Chlorpyrifos Will No Longer Be Allowed on Food Crops

“It is very unusual,” Michal Freedhoff, the E.P.A. assistant administrator for chemical safety and pollution prevention, said of the court’s directive. “It speaks to the impatience and the frustration that the courts and environmental groups and farmworkers have with the agency.” “The court basically said, ‘Enough is enough,’” Ms. Freedhoff said. “Either tell us that…

The Rise of Instagram Couture

Dua and Kendall: Backgrid; Johnstone: Brittney Christie; Small Talk: Courtesy of the designer; Center image: Michons Marigot Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Some of this couture season’s best moments referenced the glory days of models gliding through ateliers, each carrying individual look numbers and wearing skyline-obscuring…

Peak Summer Flavors

It’s Kim, not Sam, lol. He’s on his annual sojourn to fish and chill but left strict instructions for us to continue working. Whatevs! There will be some decidedly non-Sam things in here this week, but there will be a no-recipe recipe today. I call this Girlfriend Pasta because my girlfriend makes it for us…