Laws & Regulations

Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani, right, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, walks into federal court in San Jose, Calif., on June 24, 2022.
Laws & Regulations
Holmes' Former Partner Gets Nearly 13 Years in Theranos Case
The sentence is slightly longer than that given to the CEO.
Featured
I Stock 1307766319
Laws & Regulations
Former Grain Company CEO Indicted on Fraud Charges
He is charged with defrauding farmers, banks and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture.
December 7, 2022
I Stock 1270690843
Labor
Judge Orders Slaughterhouse Cleaners Not to Hire Minors
Investigators identified at least 50 minors who were cleaning dangerous equipment on overnight shifts.
December 7, 2022
Ap22339853070951
Laws & Regulations
Biden to Visit Arizona Computer Chip Site, Highlight Jobs
Biden has staked his legacy in large part on major investments in technology and infrastructure.
December 6, 2022
City workers remove garbage floating on the Negro River, Manaus, Brazil, June 6, 2022.
Energy
Negotiators Take First Steps Toward Plastic Pollution Treaty
A self-named “high ambition coalition” of countries wants an end to plastic pollution by 2040.
December 5, 2022
Project developers plan to build carbon capture pipelines connecting dozens of Midwestern ethanol refineries, such as this one in Chancellor, S.D., shown on July 22, 2021.
Energy
EPA Seeks to Mandate More Use of Ethanol, Other Biofuels
The move is welcomed by renewable fuel and farm groups but condemned by environmentalists and oil industry groups.
December 2, 2022
Top Headlines
A group of visitors return to Stephen C. Foster State Park after an overnight camping trip on the Red Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. A member of President Joe Biden's cabinet urged Georgia officials in a letter dated Nov. 22, 2022, to deny permits for a proposed mine near the edge of the famed Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, saying the plan poses “unacceptable risk” to the swamp's fragile ecology.
Interior Secretary: `Unacceptable' to Mine Near Famed Swamp
December 8, 2022
I Stock 490802884
Pharma's Expensive Gaming of the Drug Patent System
December 5, 2022
A Norfolk Southern rail yard in Atlanta, Sept. 14, 2022.
Senate Passes Bill to Avert Rail Strike
December 2, 2022
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., at the White House, Nov. 29, 2022.
House Votes to Impose Deal on Railroad Unions
December 1, 2022
Latest
Today in Manufacturing Podcast
Sponsored
Today in Manufacturing Podcast
Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.
November 21, 2022
I Stock 1342289883
Energy
Seafood Company Fined $345,000 for Air Act Violations
The company was operating three solid waste incinerators that lacked any emission control or monitoring systems.
November 30, 2022
Craig Stevens holds a bottle of brown water as he speaks with members of the media outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Pennsylvania's most active gas driller has pleaded no contest to criminal environmental charges in a landmark pollution case. Houston-based Coterra Energy Inc. entered its plea Tuesday.
Laws & Regulations
Gas Driller Pleads No Contest to Polluting Town's Water
Residents say their aquifer was ruined by Houston-based Coterra Energy Inc.
November 30, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks during the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment meeting at the G20 summit, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022.
Laws & Regulations
Biden Calls on Congress to Head Off Rail Strike
Congress plans to take up legislation that would impose the deal unions agreed to in September.
November 29, 2022
President Joe Biden gestures boarding Air Force One at Nantucket Memorial Airport in Nantucket, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022.
Laws & Regulations
Biden to Visit Michigan Computer Chip Factory
He's visiting a semiconductor manufacturing plant undergoing a $300 million expansion.
November 29, 2022
A flare for burning excess methane, or natural gas, from crude oil production, is seen at a well pad east of New Town, N.D., May 18, 2021. The Interior Department on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, proposed rules to limit methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands, the latest action by the Biden administration to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming.
Energy
U.S. Rule Would Limit Methane Leaks from Public Lands Drilling
The rule would require energy companies to better detect methane leaks.
November 29, 2022
Chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm in Iowa on Oct. 21, 2015.
Laws & Regulations
Bird Flu Prompts Slaughter of 1.8M Chickens in Nebraska
The outbreak has already led to the slaughter of more than 50 million birds nationwide.
November 28, 2022
I Stock 1097542316
Labor
Investigators: Firm that Cleans Meat Plants Employed Minors
The company allegedly employed more than two dozen minors working overnight shifts cleaning saws, grinding machines and other processing equipment.
November 23, 2022
A youth plays near the machine where the sugar cane is weighed in the Lima batey, or neighborhood, in La Romana, where Central Romana Corporation, Ltd. operates its sugar operations in Dominican Republic, Nov. 17, 2021.
Labor
Dominican Sugar Imports Tied to Forced Labor Rejected by U.S.
The company allegedly isolated workers, withheld wages, fostered abusive working and living conditions and pushed for excessive overtime.
November 23, 2022
I Stock 917590948
Labor
Aero Precision Settles Discrimination Claims
The firearm maker routinely screened out eligible candidates who were not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.
November 22, 2022
I Stock 1151722285
Laws & Regulations
Mississippi Farms to Pay Nearly $260,000 for Labor Violations
Dozens of Mississippi Delta farm workers will receive back pay.
November 22, 2022
One of Pacific Gas & Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors in Avila Beach, Calif., is viewed Nov. 3, 2008.
Energy
Feds Offer $1B to Keep California's Last Nuclear Plant Open
The plant had been scheduled to close by 2025.
November 22, 2022
I Stock 1372085619
Energy
How to Design Clean Energy Subsidies That Work
Without wasting money on free riders.
November 22, 2022
Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, walks into federal court with her partner Billy Evans, right, and her parents in San Jose, Calif., Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. A federal judge will decide whether Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology.
Laws & Regulations
Elizabeth Holmes Gets More Than 11 Years for Theranos Scam
Holmes' attorney indicated she would appeal the sentence.
November 21, 2022
A bottle of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey is displayed next to a Bad Spaniels dog toy in Arlington, Va., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Jack Daniel's has asked the Supreme Court justices to hear its case against the manufacturer of the toy.
Laws & Regulations
Jack Daniel's Takes Dog Toy Case to the Supreme Court
The whiskey maker has taken issue with a squeak toy that mimics its bottle and uses "poop humor."
November 21, 2022