Thanks to Drones, French Wine Tastes Better June 5, 2019 By Marie Mawad The sun is shining over a vineyard in the Fronton region of southwestern France, where wine-growing began in Roman times....
Privacy Exclusion Protects Insurer from $60 Million Class Action June 5, 2019 By Andrew Simpson A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a policy exclusion for invasion of privacy claims relieved an insurer of...
University Study Backs More Controlled Burns in West for Managing Wildfire Risks June 5, 2019 Land management agencies are underutilizing controlled burns to reduce wildfire threats in the western U.S., according to a wildfire study....
Mounting Climate Change Fears Push Investors to Assess Geographical Risks June 4, 2019 By David Randall NEW YORK — With an above-average percentage of its power generated from renewable sources and one of the largest battery...
Coffee Won’t Need Cancer Warning in California After All June 4, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson California coffee lovers can indulge their caffeine habit without worry now that the state has decided the beverage doesn’t need...
Companies See $1 Trillion in Climate Risk, but More in Potential Reward June 4, 2019 By Eric Roston An analysis of thousands of corporate disclosures on climate-change risks suggests that companies stand to gain more than they lose,...
Oil in Alberta Jumps Most This Year as Fires Shut Output June 4, 2019 Canadian heavy oil in Alberta surged the most since December after wildfires forced a second producer in the region to...
Storm Tracking Could Be a Casualty of 5G June 4, 2019 By Todd Shields Satellites tracking water vapor in 2012 helped scientists accurately predict Superstorm Sandy’s frightening turn toward New York and New Jersey...
Blackbeard’s Ship Embarks for Supreme Court in Video Piracy Case June 4, 2019 By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON — The nine black-robed justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will soon navigate the treacherous legal waters around a...
Congress Passes $19 Billion in Disaster Aid, Sends Bill to Trump June 4, 2019 By Erik Wasson and Steven T. Dennis The House cleared a $19 billion disaster-aid plan for areas hit by hurricanes, Midwest floods and California wildfires on Monday...