Toxic Chemical Rules Pose Test for Biden
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Toxic Chemical Rules Pose Test for Biden

Key industries — including some that the White House is backing through other policies — are lobbying to water down the first major new rules in a generation on chemicals that pose risks to humans.
A Hungarian Town Seethes Over a Giant Chinese Battery Plant
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A Hungarian Town Seethes Over a Giant Chinese Battery Plant

A $7.8 billion factory planned by a Chinese company in eastern Hungary has become divisive even within the party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who championed it.
U.S. and Europe Angle for New Deal to Resolve Climate Spat
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U.S. and Europe Angle for New Deal to Resolve Climate Spat

American and European officials are trying to reach agreement on the outlines of a limited trade deal that could help resolve a major rift over America’s new climate legislation.