John Henshaw, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), announced that his agency’s enforcement efforts will increase in fiscal 2002, with more inspections targeting workplaces where injury and illness rates are the highest.

A Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has been appointed to a National Academy of Sciences panel on fighting terrorism.

Les Mathiews is in select company. The a/c repairman is one of the few “common folk” to make President Bush’s Christmas card list.

According to preliminary U.S. Census data, only 32.3% of 18- to 24-year-old Americans bothered to vote in the year 2000 election.

Carbon monoxide poisoning is being blamed for the Monday deaths of two San Antonio men, Randy Brooks, 49, and Eric Langley, 39.

Representative James Greenwood (R-PA), chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced that subcommittee staffers have discovered that the shredding of Enron documents was carried out by a number of people at accounting firm Arthur Andersen.

The Bureau of Land Management has announced that allowing the drilling of natural gas wells in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument will have insignificant environmental impact.

According to a report by the Conference Board, the United States’ leading economic indicators improved by 1.2% in December.

A report by People's Counsel, an advocacy organization for residential consumers regarding energy issues, states that electricity deregulation in the state of Maryland has not produced new competition since it was introduced 18 months ago.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) closed out 2001 by welcoming 29 new national member companies during the month of December.