India is seeking a WTO dispute settlement panel to rule against subsidy and local content requirements for renewable energy in some American states. The U.S. characterizes this as political retribution.
USDA Non-Reorganization The 2014 Farm Bill contains a requirement that USDA split the current job of undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services into two separate positions. However, Congress provided no funding to carry out the reorganization, which would upset many involved, and the Obama administration saw little political obligation to the effort in its final 18 months in office. Now the new political leadership at USDA must decide how it will approach the legal requirement. In truth, there is no political benef...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
