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Monsanto giving cash to farmers who use controversial pesticide

Meanwhile, regulators in North Dakota, Missouri and Arkansas are taking steps to set restrictions on dicamba-based herbicides.

What is pesticide drift – and why is it so dangerous?

Drift of the pesticide dicamba has been linked to crop damage in 25 states this year.

Trump administration attempts to delay findings on pesticides

Is the pesticide industry running Trump's EPA?

75% of world’s honey laced with pesticides

The impact on bees of continuing to use these pesticides is expected to have widespread consequences.

Internal EPA documents show scramble for data on Monsanto’s Roundup

Monsanto itself has admitted a lack of extensive safety tests on its formulated products.

Honeybee colonies are on the rise

The number of U.S. honeybee colonies has risen 27% since last year.

Major new study shows pesticide risk to honey bees

Scientists are calling for a complete ban on neonics, but will governments listen?

EPA chief met with Dow Chemical CEO before deciding not to...

This is just the latest in a long list of examples of the Trump administration working with corporate polluters before reversing public safeguards

12 farmworkers poisoned by toxic pesticide only one month after EPA...

Chlorpyrifos originates from a nerve gas developed by Nazi Germany.

Dow Chemical pushes Trump administration to scrap pesticide study

Dow donated $1 million to the presidential inauguration and the company's CEO, Liveris, leads Trump's advisory council on manufacturing.

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Mississippi pension fund sues Apollo Global Management over downplayed Epstein ties

The fund manages retirement savings for hundreds of thousands of Mississippi teachers, police officers and other public workers, and a shareholder case like it can force a company to hand over internal records.

The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
The headquarters of CalSTRS, the California teachers' pension fund at the center of The Lever's reporting. Photo: Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Watchdog reporting examines a pension officer’s fossil fuel trades and a fire truck monopoly

The Lever's latest investigations trace a California retirement chief's oil and gas stock trading and a spreading set of antitrust suits over who builds America's fire engines.
The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, which carries traffic between the two cities of the same name across the St. Marys River. Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a...

Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sign of relief.

Del Monte Bankruptcy to destroy 420,000 Peach Trees in California

A steady decline in demand for canned products as consumers shift toward fresh produce and several other factors led to this collapse.