POLICY

One in Five UK Children Affected By Persistent Poverty

POLICY 06.12.2019 11:26 AM

Persistent poverty has a connection with poorer mental, social, and behavioral development in children, as well as worse educational outcomes, employment prospects, and earning power into adulthood

New Findings Show Pesticide DDT Persists in Remote Lakes at Concerning Levels

06.12.2019 11:24 AM

Pesticide use can result in persistent and permanent changes in aquatic ecosystems The pesticide DDT persists in remote lakes at concerning levels half a century it was banned, affecting critical marine species and potentially entire lake food webs, according to new findings of a multi-university research team published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.

Study Finds Ability to Deceive is a Sign of Competence in Jobs That Require Selling

06.11.2019 16:55 PM

The key findings of the survey were participants believed that liars would be more successful in high-selling occupations like banking, advertising, and sales than low-selling orientation occupations like nonprofit management and accounting

New Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide

06.10.2019 06:03 AM

The Marijuana Justice Act of 2019 will legalize the plant and expunge the criminal records of anyone who had been charged with possession.

White House Climate Review Has Some Scientists Uneasy

06.09.2019 23:11 PM

Concerns mount over reports that federal researchers could be compelled to participate in the controversial exercise.

Trump Administration Plans to Lower Classification of Nuclear Waste to Save Money

06.08.2019 09:41 AM

The Department of Energy claims that downgrading the risk level of the sludge is necessary. In a move that will roll back safety standards that have been observed for decades, the Trump administration reportedly has plans to reclassify nuclear waste previously listed as "high-level" radioactive to a lower level, in the interest of saving money and time when disposing of the material.

Joe Biden Pitches $5 Trillion Climate Proposal

06.07.2019 08:55 AM

Presidential hopeful, and former VP, Biden is targeting net zero emissions by 2050. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a more than five-trillion-dollar climate proposal that he says would lead the US to net zero emission of carbon pollution by 2050.

Germany Plans to Eliminate Coal and Nuclear Power by 2040

06.06.2019 08:29 AM

The plan to eliminate coal-burning plants as well as nuclear means that Germany will be counting on renewable energy to provide 65 percent to 80 percent of the country’s power by 2040.

Carnival Cruise Lines to Pay $20 Million for Pollution Violations

06.05.2019 16:26 PM

Carnival admitted violating terms of probation from a 2016 criminal conviction. Carnival Corp. has reached a settlement with federal prosecutors in which the world's largest cruise line agreed to pay a 20-million-dollar penalty because its ships continued to pollute the oceans despite a previous criminal conviction aimed at curbing similar conduct.