Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

How Facebook Contributes to the Demise of Endangered Species

With little enforcement or legal culpability, social media sites like Facebook help wildlife trafficking thrive in plain sight.

How Should the Government Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices? A Guide for the Perplexed

How some key points on negotiating Medicare drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act were oddly left open, arguably much too open.

Restaurants: Canaries in the Coal Mine of the Covid Labor Reset?

Independent restaurants are in a world of hurt due to labor cost increases. Yet oddly no one seems willing to cite Long Covid as a contributor.

IM Doc Reports on Covid Not Waning, Long Covid Effects as Lambert Lambastes Latest CDC Guidance as “Crime Against Humanity”

Lambert describes how the CDC destructively washes its hands of Covid as IM Doc chronicles how it is relentlessly continuing to harm patients.

Despite Inspector General Demand, EPA Refuses to Re-Do Review of Seresto Flea and Tick Collar Implicated in Thousands of Pet Deaths

The FDA is refusing to redo a review that gave a free pass to Seresto tick collars, implicated in thousands of pet deaths

In California, Faceoff Between Major Insurer and Health System Shows Hazards of Consolidation

Patients are increasingly caught in the crossfire of contract disputes between health insurers.

The Growing Environmental Footprint Of Generative AI

AI runs on power-hungry equipment that uses millions of gallons of fresh water. Policymakers are weighing the costs.

Trump 2.0 Set To Gut Biden’s Energy and Climate Policies

Trump is preparing to take a lot of ground if he wins in November, with rolling back green policies a top priority.

Carmakers’ EV Enthusiasm Fizzles Out as Consumers Pull Back

Automakers are warning EV sales are falling short of the level needed to meet climate change containment goals. What to do?

Dead Smoke Alarms, Moldy Rooms, Empty First Aid Kits: Farmworkers Endure Unsafe and Substandard Housing Across US

US agriculture workers are in desperate need of labor action as the employers (and regulators) do next to nothing to ensure safe working and living conditions.

Bill Lerach on Litigating Corporate Wrongdoing: “The System Is Set Up to Defeat Deterrence”

The formidable and controversial former lawyer Bill Lerach explained in a recent interview why corporate misconduct is so deeply entrenched.

A Look at Private Equity’s Medicare Advantage Grifting

More on why Medicare Advantage is a criminogenic environment. And private equity has gotten in on the action.

GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility

Increased reliance on GoFundMe for big medical bills (for those that can even raise money) confirms that the US medical system is predatory.

The California “Department of Political Health” Mandates Covid Infection with Its New “One Day” Order (and How to Stop Them)

California’s new rule mandates Covid infection, violates California’s Adminstrative Procedures Act, and its stated purpose is not justified by statute.

New Study Questions LNG as a “Bridge Fuel” in Decarbonization

Biden taps the brakes on LNG expansion. A sop to environmentalists or a sign of things to come?