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The EPA has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants.

OSHA has released additional details about its revised Hazard Communication Standard -- announced this week -- which will bring the U.S. in alignment with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.

OSHA does not have any industry-specific standards for the entertainment industry.

OSHA announced an updated hazard communication standard today that it says will help workers be safer and manufacturers be more competitive by providing a better understanding of the dangers related to chemicals in their workplaces.

With Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finally finished reviewing OSHA's revised hazard communication standard, the agency is on the verge of publishing it in the Federal Register - the last stage of the rulemaking processand the one that sets the effective date for the transition period.

OSHA is getting an earful about upcoming regulations, in hearings being held across the country.

The United Steelworkers (USW) and Materion Brush have reached agreement on a model Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) beryllium standard and have sent it to the agency as a joint recommendation.

OSHA's direct final rule revising the Acetylene Standard for general industry goes into effect March 5.

American Heart Association (AHA) CEO Nancy Brown issued a statement in support of the final nutrition standards for school meals announced last week by First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack:

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA yesterday launched the third phase of an outreach and enforcement program designed to strengthen efforts to prevent mining fatalities.