Capitol Hill stem-cell backers received health industry dollars

By M. Asif Ismail and Christine Morente

WASHINGTON, August 30, 2001 — U.S. representatives and senators who strongly pushed for federally subsidized embryonic stem cell research ha

Marc Rich inquiry highlights strange bedfellows

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2001 — Buried in the furor over former President Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich is the role the fugitive commodities tra

Utilities, citizens weigh in on coal ash regulation

Steven Fox of Chesapeake, Va. says the first he heard of a coal ash dump site near his home was when he read a local newspaper story about h

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"… rd said.Lawmaker, Consumer Groups Urge Tough ApproachA state lawmaker from Massachusetts, Rep. Lori Ehrlic, told the EPA hearing that the federal government — no …"

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Denying global warming with John Stossel

By Lisa Chiu

ABC News reporter John Stossel doesn’t fear global warming, and he’s working to make sure you don’t, either....

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"… behalf a $4,750 donation to the Wellfleet Conservation Trust, a Cape Cod, Massachusetts, nonprofit that, according to its website, works to protect “the rural c …"

Bush's choice of EPA advisers signals tilt toward industry

By Josey Ballenger

February 12, 2001 — The composition of the team that advised George W. Bush on the Environmental Protection Agency during his transition to

Excerpts from this story referencing "Massachusetts":

"… staff to the senior Bush’s Council on Environmental Quality, and he led Massachusetts’ environmental agency before heading to Florida.And despite previously b …"

"… um, who was the chairman of a 1999 EPA panel on oxygenates in gasoline and Massachusetts’ Environmental Protection commissioner from 1988 to 1994.DeMuth acknowle …"

Commentary: Lawsuit against Clean Air Act by members of Congress

By Curtis Moore

WASHINGTON, September 5, 2000 — For nearly a quarter-century, almost since the very day of his swearing in as a U.S. senator, Utah Republica

Excerpts from this story referencing "Massachusetts":

"… ample, National Journal reported that in December 1996, Gray “swept into Massachusetts to recruit fresh troops for a ground offensive against the Environmental P …"

"… gland Electric, an electric utility serving about 1.4 million customers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. His February 12, 1996, registration filed …"

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SEC hurries to clarify new FOIA exemption amid uproar

By Ariel Wittenberg

The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today insisted that language tucked inside the massive financial reform law does not

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"… protection agency. A copy of the letter sent to the Rep. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the House panel, was obtained by the Center for Public …"

WikiLeaks and the classification follies

By Julian Hattem

Egypt’s leader has trouble hearing, while Italy’s prime minister enjoys “partying hard.” The Sultan of Oman is too busy to read books. A dip

Analysis — N.C. consumer advocates seeing red over bait and switch by one of the blues

By Wendell Potter

Consumer advocates in North Carolina thought they had a deal with Blue Cross on a health insurance exchange, but now they are having doubts.

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"… lace — to BCBSNC. Forever. While some states, such as California and Massachusetts, have purposely excluded insurance companies from serving on such boards b …"

Reactors at heart of Japanese nuclear crisis raised concerns as early as 1972, memos show

By Jim Morris and Aaron Mehta

For more than three decades, regulators and industry experts harbored reservations about boiling water reactors. They were seen as vulnerabl

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"… Reactors: Just days before the earthquake in Japan, Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter …"

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