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Pollution rule impeded by federal court

January 9, 2012 By Blake Skylar

The regulation is intended to reduce, in 27 states, pollution that plays a large factor in unhealthy air downwind.

The Republicans’ pizza problem

November 29, 2011 By Susan Webb

Actually it's not the pizza. It's the tomato paste on the pizza. Do the Republicans have a thing about veggies?

FDA says it’s OK to turn bad food into sellable stuff

November 28, 2011 By John Wojcik

Turning tainted or even contaminated food into "edible" and profitable stuff is so common in the United States that virtually all producers do it.

AFL-CIO ramps up campaign to protect Social Security

October 31, 2011 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO is ramping up its campaign to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from threatened future cuts by the congressional so-called "Super Committee."

GOP bill would expose Grand Canyon to uranium mining

October 20, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Republicans are proposing a bill that would expose one million acres of Grand Canyon National Park to uranium mining, which critics say would spread pollution and destroy 8,000 jobs.