All North America articles – Page 18
-
News
Senate eliminates EPA chemical risk assessment programme
EPA Integrated Risk Information System will dissolve if Senate spending bill is enacted
-
News
Chemical 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
-
News
Republican 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
-
Business
China moves in on US shale gas
Alaska and West Virginia have welcomed investment from Chinese entities to develop US shale resources
-
News
Trump’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
-
News
EPA bans grantees from providing science advice
US science community and Congress unite to attack policy that prohibits many academic researchers serving on advisory committees
-
News
US universities told to sort out postdoc job titles chaos
A range of job titles leave postdocs with varying salaries, benefits and training plans
-
News
White House urged to consider climate change consequences
Weather events may have cost the US federal government over $350 billion
-
News
Uproar 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
-
News
Litany 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
-
News
Suppression of academic freedom a ‘global crisis’
Universities around the world under attack as states and groups seek to silence free thought
-
News
Obama 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
-
Business
Long 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
-
News
Trump’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
-
News
US 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
-
News
US rules for ‘dual-use’ research found lacking
Regulations may overlook studies of concern and needlessly hamper other work
-
News
Public record requests concern chemists
The increasing use of US freedom of information requests to obtain research grants could threaten intellectual property and innovation
-
Business
Hurricanes’ chemical consequences
Gulf coast petrochemical plants move to restart operations, while concerns persist about the fallout from hurricane Irma
-
News
Canada invests in basic science
Government to inject half a billion dollars into fundamental research through discovery grants, scholarships and fellowships
-
Business
FDA warns Pfizer subsidiary over Epipen malfunctions
Manufacturer did not fully investigate reports of patients dying after auto-injector failures