it doesn't offer much in the way of economic benefits, as its advocates claim. Nor would it spell climate disaster, as environmental activists assert. The pipeline shouldn't distract Americans from more salient issues...
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