Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior? US Senate Hearing
“Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior? October 28, 2020 253 Russell Senate Office Building U.S. Sen. …
Tag Archives: Regulation
Inflated Charges by Doctors is a Primary Reason for the High Cost of the US Medical System Compared to Other Countries; MDs Fleece Medicaid, Medicare & Private Insurance; Regulation (Cost/Fee Caps) & Monitoring for Fraud is the Only Solution
The inflated charges by medical doctors are a primary reason that the US medical system is so costly, and appears …
River Bend Nuclear Station in Louisiana: Scram Due to Low Reactor Water Level; Still at Zero Power
Any loss of cooling water is a “near miss”. Some are just closer than others. Why do these “events” always …
GAO Report Shows Unknown Taxpayer Costs for Oil and Gas Operations; Need for Updated Rules
“06.05.18 Grijalva Highlights GAO Report Showing Unknown Taxpayer Costs for Oil and Gas Operations, Need for Updated Rules Washington, D.C. …
Greenpeace: Kavanaugh’s Appointment To The US Supreme Court Will Have Lasting Repercussions That Will Harm Our Environment
“Greenpeace: Kavanaugh’s appointment to the US Supreme Court will have lasting repercussions that will harm our environment October 6, 2018 …
National Tribal Air Association Comment Opposing Proposed EPA Rule
Comment by Thursday night, 1159 US Eastern Time. It becomes public record. Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 Comment submitted …
The President Of Harvard University’s Letter Opposing Proposed EPA Rule
Comment by Thursday night, 1159 US Eastern Time. It becomes public record. Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 NB: Pruitt …
“Do We Really Evaluate Each Being On The Basis Of A Monetary Value?”
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline August 13th, 11.59 …
“Only Our Environmental Protection Measures Stand Between Us And Disaster”
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline Monday August 13th, …
Trump Administration Taking The E And The P Out Of The EPA
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline August 13th, 11.59 …
Trump EPA Cost-Benefit Analysis Proposed Rule Comment Deadline Is Monday, August 13th, 11.59 pm Eastern Time
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline August 13th, 11.59 …
Louisiana River Bend Nuclear Power Station Comment Deadline In A Few Hours; Petition For Hearing By July 23rd
Comment by June 21, 2018, 11.59 pm (23.59) EDT (DC-NY). 10:59 pm in Louisiana (CDT). A request for a hearing …
Entergy-River Bend Nuclear Want To Move Reactor Cooling Core Injection Point From The Reactor Head Spray Nozzle; Remove Some Oversight From NRC – Comment By Thurs. 11.59 PM/Request Hearing By July 23rd
Comments must be filed by June 21, 2018, 11.59 pm (23.59) EDT (DC-NY). A request for a hearing must be …
Now Is Not The Time To Lay The Groundwork For Another Massive Financial Collapse – US Senator Bernie Sanders
US Senator “Sanders Statement on Banking Bill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement on legislation up for a …
US Senator Warren Releases 17 Amendments Filed to Senate Bank Deregulation Bill
ALL Republican Senators and 1/3rd of Democratic Senators Voted to Move Forward the Bank Deregulation Bill Without the Proposed Amendments …
Negative Impact of Bank Deregulation Bill on American Consumers – US Senator Warren
100% of Republican Senators and 34% of Democratic Senators voted to move forward legislation to deregulate big banks, endangering both …
Protection of US Veterans and Service Members From Predatory Financial Practices Undermined By HR 10 Financial Choice Act of 2017; VFW Letter Opposing HR 10
Republican (majority) Congressman Hensarling is selling out US Service Members and Veterans; the general population, and greenlighting a new financial …
Why We Need the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Why Republicans Want It Dead
Republican (majority) Congressman Hensarling is selling out Americans and greenlighting a new financial crisis, all apparently for a little over …
US Congressman Kildee: Republican Dodd-Frank Repeal Gives Massive Handout to Wall Street on the Backs of Hardworking Americans
This attempted repeal of Dodd-Frank was apparently bought by a little over $4.5 million in campaign donations to Republican (majority) …
US Congressman Hensarling Greenlights Next Financial Crisis For Approximately $4.5 Million In Campaign Donations?
