The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
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Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits.
A company controlled by Goldman Sachs is helping to lead a lobbying effort by makers of fertilizer linked to “forever chemicals.”
Rare Northern Lights Animate Night Skies Around the Globe: Photos
An outburst from elevated solar activity created conditions on Thursday that kept people’s eyes glued to evening views all over the Northern Hemisphere.
Did PFAS From Sewage Sludge Poison a Family Farm?
Pastures were fertilized with toxic sewage decades ago. Nobody knew, until the cows’ milk was tested.
Purported Rembrandt Painting Found in a Maine Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
“Portrait of a Girl,” a 17th-century work believed to be by the Dutch master, had been hiding in a home in Maine.
Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals.
Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades. Scientists say it can contain high levels of the toxic substance.
For the Rescuer of an Ancient Shipwreck, Trouble Arrived in the Mail
The packages were sent to a woman whose work had led to the heralded recovery of the Kyrenia, and to new insights into classical Greek seafaring. But their ancient contents were a problem.
Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., 93, Dies; Hostage Who Chided Foreign Policy
A Foreign Service officer, he was one of 52 hostages seized in Iran and held for 444 days. He later challenged the U.S. government to reshape its diplomacy with the Islamic world.
In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits
The bottled-water company last year tried to kill legislation aimed at protecting aquifers at a time when many are at risk nationally.
Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals
Wild birds passed the virus to seals in New England at least twice last summer, a new study suggests.