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<p>Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections<br>—</p><p>Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/legislation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/legislation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/leg</span><span class="invisible">islation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p>One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.<br>—</p><p>The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and other incidents.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-doge-faa-ast-regulation-spaceflight-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-doge-faa-ast-regulation-spaceflight-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-spacex-doge-faa-ast-regulation-spaceflight-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/faa/" rel="tag">#FAA</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/aviation/" rel="tag">#Aviation</a> <a href="/tags/spaceflight/" rel="tag">#Spaceflight</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>Although Tom Ragsdale’s <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.</p><p>Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#Illustration</a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/40oiShP" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/40oiShP</a></p>

<p>Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight<br>—</p><p>Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.</p><p><a href="https://propub.li/3Wb4iaL" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3Wb4iaL</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/lasvegas/" rel="tag">#LasVegas</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/transit/" rel="tag">#Transit</a> <a href="/tags/traffic/" rel="tag">#Traffic</a></p>

<p>Tribal Lenders Say They Can Charge Over 600% Interest. These States Stopped Them.<br>—</p><p>Online lenders tied to Native American tribes argue that they aren’t subject to state lending laws, but they backed away from operating in six states where attorneys have acted forcefully to protect consumers.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/states-tribal-lenders-high-interest-rates?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/states-tribal-lenders-high-interest-rates?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sta</span><span class="invisible">tes-tribal-lenders-high-interest-rates?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/finance/" rel="tag">#Finance</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a></p>

<p>Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches<br>—</p><p>A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/aviation/" rel="tag">#Aviation</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>🎧 New episode in our series on transportation 🚐 🚇</p><p>You use trip planning tools — but do you know where the data comes from? And do you know what role the EU and its member states play in all this?</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.projets-libres.org/en/transport-public-transport-open-data-and-european-regulation/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.projets-libres.org/en/transport-public-transport-open-data-and-european-regulation/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.projets-libres.org/en/tran</span><span class="invisible">sport-public-transport-open-data-and-european-regulation/</span></a></p><p>With Tu-Tho Tai, we discuss open transport data, the EU regulations revised after COVID, and the measures taken by member states to implement them.</p><p>We also talk about the role of the Femmes en mouvement association, of which Tu-Tho is a member, and which highlights gender issues in the transport sector 💪</p><p><a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#opensource</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#regulation</a> <a href="/tags/transports/" rel="tag">#transports</a></p>

<p>Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight<br>---</p><p>Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/politicians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/politicians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pol</span><span class="invisible">iticians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#PublicLands</a></p>

<p>Contemporary shower fixtures are only one of the items that rankle the president. He has frequently denounced toilets that he claims require flushing “ten or 15 times” and LED lightbulbs, which he faults for making him look orange.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-showerheads-appliances-led-lights-regulation-energy-department-chaos?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-showerheads-appliances-led-lights-regulation-energy-department-chaos?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-showerheads-appliances-led-lights-regulation-energy-department-chaos?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/appliances/" rel="tag">#Appliances</a> <a href="/tags/led/" rel="tag">#LED</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>An Indian Drugmaker, Investigated by ProPublica Last Year, Has Recalled Two Dozen Medications Sold to U.S. Patients<br>—</p><p>FDA inspectors found serious problems at a Glenmark factory in India that manufactured the recalled drugs. Another medication made there has been tied to deaths of U.S. patients.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gle</span><span class="invisible">nmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/pharma/" rel="tag">#Pharma</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/recall/" rel="tag">#Recall</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>

<p>The Glenmark drug recalls cover a wide range of commonly prescribed medicines — including ones that treat epilepsy, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and high blood pressure.</p><p>Check the full list:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gle</span><span class="invisible">nmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/pharma/" rel="tag">#Pharma</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a></p>

<p>Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.</p><p>They finally got their wish.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/epa</span><span class="invisible">-formaldehyde-risk-assessment?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>After reporting by ProPublica revealed industry connections among Transportation Department regulators and showed how they are seeking to loosen oil and gas pipeline safety regulations, Sen. Maria Cantwell is demanding answers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dot-oil-gas-pipeline-ethics-questions-senator-cantwell?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-dot-oil-gas-pipeline-ethics-questions-senator-cantwell?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-dot-oil-gas-pipeline-ethics-questions-senator-cantwell?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/transportation/" rel="tag">#Transportation</a> <a href="/tags/industry/" rel="tag">#Industry</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a></p>

