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    Dec 4, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Lead limits on military firing ranges outdated, report says

    Researchers commissioned by the Defense Department said Monday that decades-old limits on lead exposure are inadequate to protect the health of workers on military firing ranges.
    Researchers commissioned by the Defense Department said Monday that decades-old limits on lead exposure are inadequate to protect the health of workers on military firing ranges. Moreover, the National Academy of Science reported, lead from ammunition...

    Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Benjamin L. Cardin, Barbara Boxer, Fort Meade (military base), Medical Procedures and Tests

    2. Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Some Sandy victims still waiting for federal aid

    A month after Hurricane Sandy crashed ashore, hundreds of Marylanders affected by the storm are still waiting for the federal government to provide funding for housing and living expenses.
    A month after Hurricane Sandy crashed ashore, hundreds of Marylanders affected by the storm are still waiting for the federal government to provide funding for housing and living expenses. Federal assistance has been flowing for weeks to families in...

    Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Government Aid, Local Government, Hurricane Sandy (2012), FEMA

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. CORRECTED- U.S. Senate panel backs Gina McCarthy to lead EPA

    Reuters
    (Corrects committee in 2nd paragraph to Environment and Public Works from Energy and Natural Resources) WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - A Senate committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate, Gina McCarthy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    4. May 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Protesters ask Edison to decommission San Onofre nuclear plant

    L.A. NOW
    Environmental and anti-nuclear activists gathered at Southern California Edison headquarters in Irvine on Wednesday calling for the San Onofre nuclear plant to be decommissioned and for the utility to implement more extensive conservation programs. The...
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