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The chairman of the Yellow Corp. told the Secretary of Labor that voluntary initiatives to reduce ergonomics injuries are preferable to a standard not based on sound science.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given a tentative go-ahead for the Houston-Galveston area in Texas to adopt a pollution control plan that would include the creation of a boutique diesel fuel, the Associated Press reported.

The White House has threatened to veto any bill passed by Congress that violates the North American Free Trade Agreement or that prevents the United States from living up to its obligations under that pact.

As Washington braces for the reopening of the thorny ergonomics debate, in one corner, we all cheer the "dedicated American worker"; in the other, we are urged to jeer the evergreen menace of "corporate interest."

European leaders are expected to use the Group of Eight summit meeting on Friday in Brussels, Belgium, to try to persuade President Bush to relax his opposition to the Kyoto Treaty on global warming.

May business inventories remained steady while sales increased, according to the Commerce Department, continuing the line of mixed economic signals.

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The average price of diesel fuel per gallon dropped 1.2 cents to $1.38 last week, according to the Department of Energy.

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As the feeling of crisis surrounding natural gas and oil subsides, support for the Bush administration’s energy plan, which focuses on long-term shortages, is waning, the New York Times reported.