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CORRECTED- U.S. Senate panel backs Gina McCarthy to lead EPA
Reuters(Corrects committee in 2nd paragraph to Environment and Public Works from Energy and Natural Resources) WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - A Senate committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the...Tags: Gina McCarthy, Washington, DC, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Lead limits on military firing ranges outdated, report says
Researchers commissioned by the Defense Department said Monday that decades-old limits on lead exposure are inadequate to protect the health of workers on military firing ranges. Moreover, the National Academy of Science reported, lead from ammunition...
Tags: The Pentagon, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Aberdeen Proving Ground, U.S. Department of Defense, Career and Workplace
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Some Sandy victims still waiting for federal aid
A month after Hurricane Sandy crashed ashore, hundreds of Marylanders affected by the storm are still waiting for the federal government to provide funding for housing and living expenses. Federal assistance has been flowing for weeks to families in...
Tags: Government Aid, Democratic Party, Budgets and Budgeting, Baltimore County, Republican Party
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Protesters ask Edison to decommission San Onofre nuclear plant
L.A. NOWEnvironmental and anti-nuclear activists gathered at Southern California Edison headquarters in Irvine on Wednesday calling for the San Onofre nuclear plant to be decommissioned and for the utility to implement more extensive conservation programs. The...
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