Matthew Renda

US Spent $350B On Climate Change Related Disaster Relief In Last Decade

Trump has repeatedly called climate change a hoax and withdrew the United States from the United Nations Paris climate agreement in June.

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By Matthew Renda
Western Wildfires

A nonpartisan congressional investigative agency has released a report detailing the escalating costs of climate change-related weather events, and says the federal government must do more to grapple with fiscal problems caused by global shifts in climate. The Government Accountability Office used data from several federal agencies to estimate

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Judge Accepts Settlement In Google Data Mining Case

At the heart of the case is Google’s practice of intercepting emails sent to Gmail customers, and scanning the content of those emails for two purposes — weeding out spam content and for targeted advertising.

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By Matthew Renda
Exhibitors of the Google company work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. (AP/Jens Meyer)

A federal judge indicated on Thursday that she will approve a preliminary settlement between Google and users whose email content was scanned for advertising purposes. “I intend to grant preliminary approval for the settlement in this case,” U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh during a hearing Thursday afternoon. At the heart of the case is Google’s

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State AGs Line Up To Oppose Trump’s Muslim Ban Rules

Since January, attorneys general have been on the front lines fighting this unconstitutional, unlawful, and un-American ban – and we’ll continue to act to protect our communities and ensure families are not torn apart.”

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By Matthew Renda
Demonstrators hold signs at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during a demonstration to denounce President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP/Branden Camp)

A team of state attorneys general launched their salvo against the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict travel to the United States by grandparents and other close relatives who come from six predominately Muslim nations. The coalition of 16 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the Trump administration’s appeal of a decision by a

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Study Links Bangladeshi Children’s Deaths To Pesticide

The death of 13 children in Bangladesh has been linked to the use of a pesticide known as Endosulfan.

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By Matthew Renda
A "Do Not Enter" sign marks a field of head cabbage during the spraying of pesticides near Chualar, Calif., Monday, Sept. 16, 2002. (AP Photo/Mike Fiala)

The sudden deaths of 13 children in a remote village in Bangladesh was caused by exposure to a routinely used pesticide applied in a nearby lychee tree orchard, according to a scientific report released Monday. The study published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene shed light on a mystery occurring in 2012, where 13 children

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