The European Union’s ESG framework — a shadow of its former self after a year of deep cuts — is drawing renewed threats from the US. At issue is the so-called extraterritoriality of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. The EU just struck a deal to exempt more than […]
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Truck drivers are encountering a new risk on the highway: Law enforcement officers are empowered by the Trump administration to pull them off the road if they fail an English test. The government argues the rules are critical to safety. For Vadym Shpak, they’re a costly and frustrating disruption. Shpak, the owner of an Illinois-based
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The Texas House gaveled out of the second special session late Wednesday, leaving behind Senate Bill 6, which would have broadly banned consumable hemp products with any “detectable amount of any cannabinoid.” Only those with cannabidiol or cannabigerol, which are both non-psychoactive, would have stayed legal. That means most forms of consumable hemp-derived products stay
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Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and prevent accidents. Two railroads — BNSF and Norfolk Southern — launched partial trials, but haven’t fully
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