#federal-regulation

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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

The Government Is Trying to Take Back Weed

And yet, convenience stores across the country-even in states where marijuana is illegal-sell a trove of fizzy drinks, vape pens, and confections all promising to get you high. My neighborhood liquor store has an entire cooler full of weed drinks, including a seltzer aptly named Bong Water, a can of which has 25 milligrams of THC. About five milligrams of that chemical, which is the main psychoactive component in marijuana, will make the occasional weed user feel a light buzz.
US politics
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fromStreetsblog
2 months ago

Want Safer Vehicles? Amid Federal Inaction, Look to the States - Streetsblog USA

Federal vehicle safety regulations lag behind needed technologies and fail to address increasing vehicle size and weight that raise crash severity and fatalities.
California
fromInsideEVs
2 months ago

California Pushes On With EV Chargers While Trump Changes The Rules-Again

California continues to expand EV charging infrastructure and incentives despite federal policy rollbacks that favor gas-station interests and constrain public EV support.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
3 months ago

President Trump's War on "Woke AI" Is a Civil Liberties Nightmare

The White House's recently-unveiled 'AI Action Plan' wages war on so-called 'woke AI'-including large language models (LLMs) that provide information inconsistent with the administration's views.
US politics
US news
fromBoston.com
3 months ago

US government proposes easing some restrictions on drones traveling long distances

A new federal rule will simplify the process for drone operators to gain approval for out-of-sight flights.
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