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Bayer Takes its Multi-Prong Battle on Pesticide Liability to Kansas
Kansas lawmakers were set to take up a bill on Tuesday backed by Bayer that would prevent people from suing pesticide manufacturers for not warning them that their products could cause cancer or ...
U.S. Safety Agency Seeks Comments on Zoox Petition to Deploy Steering Wheel-less Robotaxis
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on Amazon.com's self-driving unit Zoox to deploy up to 2,500 purpose-built, steering-wheel-free ...
Analysis Shows No Way to Know if California’s Ski Season Is Deadlier Than Usual
It's been a deadly winter on California's slopes, but the state has no idea how bad it really is. In February alone, a 21-year-old skier was found dead on a black diamond at Northstar California. ...
Heat Waves Sparking Damaging Droughts Occurring More Frequently: Study
Heat waves that lead to sudden and damaging drought are spreading across the globe at an accelerating rate, highlighting how climate change-fueled extremes can build dangerously off each other, a new ...
Burning Out: AI Fuels Six-Day Workweeks for Cybersecurity Leaders
Cybersecurity leaders are working the equivalent of a six-day workweek while absorbing fundamentally new responsibilities, according to new research from Seemplicity, a provider of an agentic AI ...
U.S. to Reinsure Maritime Losses in Gulf Up to $20B
The U.S. will provide reinsurance for losses up to $20 billion in the Gulf region, to help provide confidence for oil and gas shippers during the war on Iran, the U.S. International Development ...
Flood Patterns Have Changed; Flood Insurance Needs to Keep Up
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is going broke. Increased flood strikes in more places, combined with outdated ways of predicting flood risk, are putting property owners at risk and the ...
Chlorofluorocarbon Replacements Cause Vast ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution: Research
When the phaseout of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) was first agreed in 1987, the world narrowly avoided an environmental catastrophe. However, the replacement of CFCs is causing the ...