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Trump: Supreme Court should limit Roundup liability |
The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to convince the Supreme Court to shield the company from liability over cancer claims related to its Roundup weedkiller, a move that could anger Trump allies in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. |
The Trump administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing that lawsuits alleging Monsanto failed to warn consumers of the health impacts of its Roundup weedkiller are preempted by federal law. The brief comes in support of Monsanto's effort to get the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling that the company had to pay damages for failing to warn about its product's health impacts. The Trump administration's brief notes that the Environmental Protection Agency considers Roundup ingredient glyphosate not likely to be cancer -causing and has approved its use. It says that states should not be able to impose further requirements that give rise to failure-to-warn lawsuits. "The labeling requirements imposed by Missouri's failure-to-warn law are preempted by [the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act,]" the brief states. Read more at TheHill.com. |
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The Trump administration on Monday stripped the words "renewable" and "energy" from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory name, furthering White House directives to abandon clean energy sources. |
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staffers who signed a letter critical of the Trump administration were unsuspended, then resuspended when the administration learned about their reinstatement. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing titled "Unleashing American Energy Dominance and Exploring New Frontiers.
- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a Wednesday hearing on nominees to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Tennessee Valley Authority
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There is an increasing apprehension among service members that they may be asked to carry out an illegal order, amid reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered troops to "kill everybody" in a boat strike in September. Read more |
| Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Monday rejected Navy Adm. Frank Bradley's reasoning for launching a second strike on a vessel in the Caribbean as two wounded survivors clung on to the boat. Read more |
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