health and safety

$NY governor bans fracking – for now$

NY governor bans fracking – for now

December 20, 2010 By Dan Margolis

Residents concerned about the safety of their towns and drinking water won a first victory over "fracking" as outgoing Gov. David Paterson signed an order banning the practice until July.

Bad news for workers: Kline hates EFCA, opposes tougher OSHA penalties

November 19, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON (PAI) - John Kline, the Republican who will take over the House Education and Labor Committee next year, hates the Employee Free Choice Act and opposes tougher penalties for job safety and health violations.

Another oil rig explodes

September 2, 2010 By John Wojcik

Another offshore oil rig exploded and burned in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 2, 80 miles south of the Louisiana coast.

BP admits guilt in Texas City safety violations

August 13, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg

BP has finally agreed to pay millions in fines and repairs for its deadly 2005 refinery blast - but the whole industry is "a mess," the Steelworkers union says.

Probe of Massey mine disaster has ways to go

August 12, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON (PAI) - Top federal mine safety officials say the government's investigation of what happened - and why - at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, where a huge explosion and fire killed 29...