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Vaping Industry in Tough Fight Over e-Cigarette Bans

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Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule to extend its tobacco regulatory authority to include e-cigarettes, but in the meantime, state and local lawmakers are introducing measures to limit the use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products at a high rate [PDF]. The American Vaping Association is working to counter that trend.

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Nonprofit Helps Win Bee Species Endangered Status

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And while USFWS has yet to decide how to specifically help the species recover, it will likely include regulations on pesticides, agriculture, habitat fragmentation, and the commercial bee industry. “We Following a settlement, USFWS decided in September 2015 to conduct a full review, and a year later proposed giving the bee endangered status.

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The Great Daylight Saving Time Debate

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Two states—Arizona and Hawaii—don’t follow DST at all, while lawmakers in Florida hope to make this latest “spring forward” permanent. Organizations in several industries have a stake in the debate, which goes back decades. More sun means more tourism dollars, a driving force behind Florida’s proposed Sunshine Protection Act. “It’ll

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