Six national and regional trade associations are suing the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) over its landmark rule tightening exposure standards for silica dust, with one of the petitioners vowing to target what its top official says was the final measure’s inclusion of several elements never mentioned in a 2023 proposal.
September 17, 2026
Six national and regional trade associations are suing the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) over its landmark rule tightening exposure standards for silica dust, with one of the petitioners vowing to target what its top official says was the final measure’s inclusion of several elements never mentioned in a 2023 proposal.
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A broad coalition of unions, public-health groups and environmentalists is petitioning the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to recognize extreme heat and related wildfires as “major disasters” eligible for federal relief funding, arguing the move would help local authorities quickly ramp up protections for workers and vulnerable communities.
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EPA has formally published its proposed TSCA risk management rule for the solvent n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), starting a 45-day comment period that will close on July 29 as the agency seeks to finalize restrictions on the chemical’s use that it says are designed to protect industrial and commercial workers from chronic exposure.
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EPA has formally published its proposed TSCA risk management rule for the solvent n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), starting a 45-day comment period that will close on July 29 as the agency seeks to finalize restrictions on the chemical’s use that it says are designed to protect industrial and commercial workers from chronic exposure.
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A bipartisan amendment to the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have reauthorized the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) lapsed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS) has failed to reach the House floor, cutting off another avenue to revive the program almost a year after it expired.
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A bipartisan amendment to the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have reauthorized the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) lapsed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS) has failed to reach the House floor, cutting off another avenue to revive the program almost a year after it expired.
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The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has begun formal interagency review of OSHA’s long-awaited plan to set a nationwide heat illness and injury prevention standard, after years of development and repeated calls from worker-safety advocates for officials to quickly complete the rulemaking as global temperatures have spiked.
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The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has begun formal interagency review of OSHA’s long-awaited plan to set a nationwide heat illness and injury prevention standard, after years of development and repeated calls from worker-safety advocates for officials to quickly complete the rulemaking as global temperatures have spiked.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has quietly replaced the chairman of Cal/OSHA’s standards board and dismissed a vocal member of the panel who represented occupational health interests, in the aftermath of the members’ controversial decision to approve a new worker-safety standard for indoor heat despite opposition from the state finance department.
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