ENVIRONMENT

Paper and bamboo straws can contain "forever chemicals" more often than plastic and steel straws, a new study from Europe published this week has found.

Shares of Foot Locker plunged after the retailer lowered its yearly forecast and suspended its quarterly dividend to conserve cash, citing "price-sensitive" consumers.

A Montana judge has sided with youth climate activists in a landmark case that argued their constitutional rights were violated by state agencies' disregard for the environment.

S&P Global Ratings has released a statement that says “we are no longer publishing new ESG credit indicators in our reports or updating outstanding ESG credit indicators."

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission finalized bans on inclined infant sleepers and crib bumpers, prohibiting them from being sold or imported for sale in the U.S.

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie took the Biden administration's Department of Energy to task over new proposed regulations for water heaters.

A Montana jury found that an asbestos clinic submitted 337 false claims that made patients in the small mining town elgible for Medicare and other benefits.

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor Tuesday and warned that smart devices like air fryers could be spying on American consumers.

American restaurateurs are fuming over a new fee being charged to their customers by a powerful third-party point-of-sale vendor, Toast Inc., without their consent.

Apple became the first public company to close a trading day with a market cap over $3 trillion Friday, even as Goldman Sachs reportedly looks to shed its credit card partnership.

The Biden administration Department of Transportation is awarding $1.7 billion for buying “low and no emission buses and transit projects across 46 states and territories."

Minnesota-based chemicals manufacturer 3M has reached a $10.3 billion agreement to settle lawsuits over contaminated U.S. drinking water systems.

A coalition of consumer advocacy groups in the U.S. and Europe are calling on governments to quickly adopt regulations on generative AI to protect consumers from its potential harms.

Politicians who support the idea of a national sales tax, which is sometimes billed as a "FairTax," are selling us a bill of goods – literally.

Americans' worries about rising inflation have hit the lowest point in more than two years, but now consumers are increasingly concerned about access to credit.

Ford Motor Co. is recalling 125,000 sport utility vehicles and trucks because engine failures may cause a fire, the automaker announced Tuesday.

The Department of the Interior held its first oil and gas lease sale in 11 months despite a federal statute requiring the agency to hold more regular auctions.

Ohio-based small business Beessential creates all-natural skin care products based on bees. After a co-worker left behind some bees at a farm, a passion was ignited and a small business born.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin joined Republicans to urge the Biden administration to cease pushing an "unrealistic environmental agenda" on the insurance industry.