U.S. free trade agreements locked in limbo

By Laurel Adams

The number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements has been increasing worldwide, but the U.S. has been sitting on three

The climate lobbyists

By Matthew Lewis

A sampling of power players

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Steel":

"… n in private practice since 1981. Climate clients: Energy Future Holdings, U.S. Steel. Wayne L. Berman, Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce Managing Director …"

"… phardt serves on the boards of directors at several corporations including U.S. Steel. He founded the Gephardt Group in 2005. Climate clients: Peabody Energy, t …"

Montana an unlikely target for out-of-state campaign cash

WASHINGTON, October 25, 2000 — Montana might not seem like the logical setting for a full-scale brawl over a U.S. Senate seat, but with the

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"… lition of top business executives from companies such as General Electric, U.S. Steel and General Motors and has run ads supporting Burns. The group will not di …"

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Outside groups push pedal to the metal In Michigan race

By Kathryn Wallace

WASHINGTON, September 21, 2000 — The Sierra Club is distributing campaign items attacking Senator Spencer Abraham in the form of a "campaign

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Steel":

"… lition of top business executives from companies such as General Electric, U.S. Steel and General Motors. The group bought $150,000 worth of television ads in D …"

In U.S. Steel town, fatal gas explosion goes unpunished by OSHA

By Jim Morris

The 2009 death of Nick Revetta exposes flaws in the system designed to protect American workers.

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Steel":

"… t the Pittsburgh suburb of Pleasant Hills and drove 15 minutes to a job at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Plant, a soot-blackened industrial complex on the Monongahela …"

"… ome.Stocky and stoic, Revetta was working that Thursday as a laborer for a U.S. Steel contractor at the same plant that employed his brother, for the same compa …"

"… ealth Administration — OSHA — failed to issue even a minor citation to U.S. Steel, the world’s 12th-largest steelmaker and an economic leviathan in Wester …"

"… ia. The company paid no fine, although current and former workers say that U.S. Steel’s contractors — including Revetta’s employer, Power Piping Co. — f …"

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Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Steel":

"… t the Pittsburgh suburb of Pleasant Hills and drove 15 minutes to a job at U.S. Steel's Clairton Plant, a soot-blackened industrial complex on the Monongahela R …"

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IMPACT: OSHA pares inspection goals

By Jim Morris

Federal agency, criticized by some for focusing on numbers, said it scales back goals for 'more complex' inspections.

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Steel":

"… bosses.On May 21, the Center published a story about a 2009 explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh that killed Nick Revetta, a 32-year-old contract lab …"

"… o do a thorough job because of de facto quotas imposed by his supervisors. U.S. Steel, which has denied wrongdoing, was not cited in the case. …"