Coastal wetlands off the Eastern Shore of Virginia. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Those puddles of water along highways and property that seem like swamps are wetlands, a natural resource with numerous environmental benefits ranging from wildlife habitat and protection from flooding. How those wetlands are sited and how they are protected is determined by […]
After the nation’s leading gender equity law, Title IX, received a long-anticipated update, the reviews are in — and they’re as mixed as a can of machine-shaken paint at Sherwin-WIlliams. Civil rights advocates at the Southern Poverty Law Center praised the revisions as “bolstering protections for LGBTQ+ students.” Meanwhile, one sexual violence researcher said the […]
The Biden administration’s move on Thursday to strictly limit pollution from coal-burning power plants is a major policy shift. But in many ways it’s one more hairpin turn in a zigzag approach to environmental regulation in the United States, a pattern that has grown more extreme as the political landscape has become more polarized. Nearly […]
FILE – Pages from the Shein website, left, and from the Temu site, right, are shown in this photo, in New York, Friday, June 23, 2023. Online fast-fashion retailer Shein must face the European Union’s strictest level of digital regulations, the bloc said on Friday, April 26, 2024 as it added the company to its […]
LONDON (AP) — Online fast-fashion retailer Shein must face the European Union’s strictest level of digital regulations, the bloc said on Friday as it added the company to its list of big platforms that need extra scrutiny. The EU’s Executive Commission said it formally classed Shein as a “very large online platform” under the 27-nation […]
Coal, the fading powerhouse of the U.S. electricity system, is about to see its fortunes turn even darker. New Biden administration pollution regulations released Thursday will make it more expensive for energy companies to keep burning coal. The industry is losing two of its most powerful advocates in Congress, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and […]
With the weather warming up, boating season is also around the corner. Don’t forget that boating registrations expire in April. Conservation officers can ask for registration at any point to ensure everything is up to date. Make sure you know Iowa’s protocol for boating before heading out on the water this summer. Here are some […]
Apr. 17—MORGANTOWN — After decades of discussion and debate, and many fruitless attempts to create some semblance of regulatory structure over development in the county, the Monongalia County Commission was all set to hold a first reading of a countywide subdivision and land division ordinance (SALDO) on Wednesday. Not so fast. Instead, the commission sent […]
(Bloomberg) — The UK is starting to draft regulations to govern artificial intelligence, focusing on the most powerful language models which underpin OpenAI’s ChatGPT, people familiar with the matter said. Most Read from Bloomberg Policy officials at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology are in the early stages of devising legislation to limit potential […]
Rae-Ann Birney and Sonia Champlin packed up everything they owned and moved to Nampa in 2019 to pursue their dream of opening a coffee shop. The close friends poured everything they had into the venture, hoping to provide a better life for their families after leaving Las Vegas. The pair bought a food truck off […]
Illinois lawmakers joined the licensed cannabis industry Thursday in calling for a ban on intoxicating hemp products such as Delta-8-THC, a move retailers of such substances said would put them out of business. The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois, which represents large licensed marijuana companies, called for allowing regulated sales of non-intoxicating hemp products such […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Commercial vehicles, such as big rigs, can be an intimidating vehicle to drive next to when on the roadway. The California Department of Motor Vehicles defines a commercial vehicle used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation […]