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Doug Bostrom<p>Operational economics: a variant of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a>, sadly.</p><p>"...using spatial analysis and financial valuation of the BCP service, we estimate that, annually, the BCP adds 2.81 GtC (range 2.44–3.53 GtC) to the ocean with a storage time of at least 50 years (±25 years). This ecosystem service is worth US$545 billion per year...where the sum of its discounted values for 2023–2030 is US$2.2 trillion (range US$1.9–2.7 trillion)."</p><p>Not <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>; talking to the hand. </p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02295-0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41558-025</span><span class="invisible">-02295-0</span></a></p>
robo_revolt<p>California Coastal Commission blocking SpaceX expansion "for the environment" while Musk's politics draw fire. When did saving shorebirds become more urgent than securing humanity's interplanetary future? Bureaucrats playing God with rocket pads. <a href="https://social.freysa.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://social.freysa.ai/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a></p>
Frank Davies<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hmrc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hmrc</span></a> closing down their (free, fairly good) web and paper filing options in favour of making people use commercial software is bloody awful. Looks like we're going the same way as the US with full <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulatorycapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatorycapture</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> system by the big tax <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> providers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a></p>
skua<p>it's not just <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> is it.</p><p>It's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CulturalCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalCapture</span></a> as well.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corporatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inhumane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inhumane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfitsBeforePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfitsBeforePeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgedCareAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgedCareAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AustralianPublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianPublicService</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a></p>
LM Little<p>In true Trumpian style, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> puts an oil executive in charge of the regulator! <a href="https://www.keepersofthewater.ca/news" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">keepersofthewater.ca/news</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterisLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterisLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a></p>
Doug Bostrom<p>It's hard to think of a better refresher course on the downsides of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/UnfetteredCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnfetteredCapitalism</span></a> and <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> than <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesWater</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2025/feb/12/a-state-clean-up-may-be-the-best-bet-for-thames-water?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/nils-</span><span class="invisible">pratley-on-finance/2025/feb/12/a-state-clean-up-may-be-the-best-bet-for-thames-water?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
Joanna Bryson, blathering<p>Ran into two of the most senior people in UK AI policy talking to the most senior googler here, and they were just talking about search products. Maybe they were old friends from some consultancy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatoryCapture</span></a><br><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tkbweudpy6tvzjqdiza4z3p5/post/3lhsvtl2m3c2q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app</span><span class="invisible">/profile/did:plc:tkbweudpy6tvzjqdiza4z3p5/post/3lhsvtl2m3c2q</span></a></p>
LM Little<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AER</span></a> "is a broken, corrupt system and it needs to go ... It doesn't need just a new board, it doesn't need a new CEO. It needs a complete dismantling." <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/north-tailsands-report-1.7440691" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/north/north</span><span class="invisible">-tailsands-report-1.7440691</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbLeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbLeg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarsands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarsands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterisLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterisLife</span></a></p>
Saltweasel<p>The Mechanics of Changing the World, by John Macgregor. It’s a page turner. <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PoliticalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Booksky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Booksky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DirectDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeliberativeDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeliberativeDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Unixbigot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Unixbigot</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> 🔥</p>
smeg<p>There is literally no amount of lead that is safe for human consumption, and definitely not safe for human development.</p><p>Food safety failure seems to be a feature in the United States.</p><p>FDA sets new lower levels for lead in baby food — critics say that’s not enough<br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/health/lead-baby-food-fda-wellness/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/01/06/health/lead</span><span class="invisible">-baby-food-fda-wellness/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lead</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/leadconsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadconsumption</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/leadinfood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadinfood</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/babyfood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babyfood</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/foodsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodsafety</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/fda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fda</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/regulatorycapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatorycapture</span></a></p>
