Reforming the federal Toxic Substance Control Act is widely supported by small business owners across the country. That was one of the conclusions of a poll released in late 2012. My opinion editorial in The Hill gives more of the results of that poll. ———————————————————————————— The New York Times April 18, 2013 A Toothless Law […]
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The Huffington Post | By Ryan Grenoble Posted: 03/20/2013 1:02 pm EDT | Updated: 03/21/2013 11:58 am EDT For people looking to put their finances in the black, a new report suggests they may be wise to look green. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that breaks down employment in
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I have some good news or some bad news for you. It all depends on your political disposition. If you are in favor of severe austerity measures to shrink the evil national budget deficit or if you believe that the Environmental Protection Agency has overused its powers to control greenhouse gasses, this is a doubly
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Bloomberg NewsFebruary 6, 2013 By Mark Drajem http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-02-05/greenhouse-gas-emissions-fall-in-u-dot-s-dot-power-plants-on-coal-cuts Natural gas and oil production is the second-biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gases, the government said, emboldening environmentalists who say tighter measures are needed to curb the emissions from hydraulic fracturing. In its second-annual accounting of emissions that cause global warming from stationary sources, the U.S. Environmental
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The Hill’s Congress Blog By Frank Knapp, Jr. We have heard an ongoing cry from organizations claiming to represent all businesses that they oppose any government action on toxic chemicals in our products, warning of increased costs and job losses. Now, a new independent poll shows that when it comes to protecting workers and consumers
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91% of Small Businesses Want Chemical Industry Held Responsible for Safe Chemicals in Marketplace http://asbcouncil.org/toxic-chemicals-poll Washington, DC – American small business owners want the chemical industry to be held responsible for toxic chemicals in the marketplace, according to a new poll commissioned by the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC). Small business owners nationwide show strong
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Retailers of back to school clothing are seeing parents and older school-age children holding out before going all in on purchasing. It’s all about being fashionable. In an interview with the New York Times, Amazon’s fashion president Cathy Beaudoin says that waiting until after Labor Day to buy clothes for older kids allows the students
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Since when is protecting cancer-causing chemicals good for small businesses? That is one of the arguments Congressional supporters of an effort to defund the annual “Report on Carcinogens” (ROC) are making. The ROC is produced by the National Institutes for Environmental Health Science. The NIEHS does not test the chemicals. It reviews scientific literature from
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A “cancerous worm”? That is what an infamous blogger called me back on June 27th, the day I testified before the U.S. House Small Business Committee. Will Folks, or little “Billy” as they called him in the many high schools he attended, has the most well-read blog in South Carolina, FitsNews.com. But the former spokesman
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WASHINGTON, DC (July 19, 2012) – A nationwide poll and four separate, statewide polls found similar strong support for bolstering protections against toxic chemicals. By overwhelming bipartisan margins, Americans support strengthening the 35-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), according to new polls released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Safer Chemicals Healthy Families
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