After years of lobbying to break into European markets, Canada’s tar sands oil industry is poised to score a victory from EU lawmakers who have signaled willingness to drop a requirement that labels tar sands oil as dirtier than other fossil fuels. The EU agreed five years ago to a piece of climate legislation called…
U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn struck down Kentucky’s ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, stating that it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. However, the ruling was temporarily put on hold until it is seen by the Sixth Circuit court, which will hear appeals on August 6. “Assuring equal protection for…
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A class of insecticides linked to the decline of bees may be even more ecologically damaging than previously thought, possibly causing declines in birds as well. Click Here: Maori All Blacks Store The new findings by researchers from the Netherlands were published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The researchers looked at one neonicotinoid or “neonic”…
Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado are heading to Raw. WWE Watch Along announced that Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado are heading to the Raw brand. This splits them up with Kalisto, who was drafted to SmackDown. WWE Network’s twitter account posted an interview with Lucha House Party earlier on Monday. Kalisto was boasting about how he had…
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The new investigative reporting website The Intercept has been declared a no-go zone for U.S. military personnel, according to sources and an internal memo which was obtained by the site’s journalists and published on Wednesday. Founded by billionaire Pierre Omidar and investigative journalists Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept—since its launch earlier this year—has…
The 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was the result of BP’s “gross negligence” and “willful misconduct,” a federal judge has ruled. The ruling on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier means the oil giant could be responsible for as much as $18 billion in penalties under the Clean Water Act, as…
After 2016’s bruising election cycle, 2017 might seem like a break for Republicans and Democrats to gear up for 2018’s midterms. But a handful of 2017 contests could serve as an indicator of the mood of the electorate in the early months of Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren,…