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Illinois' great energy hunt

Chicago Tribune
June 17, 2007 - Page 1 By Jim Tankersley, Tribune national correspondent MANTENO, Ill. Congress took up sprawling energy legislation last week. Rather, it's what fuels the nation will move toward. ...
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This golfing is rough stuff

Chicago Tribune
June 17, 2007 - It really is." I wasn't sure whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was aware of this. Workers on fishing boats also have a high fatality rate, he said. I asked Mitchell whether OSHA planned to look into the entire situation. "It's against OSHA policy to announce inspections in advance," he said cryptically. ...
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Illinois serves as testing ground for alternative energy

Chicago Tribune
June 17, 2007 - Democrats and Republicans have made weaning America from foreign oil a priority, in the name of national security and relief from voter wrath born of soaring gas prices. Congress took up sprawling energy legislation last week. Coal is plentiful, they say, but its emissions could speed climate change. ...
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Crane collapse in 2004 claimed 4 lives; another worker died in April accident

Toledo Blade
June 17, 2007 - They tarnished the safety record of the main contractor, Fru-Con Construction Corp. of Ballwin, Mo. But two years ago, months after the crane collapse, he told The Blade he was "flabbergasted" by the OSHA decision. Despite the deaths, OSHA has high hopes for safety partnerships, said Brad Mitchell, an agency spokesman. ...
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By Jack Brammer: Liquification plants sought for Kentucky

Lexington Herald-Leader
June 16, 2007 - ...use more energy-saving measures in state buildings; set up $1 million dollar engineering scholarship programs at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville; make at least half of the state-owned passenger vehicles more energy efficient, and move the Office of Energy Policy from the Commerce Cabinet to the Governor's Office.Reach Jack Brammer in the Herald-Leader Frankfort bureau at (859) 231-1302 or (502) 227-4390.Newstex ID: KRTB-0115-17512455......
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Butter-chemical bill unveiled

Cincinnati Enquirer
June 16, 2007 - Although a medical link has not been proved, diacetyl is alleged in private lawsuits to have caused severe respiratory damage in hundreds of flavor- and popcorn-factory workers. The widow of a former worker at Givaudan Flavors Corp. in Carthage claims in a lawsuit that diacetyl killed her husband in 2006. ...
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Beware! It's rough out there

Chicago Tribune
June 16, 2007 - It really is." I wasn't sure whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was aware of this. Workers on fishing boats also have a high fatality rate, he said. I asked Mitchell whether OSHA planned to look into the entire situation. "It's against OSHA policy to announce inspections in advance," he said cryptically. ...
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Powell admits illegal asbestos job: Pleads guilty to violating the Clean Air Act

Belleville News-Democrat
June 16, 2007 - Louis, according to a statement issued by Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Massey. ...
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The Chicago Tribune Rick Morrissey In The Wake Of The News column: Beware! It's rough out there

Chicago Tribune
June 16, 2007 - It really is."I wasn't sure whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was aware of this. ...
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Global warming's Keystone Kops

Christian Science Monitor
June 15, 2007 - Congress is now in the throes of setting new energy policies, with 535 "generals" in the House and Senate issuing battle commands. At the global level, President Bush proposed this month that each nation set its own emissions target. And not all regions are equal in renewable energies, such as wind, hydro, and solar power. ...
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