"Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto Co by cancer survivors or families of those who died can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, finding there was sufficient evidence for a jury to hear the cases that blame the company’s glyphosate-containing weed-killer for the disease."
"House Republicans on Wednesday voted to weaken a much-praised 1976 law that helped revive the commercial fishing industry in the United States and bring its fisheries back from the brink of collapse."
"A federal judge is suggesting that EPA provide speedier public access to the agency chief's calendar, even if the type of access requested is not compelled by the Freedom of Information Act."
"Acting Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler told agency employees Wednesday that he would value their input even as he would seek to advance President Trump’s agenda, saying, “When it comes to leadership, you can’t lead unless you listen.”
"As US officials decide against banning product, producer Uralasbest puts Trump ‘seal of approval’ on pallets".
"The 1,000-foot-long vessels for hauling liquefied natural gas can cut through ice up to 7 feet thick."
"Replacing plastic straws with plastic lids won't clean up the ocean. But that's not really the point."
"EPA submitted its proposal to replace the Clean Power Plan to the White House yesterday, the same day Andrew Wheeler began work as the new temporary head of the agency."
"Two federal judges expressed frustration yesterday with EPA's foot-dragging on the regulation of a farm pesticide linked to children's health problems."
"Few people know that there are federal safety limits for exposure to the weak radiation emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices. There often is language about this embedded right in our phones, but finding it requires knowing where to look, wading through several steps and then making sense of the technical jargon."
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