Players in the girls 2014 pre-academy soccer team practice at Cubberley’s turf soccer field in Palo Alto on January 28, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. Citing surging demand for soccer fields, a new ...

Palo Alto officials tasked with additional discussion and study over the highly controversial turf replacement project at El ...

Many synthetic turf fields are believed to be made with PFAS. The grass may be greener if it's made of synthetic turf, but some communities are raising concerns about "forever chemicals" that may be ...

Across South Florida, natural grass fields are being ripped up to make way for multimillion-dollar artificial turf installations that have drawn ire from residents who say the synthetic surfaces pose ...

This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the New Jersey Sustainability Reporting project. On a hot summer morning, a dozen residents of Scotch Plains gathered under tall ...

Even though the Los Angeles Rams are based in a good weather location, they play their home games on artificial turf. Here Seahawks Kenneth Walker III (9) is brought down by Rams Kamren Kinchens (26) ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 6, 2023) Communities discussing synthetic versus natural turf are faced with a number of issues that go to safety, environmental health, and cost. The chemicals used to ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J.-- Debates over artificial turf in several New Jersey towns are gaining steam, with neighbors expressing concerns. People in one Bergen County town told CBS New York investigative ...

When you let your kids outside on a sunny day, be warned: they might be playing on a bed of toxic chemicals. Artificial turf has become an increasingly popular alternative to grass, but its ...

Let’s start with some common sense: Covering the Earth with plastic carpet is a terrible idea. And yet we continue to cover an ever-growing swath of our public and private open spaces with artificial ...