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42 min ago | The Janesville Gazette

City receives second brownfields grant

"It will give us a vision as to what the future of that area will be," said Al Hulick, management analyst for the city.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

4 hrs ago | NJ.com

Faced with plant workers dead amid a chemical leak, what do you do? Training session provides answers

Detective Sgt. Andy Kehm, of the Bethlehem Police Department, speaks about law enforcement response.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Law, Employment / Labor Law, OSHA, Northampton County, PA

9 hrs ago | The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

Ellison Bronze Completes Seven Consecutive SHARP Years

Ellison Bronze Inc. was recently recognized for achieving seven years in the Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program.

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Related Topix: Falconer, NY, Law, Employment / Labor Law, OSHA

Sat May 18, 2013

Patch.com

Construction Worker Killed Identified; OSHA Investigating

The construction worker who died in Evanston Thursday morning after he was struck by a falling beam was a 57-year-old man from Dyer, IN, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

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Related Topix: Law, OSHA, Dyer, IN

Asbury Park Press

Marine who dumped toxins felt illness was payback

Ron Poirier couldn't escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Camp Lejeune, US Marine Corps, US News, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Wheeling News

Helping Friends, Punishing Foes

President Barack Obama and his liberal supporters have made it very clear their philosophy of government is that it is their way or the highway.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Fiji Times

Unrealistic end to EPA talks

THE conclusion of negotiations between the European Union and Pacific Island states on a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on the export of fish products to Europe by June or July this year is unrealistic.

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Related Topix: Law

TheDailyBeast.com

Harry Reid's Good Idea: Kill Filibusters on Appointments

First, the details. Republicans have been successfully using the threat of filibuster to make it incredibly difficult for the Obama White House to appoint judges to circuit courts, political staffer positions at executive agencies, and - to an extent - chill the administration's decisions for cabinet picks.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Employment / Labor Law

Free Republic

Another Obama scandal may be brewing at the EPA

For 92 percent of requests from green groups, the EPA cooperated by waiving fees for the information.

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Related Topix: Law

The Capital-Journal

BNSF, OSHA sign agreement on employee injuries

OSHA and BNSF Railway reached an agreement earlier this year to change procedures the safety agency said discouraged employees from reporting injuries.

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Related Topix: OSHA, Law

Fri May 17, 2013

Business Journal

OSHA says Wolf Creek employee was fired for reporting safety concerns

Wolf Creek Generating Station is nuclear power plant near Burlington in east-central Kansas.

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Related Topix: OSHA, Law

SouthCoastToday.com

CAD cells explained: A where's what of New Bedford dredging

Are you uncertain about which CAD cells are which in New Bedford Harbor? The increased number of confined aquatic disposal cells has led to some confusion about which are where and what's in them.

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Related Topix: New Bedford, MA, Fairhaven, MA, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The Daily Caller

EPA inspector general to look into FOIA scandal

The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general has been asked to look into claims that the agency stymied efforts by conservative groups to obtain government records while giving favorable treatment to environmental groups.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Tax, US Politics, Ed Whitfield, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Steve Scalise, David Vitter, US Senate

WATE-TV Knoxville

Gatlinburg pastor charged with felony theft

Authorities are praising new metal detectors that prevented a man from walking into the Morgan County courthouse with a weapon in his back-pocket. Authorities are praising new metal detectors that prevented a man from walking into the Morgan County courthouse with a weapon in his back-pocket. The Gatlinburg Presbyterian Church congregation speaks ... (more)

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Related Topix: Gatlinburg, TN, Tennessee, Law, Scott County, TN

WABI-TV Bangor

OSHA Alleges Safety Violations at Jefferson Mill

Federal workplace safety regulators have proposed fining a Jefferson sawmill nearly $80,000 for what they allege are dangerous work conditions.

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Related Topix: OSHA, Law

WHDH

House bill protects homeland security budget

A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's budget slashing plan.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, Harold Rogers, Law, Barack Obama, Rosa DeLauro, Democrat

KFYR-AM Bismarck

EPA taking comments on ND air pollution matter

The EPA took testimony on the appeal during a pair of hearings in Bismarck on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Thu May 16, 2013

AmmoLand

The EPA Snake Pit

Under President Obama, two women have been the director of the Environmental Protection Agency , Carol Browner, who served in the Clinton administration and was one of the " czars " Obama appointed; her acolyte Lisa Jackson, and up for the post is Gina McCarthy.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Politics, US News, Senator John Barrasso, US Senate, Republican

WHIO

EPA nominee advances without GOP support

President Barack Obama 's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican support.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Environment, Science, Roy Blunt, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Roy Blunt

Kennebec Journal

EPA grants to help Gardiner evaluate contaminants along Cobbossee Stream

Cobbossee Stream served as an industrial hub for two centuries, first fueling lumber and grist mills, and later paper mills and manufacturers.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gardiner, ME