All North America articles – Page 18
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NewsSenate eliminates EPA chemical risk assessment programme
EPA Integrated Risk Information System will dissolve if Senate spending bill is enacted
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NewsChemical plants urged to revise emergency plans
US chemical safety agency says the Arkema disaster caused by hurricane Harvey should serve as a warning to other companies
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NewsRepublican tax bill backed by industry but not science
Chemical industry says tax overhaul will be fairer, but science groups warn that it will harm research
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BusinessChina moves in on US shale gas
Alaska and West Virginia have welcomed investment from Chinese entities to develop US shale resources
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NewsTrump’s pick for agriculture chief scientist bows out
Sam Clovis, the nominee for the US agriculture department’s head scientist post, withdraws to the relief of scientists and science groups
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NewsEPA bans grantees from providing science advice
US science community and Congress unite to attack policy that prohibits many academic researchers serving on advisory committees
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NewsUS universities told to sort out postdoc job titles chaos
A range of job titles leave postdocs with varying salaries, benefits and training plans
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NewsWhite House urged to consider climate change consequences
Weather events may have cost the US federal government over $350 billion
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NewsUproar over EPA’s plan to ban its grantees from science committees
EPA chief says members of its scientific advisory panels get ‘millions of dollars’ in grants from the agency, which poses conflicts of interest
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NewsLitany of security breaches at US government science institute revealed
National Institute of Standards and Technology’s security lapses persist, more than two years after illegal meth production was uncovered at one of its sites
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NewsSuppression of academic freedom a ‘global crisis’
Universities around the world under attack as states and groups seek to silence free thought
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NewsObama era clean power plan to be binned
US environment agency to end dalliance with country’s first limits on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants
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BusinessLong road to recovery for Puerto Rico pharmaceuticals
As inhabitants begin to rebuild their lives after the devastation of hurricane Maria, the island’s drug manufacturers are recovering slowly
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NewsTrump’s latest immigration edict worries US research community
White House’s updated and expanded rules will harm the US’s scientific enterprise, science advocates and research universities warn
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NewsUS university diversity scheme to learn from UK experience
Initiative to be launched next month will support women in science and be broadened to race and beyond
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NewsUS rules for ‘dual-use’ research found lacking
Regulations may overlook studies of concern and needlessly hamper other work
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NewsPublic record requests concern chemists
The increasing use of US freedom of information requests to obtain research grants could threaten intellectual property and innovation
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BusinessHurricanes’ chemical consequences
Gulf coast petrochemical plants move to restart operations, while concerns persist about the fallout from hurricane Irma
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NewsCanada invests in basic science
Government to inject half a billion dollars into fundamental research through discovery grants, scholarships and fellowships
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BusinessFDA warns Pfizer subsidiary over Epipen malfunctions
Manufacturer did not fully investigate reports of patients dying after auto-injector failures