May 4, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dear EarthTalk: What were the environmental impacts of the huge coal ash spill in Tennessee this past December? — Dave S, Lynnfield, MA Environmentalists’ call for an end to the age of coal-one of the dirtiest and most common of all the fossil fuels we now use-took on new urgency this past December when some [...]
Nov. 10, 2008 Leave a Comment
BOSTON — Two United States Postal Service employees were charged last week in federal court with conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Authorities allege that Gerald J. Sadkowski, 30, of Watertown, and Brian M. Faulkner, 37, of Lynn, sold the pain killer illegally both on postal property and while out on [...]