Doing Harm in the Name of Liberty: Lisa Heinzerling on Kavanaugh’s Nomination
Georgetown Professor of Law Lisa Heinzerling has always been a fresh voice in defending workplace, environmental and consumer protections against…
Agriculture
Brett Kavanaugh
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Enforcement
Environmental Protection Agency
Short Stuff
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Poison Food, Poisoned Workers: Eyal Press of The Intercept writes about chronic health problems that have plagued Jessica Robertson since…
Agriculture
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Environmental Protection Agency
Regulations and Standards
“Stop Poisoning Children and Farm Workers” Court Tells EPA
Every day we read about how EPA or OSHA announced their intention to roll back this protection, or failed to…
Nice Try: OSHA’s Rollback of the Recordkeeping Rule–The Real Story
OSHA proposed last week to roll back parts of the “Electronic Recordkeeping” regulation that the Obama administration issued in 2016.…
Kavanaugh Watch: Bad Forecast for Worker and Environmental Protections
And in our continuing series of posts about why Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court would be a disaster…
Lessons Not Learned at Lac-Mégantic Anniversary
Steve Bannon may have moved out of the West Wing, but he left his goal of “deconstructing the regulatory state”…
Congress
Deconstructing the Administrative State
House of Representatives
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
House Holds Worthless Hearing on “Regulatory Reform”
Sometimes you just have to wonder why House Republicans even bother. Yesterday they wasted the taxpayer’s money holding a ridiculous…
Deconstructing the Administrative State
House of Representatives
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
House Hearing on Reducing Worker Protections Tomorrow
The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing tomorrow on reducing protections for the American…
Corporate America’s Stealth Campaign to Stop Worker and Environmental Protections
Admit it. If they could, Trump and most Republicans would like to just get rid of OSHA, EPA the Consumer…
Chemical Plant Safety
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Regulations and Standards
Workplace Catastrophes
Written in Blood: Trump Appointee Reverses Lessons of Deepwater Horizon
They say that those who forget history are forced to repeat it. But when it comes to workplace and environmental…