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Items Tagged with 'EPA'

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What happens when manufacturing facilities lose power?

Devin Partida
February 24, 2022

It's important to note that power outages can affect all types of industries and bring operations to a screeching halt, contributing to a loss in productivity, revenue and material. Some electrical failures can even increase the risks of workers facing serious or life-threatening injuries. 


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A Confined Space blog post

OSHA Update: Bureaucracy, budget and leadership rumors

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Jordan Barab
July 24, 2018
It’s mid-summer and a man’s fancy turns to what’s happening in OSHA these days. Let’s update you all before you (and I) head out on vacation:
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A Confined Space blog post

Scott Pruitt: RIP

July 6, 2018
"MARLEY was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ‘Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to."
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EPA
A Confined Space blog post

Foxes, Henhouses and our Health

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Jordan Barab
April 25, 2017
Earlier this week I reviewed a New York Times article on conflicts of interest among Trump political appointees that highlighted a new Labor Department Special Assistant, Geoffrey Burr. Burr is a former lobbyist for the Associated Builders and Contractors, and his federal disclosure form notes that he lobbied DOL against the silica standard and the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces regulation that would have required federal contractors to disclose federal labor law violations.
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climate change

Defiant states take on climate change challenge

April 4, 2017
President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to eliminate or reverse his predecessor’s efforts to combat climate change is driving the issue to a new arena: the state level.
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air pollution

Taking B Vitamins could reduce effects of air pollution

March 27, 2017
A new study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health shows both the effect of air pollution on our genes and the role B vitamins may play in reduce the epigenetic effects of air pollution on health.
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oil worker

Southern communities brace for the impact of Big Oil's expansion plans

March 22, 2017
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade and DisasterMap.net recently released their latest tally of petrochemical accidents in the state. During the first two weeks of February alone, the environmental group documented 78 such accidents, including 14 on offshore drilling platforms in Louisiana waters. One of the accidents killed a pipeline worker, while another released cancer-causing benzene into the St. James community.
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chemical protection for hands
A FairWarning story

Novel strategy for dealing with toxic contamination: Do nothing

Dan Ross
March 2, 2017
At toxic cleanup sites across the country, environmental agencies have allowed groundwater contamination to go untreated and slowly diminish over time—a strategy that saves money for polluters but could cost taxpayers dearly and jeopardize drinking water supplies.
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EPA

Pruitt emails show strong ties to oil & gas industry

February 23, 2017
Although newly approved EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told agency employees this week that it’s possible to be both pro-energy and pro-environment, critics say thousands of recently released emails show that Pruitt is firmly in the pro-energy camp.
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recycling

How recycling benefits the economy

November 17, 2016
Those bins you set out by the curb once a week, along with other recycling efforts nationwide, help to generate about 757,000 jobs, according to the EPA, which has crunched the numbers to show the value of recycling.
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