Posted inModel Workplaces, Worker Health and Safety, Workers’ Rights IMPACT: OSHA strengthens rules for ‘model workplace’ program by Chris Hamby July 12, 2013January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment ‘Retail exemption’ shields some fertilizer facilities from stringent safety inspections, rules by Chris Hamby May 2, 2013January 7, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights As critics press for action, Chemical Safety Board investigations languish by Jim Morris and Chris Hamby April 17, 2013January 28, 2022
Posted inFueling Fears, Worker Health and Safety, Workers’ Rights Report urges phaseout of deadly acid by Chris Hamby April 16, 2013January 28, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights Bill aims to strengthen OSHA workplace enforcement by Chris Hamby March 28, 2013January 28, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights House bill targets deadly dust explosions by Chris Hamby February 15, 2013January 7, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights Report suggests OSHA safeguard contingent workers by Chris Hamby January 11, 2013January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment Labor secretary leaves legacy of worker protections and unfinished business by Chris Hamby January 10, 2013January 28, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights Even after workplace deaths, companies avoid OSHA penalties by Chris Hamby December 21, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights IMPACT: Federal inspectors step up enforcement of rules to prevent black lung by Chris Hamby November 1, 2012January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment Detroit refinery expansion adds more Canadian crude, brings more worries by Jim Morris and Chris Hamby October 31, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inModel Workplaces, Worker Health and Safety, Workers’ Rights IMPACT: OSHA’s ‘model workplace’ program needs reform, report finds by Chris Hamby August 21, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights GAO report supports science behind black lung rule by Chris Hamby August 17, 2012January 7, 2022
Posted inCoal Ash, Energy, Environment State settlement boosts monitoring at massive coal ash dump bordering two states by Chris Hamby August 1, 2012January 7, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights GOP seeks to kill black lung reform by Chris Hamby July 17, 2012January 7, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights IMPACT: Labor Dept. assembling expert team on mine dust enforcement after CPI-NPR investigation by Chris Hamby July 13, 2012January 7, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights Black lung surges back in coal country by Chris Hamby July 8, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights Unchecked dust explosions kill, injure hundreds of workers by Chris Hamby May 29, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment IMPACT: Citizens sue Iowa plant over air pollution by Chris Hamby April 24, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy, Profiles in Patronage, Solyndra, The White House Treasury Department review of Solyndra loan was rushed, report says by Chris Hamby April 4, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment IMPACT: After years of complaints, EPA steps in at Iowa plant by Chris Hamby March 28, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment EPA proposes first limit on greenhouse gases by Chris Hamby March 27, 2012January 7, 2022
Posted inFueling Fears, Worker Health and Safety, Workers’ Rights Toxic acid release again draws federal investigators by Chris Hamby March 8, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inModel Workplaces, Worker Health and Safety, Workers’ Rights Inspector general to examine ‘model workplaces’ program by Chris Hamby February 9, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment ‘Chemicals of concern’ list stuck at OMB by Chris Hamby and Jim Morris February 9, 2012January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment Federal regulators have failed to act on toxic chemical, report says by Chris Hamby January 26, 2012January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment EPA hopes disclosure leads to greenhouse gas reductions by Chris Hamby January 11, 2012January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment Industry wields sway over air pollution rules, enforcement by Ronnie Greene, Chris Hamby and Jim Morris December 22, 2011January 28, 2022
Posted inModel Workplaces, Worker Health and Safety, Workers’ Rights IMPACT: Agency task force conducting ‘top-to-bottom review’ of ‘model workplaces’ program by Chris Hamby December 21, 2011January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment EPA allowed unsafe handling of asbestos, IG says by Jim Morris and Chris Hamby December 15, 2011January 28, 2022