Outsiders target Indian land for risky business

By Joe Eaton

Outsiders target Indian land for risky business

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"… asking to work together, not the other way around.Bradley Angel, executive director of the environmental advocacy group Greenaction, which tracks projects on …"

With development pressure off, townships and open spacers flex their dollars

By Joe Eaton

With development pressure off, townships and open spacers flex their dollars

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"… cut-rate land deals are likely to increase, said Steven Friedman, national director of homebuilder services at Ernst and Young. Friedman said he wouldn’t be …"

"… rom private landowners to sell conservation easements.Jim Engel, executive director of the Tinicum Conservancy in Bucks County, said the organization had its …"

"… ng 2009. First on their lists was clearing their books of land.Kyle Poole, director of Land Finance Group in Washington, D.C., said municipalities and conserv …"

"… d have had standing room only,” he said.Andrew Stark, executive managing director of Cantor Real Estate in White Plains, New York, said developers are in no …"

Top 10 lobby firms take financial reform to the bank

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

Just 10 Washington lobbying firms represented more than 130 key clients in the financial regulatory reform debate that is entering a crucial

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"… t, Sam Geduldig, the firm’s main financial lobbyist, worked as political director for House Minority Leader John Boehner and as a senior adviser to Missouri …"

"… byists to be twisting arms behind the scenes. Heather Booth, the executive director of Americans for Financial Reform, is concerned that the conference commit …"

"… surrounded the health reform debate in 2009 and early 2010. James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American Unive …"

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Health reform lobbyist mistakenly errs on side of transparency

By Joe Eaton

If numbers are to be trusted, longtime advertising lobbyist Jim Davidson of Polsinelli Shughart is the top dog of the 2009 health care refor

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"… represent is many times higher than official reports, said James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American Unive …"

Lame duck Congress may consider bill to toughen OSHA

By Jim Morris

For an agency so widely feared and demonized by American business, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a relative pushover.

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"… this bill is that it’s very unbalanced,” said Marc Freedman, executive director of labor law policy at the Chamber. “It’s all about one concept, which …"

"… ble to the government – even large civil penalties,” said Uhlmann, now director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at the University of Michigan …"

"… e they contest OSHA citations. And it would subject company executives and directors to criminal prosecution if they knew about hazards that led to worker dea …"

"… nsive workplace shutdowns, Freedman said. And holding executives and board directors criminally liable for accidents could dissuade qualified people from taki …"

Gov’t database of bad doctors blocks public from seeing names

By Jim Morris

The Department of Health and Human Services maintains a “bad doctor” database, but members of the public can’t see the doctors’ names....

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"… n do that. A physician can see only his or her own record. Sidney Wolfe, director of the Public Citizen Health Research Group, said “Congress rolled o …"

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Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

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"… ousands more perish from environmental exposures. Dr. James Leigh, retired director of the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health at the Sydney Scho …"

"… , and delay regulation. “It’s totally unethical,” says Jukka Takala, director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and a former ILO offi …"

"… s in the world to counteract [the movement], sending communications to the directors of the World Health Organization and International Labor Organization,” …"

"… r true, as China is now the world’s biggest user of the mineral. Takala, director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, estimates that 10,00 …"

A ravenous appetite for asbestos

By Jim Morris and Te-Ping Chen

Top user China faces epidemic of cancer

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"… ill have lethal consequences into the middle of this century.Jukka Takala, director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, says that the a …"

"… ealth crisis triggered by the use of asbestos,” says Li Qiang, executive director of China Labor Watch, which monitors workplace violations. “The gui …"

Mutual fund champion on short list for SEC investor advocate

By Jeremy Borden

As the Securities and Exchange Commission considers who will lead a new office giving Main Street investors a bigger megaphone within the ag

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"… veral senior jobs created by the Dodd-Frank law, according to Lori Schock, director of the SEC’s investor education office. She declined to comment on the i …"

Small investors to get bigger megaphone at SEC

By Jeremy Borden

For the average Main Street investor, the roots of the 2008 financial collapse remain murky. The impact, though, was not: houses foreclosed,

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"… gun searching for a pro-investor expert to fill the job, said Lori Schock, director of the SEC’s investor education office. The investor advocate, to be ap …"

"… a whole slew of financial institutions,” she added.Damon Silvers, policy director at AFL-CIO, a federation of labor unions, said that having a permanent com …"

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