BOISE, Idaho, June 6 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: A federal judge on Friday fully vacated a set of approvals by the Bureau of Land Management authorizing development of the Caldwell Canyon phosphate mine in southeastern Idaho. Phosphate from the mine was slated to be used by Bayer AG -- which in 2018 purchased the pesticide giant Monsanto -- in manufacturing glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup brand products. Glyphosate has been fo  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 6 (TNSgov) -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: A federal judge on Friday fully vacated a set of approvals by the Bureau of Land Management authorizing development of the Caldwell Canyon phosphate mine in southeastern Idaho. Phosphate from the mine was slated to be used by Bayer AG -- which in 2018 purchased the pesticide giant Monsanto -- in manufacturing glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup brand products. Glyphosate   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSgov) -- The Food Research and Action Center issued the following news release: Nine states have not yet submitted plans to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide summer benefits through the Pandemic EBT Program. If they do not do so by July 14, millions of families will be left struggling to make ends meet this summer when they lose access to school meals, says the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC). Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,   more

BOULDER, Colorado, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The Geological Society of America issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: A new study published in Geology evaluates the potential for cobalt extraction from the Idaho Cobalt Belt (ICB) of east-central Idaho, using a detailed study of the Iron Creek deposit. The ICB hosts the second largest known domestic resource of the critical mineral cobalt, one of the key ingredients in many rechargeable batteries needed for the green energy transition. Dema  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSrpt) -- The National Association of Realtors issued the following news release: * * * Key Highlights * The U.S. housing market is missing about 320,000 home listings valued up to $256,000, the affordable price range for middle-income buyers (households earning up to $75,000). * Middle-income buyers can afford to buy less than a quarter (23%) of listings in the current market. Five years ago, this income group could afford to buy half of all available homes. * Among th  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 6 (TNSgov) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: A federal judge on Friday fully vacated a set of approvals by the Bureau of Land Management authorizing development of the Caldwell Canyon phosphate mine in southeastern Idaho. Phosphate from the mine was slated to be used by Bayer AG -- which in 2018 purchased the pesticide giant Monsanto -- in manufacturing glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup brand products. Glyphosate has been fo  more