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PNS Daily Newscast - August 6, 2020
Facebook removes a Trump post because of "deceptive" COVID19 claims; small businesses seek more pandemic relief.
2020Talks - August 6, 2020
Iowa's governor has restored the right to vote for people with past felony convictions via executive order; and Tennessee has a primary election today.
Public News Service - Environment
Congress this week will vote on a plan to cut more than $10 billion in tax breaks to oil companies and pipeline the money into developing renewable so ...Read More
Legislators will be getting free hair cuts today. Their hair samples are being collected to be tested for mercury. Erin Thompson with Women's ...Read More
Fossil fuels are considered a leading cause of global warming, and that has some questioning why the U.S. government gives the oil industry billions ...Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to change what it deems "safe levels" of "DBP" (dibutyl phthalate), by increasing the allowable exposure ...Read More
As part of the "Hundred Hours" push by Democratic leaders, Congress will vote this week on a plan to cut $10 billion in oil company tax breaks ...Read More
As part of the "Hundred Hours" push by Democratic leaders, Congress will vote this week on a plan to cut $10 billion in oil tax breaks, and use the ...Read More
Farm advocates say one of the hottest new agricultural fuels, called "cellulosic ethanol," has promise to reduce the need for oil imports, help ...Read More
Agriculture is evolving at a breakneck pace, and one of the fastest growing segments in agriculture is naturally-raised foods marketed directly to ...Read More
Last year, Senator Grassley tried and failed to get a provision through Congress that would require a percentage of all hogs to be sold on the open ...Read More
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee meets today to consider conservation and energy policy. The Committee, considering a new farm bill, includes ...Read More
