"The House Democrat defended his push for disclosure of funding sources, but says a request for professors’ communications was an 'overreach'."?
Prompted by a new California rule, manufacturers of polyurethane foam furniture are removing potentially toxic flame retardants from their new products. But the sale of old furniture in second-hand stores may put poor people at greater risk.
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to cut down on emissions from refrigerators."
"A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by the timber industry seeking to strip Endangered Species Act protection from a threatened seabird that nests in old-growth forests."
"By failing six years ago to implement higher entrance fees across all 131 parks that charge them, the National Park Service left tens of millions of dollars on the table in potential revenues, a report from the Interior Department's Inspector General asserts."
"The EPA has been unable to collect the data it needs from the multibillion dollar oil and gas sector, which has stymied a five-year federal study."
"The conflict that has torn Syria apart can be traced, in part, to a record drought worsened by global warming, a new study says."
"Hundreds of farmers in the Central Valley were told Friday they can expect zero water deliveries this year from the federal government, the latest fallout from what is likely to be a fourth straight drought year in California."
"The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed last week to hear the first case to challenge U.S. EPA's role in the massive loss of bees in the last decade."
"A federal judge on Monday chastised the Environmental Protection Agency for its 'mishandling' of Freedom of Information Act requests."
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