Agriculture Farming Great Lakes Now Michigan

Conflict Over A Blockbuster Farm Chemical

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Conflict Over A Blockbuster Farm Chemical

Not since DDT was introduced to U.S. agriculture to kill insects after World War Two has a farm chemical been as important to American crop production, and come under more scientific, political, and legal scrutiny as the weedkiller Roundup, and its active ingredient, glyphosate.

With the election of President Donald Trump, the conflict over glyphosate’s risks and benefits entered a new realm of confrontation that has the potential to alter its stature as the favored chemical tool in agriculture, the largest user of fresh water in the blue economy of Michigan and the Great Lakes.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Clean Technica

A Wishlist Of EVs At The 125th New York International Auto Show That I’d Like To See In Asia

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There is usually little speculation about cars displayed at motor shows in Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo coming the Philippines. For vehicles showcased at the European and North American shows, automotive soothsayers become more careful, outright skeptical in their forecasts. For this article I made a wishlist of EVs I … [continued]

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London Free Press

Lotto fever: Big Southwestern Ontario winners who made headlines

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It was the $5-million mystery that gripped people across Southwestern Ontario: Who bought the winning lottery ticket that nearly hit its one-year expiry date before being cashed in? The question appears to have a happy answer. But high-profile lottery mega-wins don’t always have such positive endings. LFP’s Brian Williams looks back on other fascinating Southwestern […]