So it seems: Industry Total Securities & Investment $1,431,361 Commercial Banks $1,375,580 Misc Finance $994,718 Finance/Credit Companies $705,304 Total, approximately …
US NRC Rulemaking Needed Because Union Wants Nuclear Workers to Have Right to Drink Green Beer and More! Webinar on Wednesday Afternoon
Green beer on St. Patrick’s Day, CC-BY SpaceAgeSage, Cropped From the NRC: “This meeting has two purposes: (1) provide information …
“Fitness for Duty” Reports: Drug-Alcohol Use at Nuclear Facilities
Tell the US NRC by November 4th 11.59 pm US Eastern (DC-NY) Time that they need to keep monitoring and …
US Nuclear Facilities: Operating Under the Influence of Drugs-Alcohol
Tell the US NRC by November 4th 11.59 pm US Eastern (DC-NY) Time that they need to keep monitoring and …
Marijuana Found in 2 Nuclear Power Station Protected Areas within 2 Weeks – Tell NRC to Keep Monitoring-Investigating Drugs-Alcohol; Deadline Friday 11.59 pm Eastern
In one instance it was an already smoked butt of a marijuana joint (Oct. 11th). In the other it is …
Tell US NRC to Keep Monitoring-Investigating Nuclear Workers for Drugs and Alcohol – Deadline Friday 4th Nov 11.59 ET
Tell the US NRC by November 4th 11.59 pm ET that they need to keep monitoring and investigating nuclear workers …
US EPA had Authority, Sufficient Info to Issue Emergency Order Protecting Flint Residents from Lead-Contaminated Water by June 2015; Delayed until Jan. 21, 2016 (Office of Inspector General)
The US EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) states that the US “EPA had authority, sufficient information to issue emergency …
Areva Creusot Forge: French Regulator Published List of Defects at Flamanville Nuclear and Elsewhere One Week AFTER French Nuclear Reactors Approval Announced for Britain (Hinkley Pt.); Still No News From US NRC re Potentially Defective Areva-Le Creusot Nuclear Parts
According to the French Regulator, ASN: “To date, Areva NP has identified 87 irregularities concerning EDF reactors in operation, 20 …
Overview of Areva Le Creusot Nuclear Parts Defects; Impact on Flamanville; Japan Possibly Implicated
Areva Le Creusot Forge, US NRC, 2009 Thank you Greenpeace France for commissioning this study! On vous remercie! Thank you …
Researchers Helped Uncover a Public Health Crisis in Flint, but Learned there are Costs to Doing Good Science
From “The Conversation“: We helped uncover a public health crisis in Flint, but learned there are costs to doing good …
US NRC on Areva-Le Creusot Potentially Defective Parts in US Reactors – Feigning Ignorance?
From an NRC Report, October 6 – 8, 2009, by Kerri Kavanagh In the US, nuclear reactors having potentially defective …
US Senate Hearing: Cost of Predatory Lending to the Public; More Protections, Not Less, Needed; Sen. Warren Goes After Witnesss Chanin Whose Failure to Regulate Led to Economic Crisis; Now Chanin Advises Big Banks
“It is impossible to overstate the damage done to the families and communities most impacted by the worst financial crisis …
TPP – Sacrificing the Environment for Corporate Interests
Canada mining giant Cameco’s Crow Butte ISL uranium mine in Nebraska, USA. From wikileaks: “TPP – Sacrificing the Environment for …
Friends of the Earth Urges US House to Reject TAA-Fast Track for a Second Time
For Immediate Release Monday, June 15, 2015 – 2:00pm Friends of the Earth Friends of the Earth Urges House to …
Investor-State Arbitration Foretaste of TPP: Philip Morris Asia vs. Australia; Who pays for medical costs?
Smoking is estimated to cost Australia $31.5 billion (In the US it costs an est. $300 billion a year, including …
TPP and Intellectual Honesty
From: openDemocracy “TPP and intellectual honesty CONOR J. LYNCH 11 June 2015 Basically, big corporations discovered how valuable the ISDS …
International Radiological Standards Decided by Cameco Uranium and other Nuclear Advocates
The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) chooses standards which are largely used for radiological “protection” in the nuclear and …
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