EPA delays advisers' review of 'secret science' rules

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repeatedly rescheduled and delayed a meeting of an advisory board slated to review a controversial proposal that would block the agency from considering studies that don’t make their underlying data public.  The rule in question is titled “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science,” but it is known as the secret […]

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Overnight Defense — Presented by Boeing — Stopgap spending bill includes military pay raise | Schumer presses Pentagon to protect impeachment witnesses | US ends civil-nuclear waiver in Iran

Happy Monday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.   THE TOPLINE: The House will vote Tuesday on a stopgap spending measure to keep the government open past Thursday. The continuing resolution (CR), released Monday, would push […]

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Force India admits new car needs more work

Force India says that the new VJM11 needs more work in order to recover ground lost to its mid-field rivals over the winter. Neither Sergio Perez nor Esteban Ocon made it through to the final round of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix last weekend. And on race day, both drivers finished outside the top […]

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Mother's Earth

The nine films featured in the ‘9×9 Film Festival’—created by The Source Project and presented here on Common Dreams in partnership with /The Rules project—have been made for one reason: to help people understand the reality of what’s really happening to the world’s food and farming systems, and why. As the likes of the World […]

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