Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Austria Imposes Full Covid Lockdown and Plans Mandatory Vaccination Early Next Year

Austria is the first country to go full lockdown after the introduction of the Covid vaccines…and at a higher vaccination rate than the US.

Apple Reverses Course on Right to Repair iPhones: More Concessions to Follow?

Apple announces a Self Service Repair program for iPhones 12 and 13, with broader company right to repair concessions expected to follow.

More Proof of Biden’s Weak Position: Tasks FTC to Investigate Oil & Gas Companies in Gambit to Rein in High Prices

Why Biden trying to use the FTC as an attack dog against oil and gas companies is a sign of desperation.

As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits

Another ugly feature of drug company grifting: fighting to deny discounts to hospital pharmacies, as required by law.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Ever So Politely, Signals Intent to Cut Private Equity Grifting Way Back

SEC chair Gary Gensler puts private equity in his crosshairs. Will he fire?

Medicare’s Open Enrollment Is Open Season for Scammers

Seniors be warned: This Medicare open enrollment season is setting up to be more treacherous than ever.

3 Ways Congress Could Hold Facebook Accountable for Its Actions

Zuckerberg benefits from the lack of consensus on what to do about Facebook.

‘This Must Not Happen’: If Unhalted, Permian Basin Fracking Will Unleash 40 Billion Tons of CO2 by 2050

Climate change activists have new oil and gas wells in their crosshairs, starting with the potential carbon bomb of the Permian Basin.

Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap

How Medicare enrollees are kept ignorant about important options.

Right to Repair Round-Up: One Step Back, One Leap Forward

Right to repair advocates see a setback in Massachusetts, while the Librarian of Congress establish a right to repair under copyright law.

Why Everyone Should Support Cutting Methane Emissions

Why a US measure to reduce methane emissions, while a step forward, is still in “less than meets the eye” terrain.

British Medical Journal: “Researcher Blows the Whistle on Data Integrity Issues in Pfizer’s Vaccine Trial”

A new BMJ article raises serious questions about how Pfizer ran its Covid-19 clinical trial.

The New Coal: Pushing Plastics Worsens Climate Change

Climate change campaigners will be locked in a whack-a-mole contest with fossil fuel interests, as they seek to address upcoming challenges, including increasing plastics production.

‘The Supreme Court Could Destroy the Planet’: Review of EPA Power Triggers Alarm

“This is the equivalent of an earthquake around the country for those who care deeply about the climate issue.”