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EPA targets dioxin, GOP targets EPA
November 2, 2010The Obama administration is proposing tougher standards for highly toxic dioxin, and, naturally, industry groups and Republicans are objecting.
Read moreMidterm campaigns go down to the wire
November 1, 2010President Obama summed up his closing arguments for the 2010 midterm election at a get-out-the-vote event here Saturday that was bigger than any election rally ever held in this city.
Read moreFeds push to cut deadly coal dust by half
October 27, 2010The United Mine Workers hailed as "a tremendous step forward" a decision by the Mine Safety and Health Administration to cut coal miners' exposure to lethal coal mine dust in half.
Read moreUnion construction jobs at stake Nov. 2
October 25, 2010Midterm elections are next week and union construction jobs are up for grabs in California. Nonunion building contractors in the state, hungry for a bigger share of public sector projects in the wake of the building...
Read moreObama not waiting for Congress, curbs bus and truck emissions
October 22, 2010The new plan will reduce by 20 percent heat-trapping emissions from truck and bus tailpipes.
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