Climate change was the subject of a surprising amount of President Barack Obama’s remarks in his 20- minute Inaugural Address given at 11:55 am EST, January 21, 2013, on the steps of the United States Capitol. According to press reports, the President devoted more words to climate change than any other single issue in his address.

President Obama on Wednesday announced his multi-prong campaign “to do the right thing” to protect the public from gun violence. Stated the White House in a prepared statement: “There are approximately 30,000 firearm-related homicides and suicides a year, a number large enough to make clear this is a public health crisis.

State of the EHS Nation- Exclusive results from ISHN’s 28^th annual White Paper Reader Survey.

Walt Whitman called it “choosing day.” Tomorrow is the day we get to choose. And the “we get” is important. As you well know, millions and millions of people around this globe do not get the chance to choose their leaders.

Of course there is much chatter about the upcoming presidential elections. According to a recent ISHN magazine poll, safety profession will overwhelmingly vote for Mitt Romney.

Cass Sunstein, administrator of the powerful Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the White House Office of Management and Budget, will return later this month to the post he held previously at Harvard Law School, the White House has announced.

Pelican Products has been awarded the Presidential “E” Award for Exports by U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary, John Bryson, at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Michael D. Love, CPA, President and CEO of Gateway Safety and Robert A. “Bob” Weber, CIH, Global Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager of 3M Company’s Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division (OH&ESD) have been elected to the Board of Trustees of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA), the association for personal protective equipment and technologies.

Pelican Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of both high-performance protective case solutions and advanced portable lighting systems, has appointed Joe Eckerle as Vice President and General Manager of their South Deerfield facility.

President Obama visited Master Lock’s Milwaukee manufacturing plant yesterday, where he received a tour of the facility and led a discussion on the economy, American manufacturing and the importance of companies insourcing and investing in America.