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[Link] Joe Manchin Wants to Let Companies Keep Polluting in Private, Thanks
Read: 5/4/2022 www.vice.com
Should companies have to explain their role in causing climate change? There’s a simple answer, according to Sen. Joe Manchin: Hell no.
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[Link] Research Center: Limiting Anonymity Helps to Expose Terrorists (and Pirates)
Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
The International Center for Law and Economics believes that cloud hosting providers and related services should do more to deter illegal activity. Responding to an inquiry from the U.S.
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[Link] US oil giants top list of lobby offenders holding back climate action
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
ExxonMobil and Chevron are the world’s most obstructive organisations when it comes to governments setting climate policies, according to research into the “prolific and highly sophisticated” lobbying ploys used by the fossil fuel industry.
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[Link] Even Republicans Can Be Convinced That Big Oil’s to Blame for Climate Change
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. What does it take to convince a Republican that oil and gas companies lied about the existence of climate change and are responsible for contributing to it?
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[Link] EU Parliament Committee Adopts Digital Services Act
Read: 10/10/2021 torrentfreak.com
The EU's plans to modernize copyright law in Europe are moving ahead. The Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) has just adopted a draft of the new Digital Services Act.
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[Link] The NRA Is Bankrupt But It Still Owns America’s Gun Agency
Read: 23/9/2021 www.thedailybeast.com
The NRA declared bankruptcy; its longtime chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, has been disgraced, setting the gun rights group back on its heels.
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[Link] Amazon Is Lobbying the Federal Government to Legalize Weed
Read: 22/9/2021 www.vice.com
Amazon announced on Tuesday that it is lobbying the federal government to pass a bill that would deschedule and tax weed, making it federally legal in states that have already legalized cannabis.
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[Link] Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free to all
Read: 26/8/2021 www.sciencemag.org
The United Kingdom currently has one of the highest rates of open-access publication in the world, with many researchers posting their research papers on websites that make them publicly available for free.
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[Link] Nancy Pelosi’s Surprise Flip on Student Debt Cancellation Came After Urging From Billionaire Power Couple
Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com
The drive to persuade President Joe Biden to cancel student debt took a major hit last week when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stunned Congress with a surprise statement in opposition.
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[Link] Wall Street Investors Press Corporate Landlords on Eviction Plan
Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com
In courthouses across the country this week, grief and anger over looming eviction orders turned to hope as the Biden administration shifted course.
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[Link] Uber, Lyft Introduce Prop 22 Clone to Undermine Labor Law In Massachusetts
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
It’s nearly been a year since Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Postmates wrote Proposition 22—a ballot measure that exempted them from following California labor laws—and spent $220 million on a deceptive campaign to pass it.
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[Link] Meet the Russian patriots making their presence felt in Australia
Read: 15/2/2021 www.abc.net.au
Vladimir Putin wants to reclaim Russia's former glory, and he expects the support of Russians across the globe, wherever they may live.