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G.O.P. Plan on Pesticides Faces Revolt From MAHA Moms

The provision in the government funding bill could shield pesticide companies from billions of dollars in lawsuits.

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A bill could protect pesticide makers from billions of dollars in payouts to plaintiffs in lawsuits claiming their products cause cancer.
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‘It’s a lot of fear’: the rise of ecoanxiety on the frontline of climate breakdown

As study shows 78% of UK under-12s worry about the issue, people in their 20s around world share their experiences

“We have lost so much already, and we don’t realise it,” says Eparama Qerewaqa, recalling the cyclones that hit his community in Fiji.

When he was a child, Qerewaqa, now 27, would hear the flowing river as he slept, and during the day, he would run through forest paths, collecting guavas and mandarins before diving into creeks to catch prawns. Today, climate breakdown has made Nuku, the village he grew up in, a shadow of itself.

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© Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

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The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of RFK Jr.’s Agenda

The health secretary has begun a full-on assault against vaccines but has taken a more restrained approach to pesticides and unhealthy foods, also MAHA priorities.

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A grocery store in Miami Beach. Scientists say the health report did not propose bans on pesticides, taxes on sugary drinks or incentive programs to make healthy foods more affordable.
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The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of Kennedy’s Agenda

The health secretary has begun a full-on assault against vaccines but has taken a more restrained approach to pesticides and unhealthy foods, also MAHA priorities.

© Scott McIntyre for The New York Times

A grocery store in Miami Beach. Scientists say the health report did not propose bans on pesticides, taxes on sugary drinks or incentive programs to make healthy foods more affordable.
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