Acquiring Roundup as part of the deal to take over Monsanto has embroiled Bayer in costly litigation over allegations the weedkiller causes cancer, a charge the company denies.
Environmentalists have blamed the fuel — along with other factors like crop burning, construction dust and vehicle emissions — for the country’s toxic air that reaches alarming proportions every winter.
Biden has repeatedly expressed his personal affinity for Amtrak, which he used for decades to commute to and from his home outside Wilmington, Delaware.
The move forms part of the country’s effort to reduce carbon emissions in the transport sector, and draws on experiences with an ultra-cheap €9 ticket from summer of 2022.
Climate change is opening the global Arctic to more shipping traffic, bringing economic opportunities to some Indigenous communities but also changes to animal behavior.
Lawyers for the families argue that they were blindsided by the 2021 controversial deferred prosecution agreement with the government that granted the company legal immunity,
and weren’t consulted on its terms.