NEW: Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.

Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane.
propublica.org/article/trump-e…

#News #Oil #Climate #ClimateChange #Methane #Trump #EPA #Gas #Regulation #Environment

Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.

Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane…

^{Alex.Bandoni@propublica.org (ProPublica)}

RE: aus.social/@luciedigitalni/116…

And definitely don’t read the bits about how #ireland shelters Big Tech from regulation.

ar.al/2025/03/21/careless-peop…

#ireland #GDPR #regulation #facebook #meta #dataProtection #institutionCorruption

Careless people

Notes from “Careless People: A story of where I used to work: Power. Greed. Madness.” by Sarah-Wynn Williams

^{Aral Balkan}

lucie digitální

2026-05-31 23:04:33

Reminder that Mark Zuckerberg really really really wants you not to read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.

So, obviously, whatever you do, don't read it or little Mark will get upset.

#Censorship

theguardian.com/technology/202…

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm

^{Emma Loffhagen (The Guardian)}

"Europe’s productivity problem is real. But the caricature of a continent collapsing under regulation is not. Much of the apparent US-European growth gap reflects population growth, purchasing power, working hours and the very different social bargain Europe has chosen to preserve. This suggests that Europe does not need to become the US to become more competitive"

#Regulation #Business #Europe
#EU

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

How the plastic bottle cap became a parable for the value of EU regulation

Supporters of deregulation want Europe to be more like the US. But that would serve only American interests, says Alberto Alemanno, a professor of EU law

^{Alberto Alemanno (The Guardian)}

Just a little favor for his #billionaire #donor #TechBros

#Trump delays executive order on #AI #oversight hours before planned signing


The White House had already sent out invitations to the event, where Trump had been expected to sign an order increasing government scrutiny of new #ArtificialIntelligence models.

#law #tech #business #regulation #MentalHealth #plutocracy #aristocracy #technocracy
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