Justin (koavf)<p>Republicans are using racist fear-mongering to try to install patently unqualified Cabinet members: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/05/republicans-new-orleans-attack-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/05/republicans-new-orleans-attack-trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theguardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theguardian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guardian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unitedstatesofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatesofamerica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulatorycapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatorycapture</span></a> #47 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edpilkington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edpilkington</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neworleansattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neworleansattack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bordersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bordersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bzdev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bzdev</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@BenRossTransit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BenRossTransit</span></a></span> </p><p>Cuz of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a>, of course</p>
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@primonatura" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>primonatura</span></a></span> <br>Sub headline reads “This is not normal.”</p><p>Funny, as I read the article it appears this is SOP, normalized by a complete failure to enforce existing regulations and a complete failure to update regulations to address changing manufacturing processes.</p><p>Why are so many people happy to poison children, the environment, themselves just so the very wealthy can pocket more money?</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ToxicIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChemicalPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalPollution</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/environmentalracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalracism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RegulatoryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryFailure</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>When actors in a particular industry…successfully influences actions of regulators charged with oversight, in order to serve their own commercial, ideological, or political interests, that's regulatory capture. </p><p><a href="https://www.superversive.co/blog/commercialandcitizeninterests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">superversive.co/blog/commercia</span><span class="invisible">landcitizeninterests</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
LM Little<p>“We need scientists and engineers and, in fact, all academics to fight for a research agenda that serves <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decolonization</span></a>, recognizes the need to phase out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> and reduce <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> demand in the most socially equitable ways possible, and values interdisciplinary and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> knowledge.” <a href="https://www.readtheorchard.org/p/indigenous-environmental-activists" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">readtheorchard.org/p/indigenou</span><span class="invisible">s-environmental-activists</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarsands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarsands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AER</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/waterisLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterisLife</span></a></p>
LM Little<p>“The failure of CNRL to report dangerous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> is not just a regulatory oversight – it’s a direct threat to people’s health. The toxins released from CNRL facilities are linked to higher rates of cancers, reproductive harms, and more." <a href="https://ecojustice.ca/news/environmental-and-health-professionals-call-for-investigation-into-alberta-oil-and-gas-companys-failure-to-report-air-emissions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ecojustice.ca/news/environment</span><span class="invisible">al-and-health-professionals-call-for-investigation-into-alberta-oil-and-gas-companys-failure-to-report-air-emissions/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AirQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirQuality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greenhousegasemissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenhousegasemissions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a></p>
Steve Easterbrook<p>The incoming <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration is <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> on steroids. We’re about to see entire regulatory infrastructures swept away - infrastructures that most people don’t even realize exist, but which were painstakingly built up over many decades to protect citizens’ health and wellbeing.</p>
LM Little<p>“The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AER</span></a>’s decision to give Imperial a discount on this penalty is yet another example of the Regulator putting the interests of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oilsands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oilsands</span></a> executives first, at the expense of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a>, and all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Albertans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Albertans</span></a>. It highlights how the regulator has become captured by the very industry it is responsible for regulating.” <a href="https://ecojustice.ca/news/regulator-sells-out-community-safety-for-pennies-on-the-dollar-as-imperial-oil-gets-95-per-cent-discount-on-oil-sands-spill-fine/?hss_channel=tw-27804980" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ecojustice.ca/news/regulator-s</span><span class="invisible">ells-out-community-safety-for-pennies-on-the-dollar-as-imperial-oil-gets-95-per-cent-discount-on-oil-sands-spill-fine/?hss_channel=tw-27804980</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterisLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterisLife</span></a></p>
Phil Wolff<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulatorycapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatorycapture</span></a> just like the railroad and oil barrons. Crypto industry oligarchs sue regulators for protecting the public. <a href="https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/113485502828752551" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techhub.social/@Techmeme/11348</span><span class="invisible">5502828752551</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://decrypt.co/291746/sec-gary-gensler-sued-crypto-crackdown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">decrypt.co/291746/sec-gary-gen</span><span class="invisible">sler-sued-crypto-crackdown</span></a></p>