For Future Summer Olympics, Climate Change Is No Game
At the U.S. Olympic marathon trials held in Los Angeles to choose the team for the Rio Olympic Games this year, 30 percent of the runners dropped out of the race due to the heat. It will be even worse 4 years from now.
Trump’s pick for FDA lead is neck deep in opioid industry cash
“Dr. Gottlieb has also said he wants the FDA approval process to move faster, and that FDA has too high of a standard for safety.”
Lawyers for Standing Rock water protectors are pleading for more help
Hundreds of DAPL water protectors have no lawyer at all.
Lawsuit against Monsanto for killing farmer’s crops
The lawsuit hopes permanent injunctions will be placed on these large companies, forcing them to stop selling and marketing their dicamba herbicide.
Covid is resurging. So is Trumpian politics.
Months ago, it seemed as if this darkness was behind us. It is not.
Shell to pay up for contaminating groundwater in California
"Thankfully for this verdict, we can ensure that our residents have a safe, reliable source of drinking water, and not have to face the same issues that far too many of our fellow valley residents have to face.”
Critical antibiotics still used on US farm animals despite superbug crisis
The FDA is planning to release data on pharmaceutical sales for animal antibiotics for 2017 this December, which will give more indication as to how well the new regulations are working.
Revealed: US funds study on bat coronavirus at Wuhan Institute of Virology
While the current coronavirus outbreak is no doubt zoonotic—originating from animals—, scientists said, ministers and senior government officials claim that the pandemic could have accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Alarming levels of glyphosate found in popular American foods
The groups that released the report are calling for a permanent ban on the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent because of the residue levels.
Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires blasts Trumps coronavirus relief plan to cut taxes for...
"At the very least these workers need immediate paid sick leave, but for them to be able to pay their bills and support their families, they need economic relief more than any other group of Americans."