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Senate Votes To Give FDA Regulatory Power Over Tobacco
Scientists Hope Deeper-Rooted Soybeans Can Withstand Climate Extremes
"Research scientist Ashish Rajurkar kneels in the dirt, lifting a large clod of soil tangled around a soybean plant. He knocks away pieces of earth from the plant’s roots, which slope straight down instead of out to the side like typical soybean plants."
Judge Rules EPA Illegally Terminated $7 Billion Solar Program For Poor
"The Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled Friday."
Trump’s Approval Rating Falls To Low Of 32% As High Living Costs Bite
"Just 17 per cent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the cost of living, the issue they say will sway their vote in the midterms"
What Syngenta Didn’t Tell EPA About Its “Blockbuster” Paraquat Pesticide
"Sweden started ringing the alarm bell more than 40 years ago, banning the weed killing chemical paraquat in 1983. "
World Leaders Address Climate Crisis Before UN Meet Amid Record El Niño
"World political leaders are descending on New York for the UN general assembly and some of them are putting the climate crisis on the agenda as they spoke on Monday at the start of the city’s annual Climate Week."
Judge Allows Transfer of Land in Wildlife Refuge to SpaceX, for Now
"A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a land exchange that would allow SpaceX, the rocket and satellite maker run by Elon Musk, to expand its launching and production site into a federal wildlife refuge in Texas."
Republicans Sound Alarm on Diesel Prices
"Sen. Grassley calls for an export embargo as farmers feel the hit of record-high costs"
"3 News Outlets Sue Trump in Widening Fight Over Press Freedom"
"CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a legal challenge on Monday against President Trump’s order barring them from the White House grounds, the latest battle in a fight over journalistic independence instigated by the president.










