The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, potentially removing nationwide restrictions on road construction and timber harvesting across approximately 44.7 million acres of national forest land. That sentence requires a little unpacking before everyone reaches for either a chainsaw or a protest sign. The proposal…
Roundup, Regulation, and the Limits of Liability
At first glance, the lawsuit against Monsanto looks like a familiar story: a plaintiff claims that exposure to Roundup caused serious illness, a jury hears the evidence, and a multimillion-dollar company gets told to write a check. That’s the kind of David-versus-Goliath narrative that tends to resonate emotionally and politically. But peel back that surface…
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