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Another oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico raises more questions
Here’s what we know: On the morning of Thursday, Sept. 2, an oil and gas rig owned by Mariner Energy, Inc., operating in about 340 feet of water on the continental shelf experienced an explosion and...
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Dorry’s Daily Digest for Sept. 3
A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye: Energy and Environment An Oil Rig Burns, Blanketing Gulf with Angst (NYT) BP Says Proposal to...
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Dorry’s Daily Digest for Sept. 13
A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye: Energy/environment: Many wary as consolidated BP suit advances (WSJ) Pipeline break drives oil...
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Dorry’s Daily Digest for Sept. 17
A Snapshot of Sea Ice. Flickr Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video. A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye: Energy and Climate Change...
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NYT: Congress should pass worker safety legislation before it adjourns
An editorial in yesterday’s New York Times calls on Congress to take action on pending mine and workplace safety legislation before another tragedy like the Upper Big Branch mine disaster or the...
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Grassroots action targeting Congress
With several pieces of high-stakes legislation before Congress during this brief session, Public Citizen activists are pulling out all the stops with emails and calls urging their public servants to...
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Time is running out for worker safety legislation
Flickr photo by Thiophene_Guy As Congress plods through its lame-duck session, the prospects of the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety and Health Act getting a vote on the House floor are doubtful. In the...
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The deadly dangers of deep discounts
Two years ago, a temporary employee at a Wal-Mart in New York was killed when frenzied Black Friday shoppers trampled and suffocated him. A crowd of 2,000 shoppers stormed the locked doors of the store...
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Weissman: It’s not a pretty picture
Weissman With the year coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on how things are going. I’m very proud of the work we’ve done together. We won some hugely important victories and built an increasingly...
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Department of Justice’s BP Lawsuit Is Good Step, But More Is Needed
The Department of Justice’s filing of a civil lawsuit today against BP for the deaths of 11 workers and the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history is a needed step in holding the corporation...
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