Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Corporations Are Suppressing Wages—There’s a Fix for That

Don’t buy the hype about wages rising naturally About 1/3 of American workers are underpaid due to the refusal to raise the minimum wage.

IEA Releases 10-Point Plan to Curb Oil Use: The U.S. Is Unlikely to Follow Much – If Any – of It

The IEA last week proposed 10-point plan to curb oil use. Alas, it’s unlikely that current U.S. regulators and political leaders. will provide any more than lip service to these and other long overdue measures.

Senators Introduce Right to Repair Legislation

Senators introduce right to repair bill. Antitrust litigation will proceed regardless of whether federal or state legislation is enacted anytime soon.

‘The World Paid the Price’: Biden’s Outgoing Covid Czar Jeffrey Zients Rebuked Over Failures

The Zients-led Covid response refused to challenge drug company overlords by promoting non-pharmaceutical interventions.

The Worrying Murkiness of Institutional Biosafety Committees

Experts say institutional biosafety committees are a crucial to ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque.

Progressives Fall for Crypto-Bros Intelligence-Insulting Claim of “Inclusiveness”

Why do so many people who think of themselves as smart have their brains go to mush when the topic is crypto?

Legal Action Against Shell Board Previews Wave of Lawsuits Against Company Directors

Sadly, the idea of suing corporate board members over climate change inaction does not seem likely to go anywhere.

Sanders Welcomes End of Major League Lockout But Slams ‘Baseball Oligarchs’

Sanders calls out baseball oligarchs for major league lockout.

Plastic Watch: New UN Treaty Could Spur More Plastic Waste Lawsuits

New UN plastics treaty might provide the basis for plastic waste lawsuits in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.

The CDC’s New Guidelines on Covid Risk and Masking Send Confounding Signals

The CDC’s move triggered some of the same mixed feelings from the public that the poll uncovered and laid bare a split within the health care community.

WSJ: House Judiciary Bigwigs Ask Justice Department to Probe Amazon for Possible Criminal Obstruction of Congress

Key House Judiciary Committee members send letter asking AG Merrick Garland to launch probe of Amazon for possible criminal obstruction of Congress.

EPA Proposes Tougher Emissions Standards For Trucks

The Biden administration today proposed the first emissions standard upgrade for heavy duty trucks, vans, and busses since 2001.

Plastic Waste Treaty: Expert Q&A on the Promise of a Global Agreement to Reduce Pollution

Details of a proposed global plastic treaty, plus a Q and A.

Where Did You Go, Vice President Joe? Biden Retreats from Bashing Looting, Um, Buybacks

Yet another Biden hypocrisy: refusing to curb stock buybacks when he flagged it as an abuse when he was Vice President.