By Hillel Aron on October 1, 2019
An 18-month probe by Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee produced a report, provocatively titled: “The NRA and Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset.” It accuses NRA officers, board members and donors of helping to facilitate Russia’s illegal influence campaign during the 2016 presidential race.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution, Autonomous Vehicles, California, coal, Donald Trump, e-cigarettes, Elon Musk, Environmental Protection Agency, NRA, Tesla, THC, Vaping, Warning Wire |
By Chelsea Conaboy on September 24, 2019
President Trump is revoking California’s authority to set its own vehicle emissions standards, setting the stage for a Supreme Court battle.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Food Supply, Government accountability, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on September 17, 2019
A decade after General Motors teetered on bankruptcy, workers say they want some payback for their sacrifices.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer product safety, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, wage theft, Workplace |
By Chelsea Conaboy on September 10, 2019
The shooting massacre in Odessa, Texas, highlighted gaps in the system of background checks. The shooter’s effort to buy a gun from a licensed dealer was rejected, so he turned to private market instead.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Government accountability, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on September 3, 2019
Fresh off a spat with car makers, the Trump administration seems to be walking into another fight with a big industry over whether deregulation is going too far. The EPA has laid out a plan to roll back regulation of methane gas, saying it will save the oil and gas industry money.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco Industry |
By Chelsea Conaboy on August 27, 2019
Convenience, selection and quick delivery have made Amazon a trusted brand. But a team of Wall Street Journal reporters found thousands of products for sale on Amazon that wouldn’t be permitted on the shelves of big box stores because they had been deemed unsafe or were outright banned by federal regulators.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Drinking Water, Environmental Safety and Health, FDA, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Product Hazards and Recalls, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on August 20, 2019
Food and Drug Administration for the second time proposes a series of graphic warning labels for cigarette packs and advertising, but could face another legal challenge from the tobacco industry
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability, Smoking and Tobacco Industry, wage theft |
By Chelsea Conaboy on August 13, 2019
The Endangered Species Act is getting an overhaul by the Trump White House that will affect hundreds of species now considered “threatened.”
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health, Food Supply, Government accountability, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Chelsea Conaboy on August 6, 2019
Big soda companies, pressured to reduce plastic use, back away from lobbying firm tied to group opposing bag bans.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, Consumer Protection, FDA, Firearms, Food Supply, Government accountability |
By Marjie Lundstrom on July 30, 2019
Shooters stormed two celebrations on both coasts, killing four – including two children. The violence in Gilroy and Brooklyn renewed cries about the status of gun laws.
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Standing Up for Free Speech and Open Government
By Sue Cross">Sue Cross on August 16, 2018
Today, the Institute for Nonprofit News joins journalists across the country in asking you, the public, to stand up for your rights to free speech and an open government.
This started as a campaign by The Boston Globe to ask the President of the United States to knock off attacking the news media. But the President’s attacks on the press aren’t ultimately about the press.
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