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"‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries"

"On August 6, 2012, a corroded, eight-inch pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, cracked open, sending a white cloud hundreds of feet into the air. The cloud quickly engulfed the 19 refinery firefighters, managers and other workers who had been trying to fix what had been a small leak in the pipe."

Source: Public Health Watch, 04/28/2025

Top NIH Researcher On Ultraprocessed Foods Departs, Citing RFK Jr. Censorship

"When President Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, one group of health researchers was cautiously optimistic that their cause would finally have a champion at the highest levels of government: those focused on food and nutrition."

Source: CNN, 04/18/2025

"White House Outlines Plan To Gut NOAA, Smother Climate Research"

"The Trump administration wants to effectively break up NOAA and end its climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to help boost U.S. fossil fuel production, budget documents show."

Source: E&E News, 04/14/2025

Firm Genetically Engineers Wolves With Features Like The Extinct Dire Wolf

"Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring back lost species."

Source: AP, 04/09/2025

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