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Bee-Killing Pesticides May Get New Restrictions From the EPA

The bees are dying and we need to ban neonicotinoid pesticides before they kill them all, taking away a third of the crops we rely on for food with them. The European Union announced a two-year ban in 2013, so why doesn’t the United States? While it’s not an outright prohibition, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it’s accepting public comments on a proposed label change that would create

Chevron pays reported $5M to family of Pennsylvania well fire victim

By David DeKok HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Chevron Corp. has paid a reported $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed last year by the parents of a worker who was burnt to death in a gas well fire in western Pennsylvania. Local media reported the $5 million settlement, saying it had been approved by a judge in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in Pittsburgh earlier this month. John Gismondi,

Tesoro slams EPA biofuel plan as 'giant step' toward litigation

U.S. oil refiner Tesoro Corp has slammed the U.S. government’s proposal for renewable fuel use, signaling a lengthy legal fight may be in the cards ahead of the new quotas being finalized later this year. “If the goal of the Administration was to set the stage for protracted and complex litigation over the rule when finalized later this year, today’s proposal is a giant step toward that objective,” said Stephen