Retailers are less excited about the new rules, saying they’ll be hard to implement and that the burden should be placed on manufacturers instead.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve
The U.S. oil industry’s top lobbying group says new rules are ‘misguided.’
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BNSF Railway says it didn’t know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town
The railroad is defending itself against accusations that it is liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former Libby, Montana, residents.
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Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing
Attorneys familiar with the cases say they are unaware of any that have gone to trial and know of only one that’s been settled.
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Surprise: Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ is a double album, ‘The Anthology’
She surpassed Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon‘s Grammy honors with her fourth win in that category; she had been equal with the three male legends at three albums of the year since ‘Folklore.’
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Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
Meanwhile, lawsuits over the law proceed.
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NASA confirms mystery object that crashed through roof of Florida home came from space station
The chunk of space junk was part of equipment discarded at the International Space Station.
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IAEA warns that attacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the world at risk
Russia and Ukraine are trading blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
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Trump’s historic hush-money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked
The historic hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.
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World donors pledge $2.1 billion in aid for war-stricken Sudan to ward off famine
An international conference in Paris drummed up support Monday for Sudan’s 51 million people.