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Supply Chain
Buying Gas with Cigarettes
Without cash in their wallets, drivers often hand gas station attendants a bag of rice, cooking oil or whatever is within reach.
Food & Beverage
Fishermen Deal with Broken Oil Industry
Consumers have no idea the crab on their plates was caught in oil-soaked water.
Supply Chain
Fuel Shortage Leading Farmers to Worry About Crops
Without a dependable supply of gas, shipments of pesticides have been cut off, equipment has become impossible to operate, and crops aren't arriving at markets.
Operations
Blackouts Boost Generator Sales
Residents able to scrape together enough dollars are buying backup generators in an attempt to regain a normal life.
Operations
Millions on Hook for Water Tunnels
The struggling project could cost $16 billion.
Regulation
CA Tightens Pesticide Rules
The moves run contrary to a decision by Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the EPA, to end his agency's effort to ban the pesticide sold by Dow Chemical.
Product Development
Huge Tunnels Win Approval
The $16 billion proposal will re-engineer California's water system.
Regulation
State Will Now Label Roundup as Cancer-Causing
Monsanto, however, has filed an appeal, arguing that Roundup doesn't cause cancer and that the labels will harm the company's business.
Product Development
Jury Rules in Fight Over a Better Strawberry
A researcher sued UC Davis, saying that the university unfairly destroyed some of his work and keeps some of it locked in a freezer, depriving the world of a better strawberry.
Product Development
Is World Being Deprived of a Better Strawberry?
Two scientists have filed a lawsuit, claiming their research into the perfect strawberry is locked in a freezer at UC-Davis.
Safety
CA, Monsanto Battle Over Roundup Labels
Jack McCall spent 30 years toting a backpack of Roundup to apply to produce on his 20-acre farm. He died of cancer in late 2015, and his widow believes a warning would have saved his life.