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Author: Erin Elizabeth

WSJ: Google Under Antitrust Investigation by 50 Attorneys General

WSJ: Google Under Antitrust Investigation by 50 Attorneys General

Posted by | Sep 12, 2019 | , , , ,

Fifty attorneys general from US states and territories signed onto an antitrust investigation into Google this week. The development places even more pressure on the influential tech firm that is already facing intense government scrutiny over its market dominance. The bipartisan probe is being led by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton from Texas and will focus primarily on Google’s advertising and search businesses. However, in remarks given Monday, the attorneys general implied that they might expand the investigation in the future. RELATED STORY: Washington Post: New York Announces Antitrust Investigation into Facebook, Kicking off Multistate Effort Attorneys general from...

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Denmark buys country’s last remaining circus elephants to let them retire

Denmark buys country’s last remaining circus elephants to let them retire

Posted by | Sep 11, 2019 | , , ,

The government of Denmark plans to ban wild animals in circuses later this year. Just four circus elephants are remaining in the country, and they plan to spend $1.6 million to buy them to give them a proper retirement. Mogen Jensen, Food and Fisheries Minister, said there are no immediate plans as to where to put the elephants, named Ramboline, Lara, Djunga, and Jenny. However, applicants prepared to take the gentle creatures should offer an appropriate takeover and proper care and accommodations. Until then, Animal Protection Denmark will ensure their well-being. Jensen said in a press realease: “We have...

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Reuters: Japan will have to dump radioactive water into the sea, minister says

Reuters: Japan will have to dump radioactive water into the sea, minister says

Posted by | Sep 11, 2019 | , , ,

Japan’s environment minister said on Tuesday that Tokyo Electric Power will soon run out of room to store the radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, and they will now have to dump it into the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo Electric (or Tepco) has collected more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the cooling pipes used to keep fuel cores from melting since the plant was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Yoshiaki Harada, the minister, told a news briefing in Tokyo: “The only option will be to drain it into the sea and...

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Purdue Pharma reaches tentative settlement in federal opioids lawsuit and some state litigation

Purdue Pharma reaches tentative settlement in federal opioids lawsuit and some state litigation

Posted by | Sep 11, 2019 | ,

Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of blockbuster painkiller OxyContin, has reached a tentative settlement with 22 state attorneys general and more than 2,000 cities and counties that sued the company and accused it of fueling the opioid crisis of the past two decades, people close to the deal said Wednesday. RELATED STORY: NBC: Purdue Pharma in discussion on $10 billion-$12 billion offer to settle opioid claims: sources The executive committee of lawyers representing the cities, counties and other groups in a consolidated federal lawsuit against Purdue and other drug companies is recommending that the deal be accepted. But some attorneys general,...

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EPA Takes Major Step Toward Ending Animal Testing

EPA Takes Major Step Toward Ending Animal Testing

Posted by | Sep 11, 2019 |

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would stop conducting or funding studies on mammals by 2035. The agency stated it would devote $4.25 million for five universities to research and develop alternative methods for assessing chemical safety that doesn’t involve animal testing. The EPA will start eliminating its requests for and funding of animal testing, striving to cut use by 30 percent by 2025 and eliminate it all together ten later. RELATED STORY: California has officially banned the sale of animal-tested cosmetics Andrew Wheeler, EPA Administrator, instructed the agency to execute new ways...

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