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Jordan Guiao is a Research Fellow at The Australia Institute's Centre for Responsible Technology, and is the author of new book, 'Disconnect: Why we get pushed to extremes online and how to stop it' through Monash University Publishing.

"Fake news" may be new to most people, but not to followers of the anti-GMO debate. Here are some of the leading purveyors of misleading information.

People who spend summers fishing and canoeing on the Middle Fork Vermilion River should be pleased to know its water quality should be improving in the coming years. The State of Illinois reached a cleanup agreement last month with a company accused of polluting the states only national scenic river. The settlement requires Dynegy Midwest Generation to clean up toxic coal ash it dumped near the Middle Fork for nearly 60 years. ...

The New York state Legislature has passed the Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act, which aims to hold companies contracting with the state accountable for deforestation their products might create. It could range from how it is cultivated to the companys supply chain. An Accountability Framework Initiative/CDP report found more than 200 companies surveyed identified almost $80 billion of forest related risks. ...

After a company known as Solar Titan USA was recently banned from doing business in Kentucky, advocacy groups are working to raise awareness of the signs of solar fraud. Hundreds of consumers were duped into making thousands of dollars in payments for solar panels which were improperly installed, took months to install, or did not deliver on the companys promises, according to the Attorney Generals office. Lowell Wagner, a resident of Jackson County, saw an online ad for Solar Titan. ...

And yet "it's still really early days" of conversations about artificial intelligence and ethics, Executive Director Lance Lindauer said, even as the tech seeps into more industries and use cases.

If you have never heard of PBMs, you are probably not alone. However, starting next month, Hoosiers are expected to quickly learn all about pharmacy benefit managers and how their practices are driving up the price of some prescription medicine. It is important to understand what happens during the time your medicine is manufactured and before it is dispensed. ...

By Katherine Rapin for Next City.Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Florida News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration For two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, Lucys Pizza was the only restaurant open in the central mountain town of Adjuntas. The towns 18,000 residents, like those on the rest of the island, were entirely without electricity. "No one has power, you cant get gas, its difficult to make fo...

Rocky Mountain Health Plans and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, health insurance companies who offer lower-cost public option plans, have failed to meet their premium reduction targets and will face public hearings next week. At the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, Deputy Director Adam Fox said transparency on pricing - a big part of a new state law aiming to bring down overall health costs - seems to be working. "The process is creating an incentive," said Fox, &quot...

A New York nonprofit group is petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to abide by a law passed in 1968, which addresses how the FDA is supposed to inform people about non-ionizing radiation. This type of radiation is commonly found in wireless devices, like cellphones and WiFi routers. ...