Tim Holden

August 26, 2011 - By Joe Atkins, Labor South It all started in Mississippi. Of course.

February 21, 2011 - The House of Representatives approved an amendment to a federal spending bill over

January 25, 2010 - With the Environmental Protection Agency expected to release its proposed regulations for power plant coal ash any day now, there is an intense behind-the-scenes lobbying effort by industry interests hoping to keep the waste from being declared hazardous and thus subject to the str

June 10, 2009 - Scientists have discovered that exposure to a common pollutant may make people more likely to experience severe symptoms from swine flu -- and it's a pollutant emitted in large quantities by coal-burning power plants and other industrial facilities.