Johnson & Johnson's Getting Sued Over Baby Powder Cancer Risk

Susan Berfield reports on Johnson & Jonhson's baby powder problem.

Apr 1st, 2016

Susan Berfield reports on Johnson & Jonhson's baby powder problem.

Major Automakers Keep Masks on Employees in Texas

Governor Greg Abbott recently lifted mask mandates, but not all factories are on board.

In this Feb. 15, 2021, file photo, traffic is sparse on the snow-covered Interstate 45 near The Woodlands Parkway following an overnight snowfall in The Woodlands, Texas. Temperatures plunged into the teens Monday with light snow and freezing rain.

House Panel Seeks Storm Documents from Texas Grid Operator

Last month's storm followed similar winter storms in 1989 and 2011 that also caused massive outages.

Bill Magness, President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), testifies as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources hold a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The hearings were the first in Texas since a blackout that was one of the worst in U.S. history, leaving more than 4 million customers without power and heat in subfreezing temperatures.

Texas Power Grid CEO Fired

He becomes the second senior official to depart in the wake of the one of the worst blackouts in U.S. history.

In this Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, photo, motorists get gas at a station in Sacramento, Calif. A Northern California city has become what's believed to be the first in the country to ban all new gas stations in an effort to curb emissions. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Petaluma City Council voted unanimously Monday, March 1, 2021, to prohibit the creation, expansion, reconstruction and relocation of gas stations.

California City Bans New Gas Stations

It's believed to be the first in the nation to do so.

Bartender Alyssa Dooley makes a cocktail at Mo's Irish Pub on Tuesday, March 2 in Houston.

Most Small Businesses Not Mandating Vaccines or Tests

A US Census Bureau survey shows that 70 percent of businesses say they don't require employees to have a negative COVID-19 test before coming to work.

San Diego County's primary wastewater treatment plan is located on the coast in the city's Point Loma neighborhood.

Sewage Robots Predict COVID Outbreaks in Calif.

The technique is faster, cheaper and more sensitive than other approaches.

Gavel On Sounding Block 000042143500 Small

Exxon Mobil to Pay $14.25M in Pollution Case

"Exxon has been fighting this case for 11 years now, refusing to take any responsibility for spewing millions of pounds of illegal pollution into Texas communities."

In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, cabins of a vaccine center that was introduced to the media are seen in Wiesbaden, Germany. With accusations of being slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces the problem of having a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject. With its national vaccine campaign lagging far behind that of Israel, Britain and the United States, there are growing calls in this country of 83 million to ditch or rewrite the rulebook.

Europe Seeks Vaccine 'Overdrive' to Catch Up

What normally makes German bureaucracy stolid and reliable becomes an obstacle in a crisis and costs lives.

In this May 8, 2019 file photo, then Federal Trade Commission commissioner Rohit Chopra testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Chopra, President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the federal consumer watchdog agency is likely to be face hostile questioning from Republican Senators on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, but is likely to be confirmed with Democrats controlling a majority in the Senate.

Consumer Watchdog Pick Signals More Aggressive Stance

Rohit Chopra said, if confirmed, he would likely return the bureau to aggressively penalizing companies for bad behaviors.

$The pilot-scale facility will create and test natural gas foam as a safe and stable alternative to water for fracking.$

Researchers Test Natural Gas Foam to Reduce Water in Fracking

The pilot-scale facility will create and test natural gas foam as a safe and stable alternative to water for hydraulic fracturing.

In this Feb. 15, 2021, file photo, traffic is sparse on the snow-covered Interstate 45 near The Woodlands Parkway following an overnight snowfall in The Woodlands, Texas. Temperatures plunged into the teens Monday with light snow and freezing rain.

Climate Extremes Threaten Energy Systems Across U.S.

If changes aren't made, frequent disruptions of critical services could become the new norm.

I Stock 511304438

Is It Time to Control Cigarette-Makers?

A potential solution to tobacco-related deaths is a corporate 'death penalty.'