#lobbying — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lobbying, aggregated by home.social.
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News live: parents of Australian surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules
By Guardian staffFollow the day’s news live
#AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #Parentsandparenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #Socialmediaban #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff
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Australia news live: parents of Australians surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #ParentsAndParenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #SocialMediaBan
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https://www.europesays.com/afrique/202006/ Nigeria: la présidentielle de 2027 se joue aussi à Washington #AtikuAbubakar #BolaTinubu #Lobbying #Nigeria #Présidentielle2027
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https://www.europesays.com/people/217308/ Mark Zuckerberg killed the bill that could have saved my son #BigTech #children #Congress #Facebook #Internet #Legislation #Lobbying #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #SocialMedia
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/125920/ Swiss invention helps Tibet’s diaspora make election choices #Article #BeatGlobalElections #BeatInformationWars #CitizensInitiativeAndRecall #government #HumanRights #lobbying #Multi #parliament #ProductionTypeAdaptation #Swiss #Switzerland #UserNeedGiveMePerspective
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/125780/ Swiss invention helps Tibet’s diaspora make election choices #Article #BeatGlobalElections #BeatInformationWars #CitizensInitiativeAndRecall #government #HumanRights #lobbying #Multi #parliament #ProductionTypeAdaptation #Swiss #Switzerland #UserNeedGiveMePerspective
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I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle WeeklyMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85840/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #America #influence #lobbying #money #politicalinfluence #politics #publicinterest
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I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle WeeklyMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85840/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #America #influence #lobbying #money #politicalinfluence #politics #publicinterest
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I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle WeeklyMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85840/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #America #influence #lobbying #money #politicalinfluence #politics #publicinterest
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I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle WeeklyMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85840/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #America #influence #lobbying #money #politicalinfluence #politics #publicinterest
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I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle WeeklyMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85840/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #America #influence #lobbying #money #politicalinfluence #politics #publicinterest
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@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.
Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.
And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.
The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.
The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars -
Andy Burnham: Kick Palantir out of our NHS!
Rumours are Andy #Burnham wants to kick out Palantir from #OurNHS
But Palantir’s army of lobbyists won’t give up without a fight - like when they sued Mayor of London for blocking their £50mil #MetPolice deal
#Petition text
Put patients before #corporate #lobbyists
End #Palantir’s contracts with #NHS & #police. Protect our #private #data
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Kick-Out-Palantir-eoi?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse
#CorporateTerrorism #privacy #medical #BigData #corruption #lobbying #DemocracyNOW
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Pukki kaalimaan vartijana?
Fox in the henhouse?
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/06/eus-new-ai-envoy-tech-ceo-extraordinary-conflicts-interest
#eu #ai #aiRegulation #corporate #bias #ceo #tech #regulation #lobbaus #lobbying #conflictOfInterest #aiEnvoy #deregulation
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Is Australia missing out on a proper gas tax because the mining lobby scared Labor off before Budget night?
Michael West reports that Labor was looking at winding back diesel fuel rebates for big miners and taxing gas exporters, before both ideas suddenly junked. An insider told MWM that "We can’t afford another fight with BHP” echoing the campaign that helped bring down Kevin Rudd in 2010. -
WSJ: Lobbyists Easily Destroyed Any Semi-Serious Antitrust Enforcers Left In MAGA
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A recently retired #PublicServant who headed up safety management for Canada’s #NuclearRegulator is now #lobbying his former agency on behalf of the #NuclearIndustry. Brian Torrie left his post at the #Canadian #NuclearSafety #Commission #CNSC in October, according to a post on LinkedIn. He spent nearly 18 years at the commission, which regulates the use of #NuclearEnergy and materials, most recently serving as the director general of the directorate of safety management, and then as an acting vice president.
https://theijf.org/former-federal-nuclear-safety-head-starts-lobbying-for-nuclear-industry
#ConflictOfInterest #CDNpoli #DirtyDeeds #ShadyDeals #Corruption #GovernmentOfCanada #BanCorporateLobbyists #NuclearSafety #ExposeLobbyists #PublicTransparency #PublicAccountability #PublicScrutiny #Canadian #NuclearSafety #ShadyMenInSuits #PublicInterest
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U.S. Anti-Piracy Bills See Headline Blocking Claim Squeezed By Democracy
https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-anti-piracy-bills-see-democracy-shrink-blocking-country-claims-250803/
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US Leads Global Surge in Oil and Gas Expansion, Analysis Finds
"#FossilFuel corporations, and the governments that support them, will never stop unless forced to. Neither has any interest in the future of the climate, our world, or their own kids." - Bill McGuire
by Edward Carver
Jul 24, 2024"Five wealthy countries including the #UnitedStates have led a global surge in oil and gas development in 2024, threatening international #ClimateGoals, according to an analysis published by The Guardian on Wednesday.
"The U.S., #UnitedKingdom, #Canada, #Australia, and #Norway together are projected by the end of 2024 to have issued licenses for fossil fuel projects that will emit 11.9 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions over their lifetimes—far more than in any of the previous five years, and roughly equal to a full year of emissions from #China, the world's highest emitter—according to industry data analyzed by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (#IISD) and shared with the newspaper.
"The five states are responsible for more than two-thirds of all oil and gas licenses issued globally since 2020, with the U.S. alone accounting for half of the world total. President Joe Biden's administration increased oil and gas licensing by 20% over Trump-era levels, and issued a record 758 new extraction licenses in 2023, according to the analysis.
"'The U.S. has become a petrostate and is still, even under President #Biden, permitting new drilling,' John Sterman, a climate policy expert and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's business school, told The Guardian. 'The developed countries don't show any significant efforts to limit drilling.'
"Sterman pointed to a 'fundamental contradiction' between rich countries' international commitments and their ongoing fossil fuel expansion. 'We can't keep going on like this,' he said.
"The industry's grip on U.S. politicians has made significant policy change in Washington difficult. In the past decade, fossil fuel companies have spent $1.25 billion on federal #lobbying and more than $650 million on campaign contributions, according to #OpenSecrets data.
"The Conservative-led U.K. government issued a surge of #NorthSea licenses in the first half of this year, but lost power to the Labour Party following a general election earlier this month. It's not yet clear if Labour will be able or willing to rescind licenses already issued. Currently the U.K. is set to finish 2024 with 72 licenses for projects that would create 101 million metric tons of #GreenhouseGas emissions over their lifetimes—a 50-year high, according to the IISD analysis. Norway and Australia are also seeing major upticks this year.
"Capital expenditure at the world's largest oil companies is up 60% since 2020, with $302 billion projected to be spent on well development this year, The Guardian reported. The fossil fuel expansion continues even though the reserves in rich countries are generally hard to reach, as more accessible reserves have already been tapped.
"The expansion also comes in spite of disturbing climate news—2023 was hottest year on record, June was the 13th consecutive hottest month, and Monday was the hottest day, having broken a record set the previous day—and dire warnings from leading international institutions. No new fossil fuel projects can proceed if the world is to meet the 1.5° Paris agreement target, the International Energy Agency declared in 2021."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/wealthy-countries-oil-gas-production
#BigOilAndGas #PetroState #CorporateColonialism #Colonialism #RenewablesNow
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Tadaahh, der #MEZIS-Negativ-Award "Das Goldene Zäpfchen" geht dieses Jahr an die Firma #NovoNordisk und ihr Präparat #Wegovy.
Unsere Jury würdigt damit die dreiste Werbekampagne, das subtile #Lobbying der Firma, den umfassenden Einkauf von Fachgesellschaften und Selbsthilfegruppen und die unermütliche Arbeit, um möglichst viele genehme Autoren in die #Leitlinien zu hieven.
Hier geht es zur Laudatio (11 min), diesmal mit Special effects:
https://digitalcourage.video/w/oPZkVDN4tA1fuPA38878rh