<p>Trump Wants to Crack Down on “Debanking,” but He’s Dismantling a Regulator That Was Doing Just That<br>---</p><p>An executive order seeking to stop banks from discriminating against customers could be undermined by the administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which had been investigating the practice.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/banks/" rel="tag">#Banks</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>Before and after the 2024 election, Elon Musk made it clear he disliked environmental regulations and considered them a barrier to innovation.</p><p>His companies, from Boring Co. to xAI, have been accused of finding ways to sidestep regulations. Here&#x27;s what to know:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-environmental-regulations?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-environmental-regulations?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-environmental-regulations?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/tesla/" rel="tag">#Tesla</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a></p>

The US Democratic party has been abjectly failing in so many ways. This is such a sad and frustrating read on the failures with respect to cryptocurrency regulation: <a href="https://lpeproject.org/blog/inside-the-failure-to-regulate-stablecoins/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lpeproject.org/blog/inside-the-failure-to-regulate-stablecoins/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lpeproject.org/blog/inside-the</span><span class="invisible">-failure-to-regulate-stablecoins/</span></a><br><br>What was and still is at stake is the balance between technology and humanity struck by the US federal government. The same incoherence that led us to where we are with crypto is almost surely also at play with the apparent lack of movement around generative AI.<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a> <a href="/tags/democraticparty/" rel="tag">#DemocraticParty</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/stablecoins/" rel="tag">#StableCoins</a> <a href="/tags/shadowbanking/" rel="tag">#ShadowBanking</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#regulation</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a><br>

<p>Root canals gone wrong. A dental implant lost inside a sinus cavity. Months of antibiotics for infections.</p><p>Utah dentist Nicholas LaFeber, his colleagues warned, was harming his patients. The state has allowed him to continue practicing anyway.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-dentist-license-nicholas-lafeber?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/utah-dentist-license-nicholas-lafeber?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uta</span><span class="invisible">h-dentist-license-nicholas-lafeber?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/dentist/" rel="tag">#Dentist</a> <a href="/tags/license/" rel="tag">#License</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project<br>---</p><p>Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-violations-fines-vegas-loop?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-violations-fines-vegas-loop?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-boring-company-violations-fines-vegas-loop?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/lasvegas/" rel="tag">#LasVegas</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/nevada/" rel="tag">#Nevada</a> <a href="/tags/vegas/" rel="tag">#Vegas</a></p>

<p>In government records that have flown under the radar, President Trump’s EPA said it’s reconsidering whether the agency has the legal authority to update air pollution rules based on new scientific knowledge.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/air-pollution-regulations-epa-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/air-pollution-regulations-epa-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/air</span><span class="invisible">-pollution-regulations-epa-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a></p>

<p>“Step in the Right Direction”: Connecticut DMV Commissioner Calls for More Reforms to Towing Law to Protect Drivers<br>---</p><p>The recommendations to require more notification to car owners and to streamline the process for selling unclaimed vehicles follow a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation into towing practices.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-dmv-proposal-update?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-dmv-proposal-update?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">necticut-towing-dmv-proposal-update?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/towing/" rel="tag">#Towing</a> <a href="/tags/vehicles/" rel="tag">#Vehicles</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.</p><p>Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>Smoke and Mirrors: How Intoxicating Hemp Seeped Into the First Recreational Marijuana Market in the Country<br>---</p><p>Colorado, which once served as the model for marijuana regulation, generated billions of dollars in tax revenue while promising to keep consumers safe. Now it’s scrambling to keep harmful hemp off the shelves.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-thc-intoxicating-hemp-regulation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-thc-intoxicating-hemp-regulation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/col</span><span class="invisible">orado-marijuana-thc-intoxicating-hemp-regulation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/colorado/" rel="tag">#Colorado</a> <a href="/tags/hemp/" rel="tag">#Hemp</a> <a href="/tags/marijuana/" rel="tag">#Marijuana</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules.</p><p>Nor is there broad political support to invest more resources to protect foreign workers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-visa-farmworker-exploitation-regulators?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-visa-farmworker-exploitation-regulators?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/h-2</span><span class="invisible">a-visa-farmworker-exploitation-regulators?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/exploitation/" rel="tag">#Exploitation</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>Colorado Marijuana Regulators Consider Major Changes to How Labs Test for Contaminants<br>---</p><p>Critics say the current method of allowing manufacturers to choose the samples they send to labs is vulnerable to abuse and allows contaminated products to reach dispensaries.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-regulators-marijuana-lab-testing-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/colorado-regulators-marijuana-lab-testing-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/col</span><span class="invisible">orado-regulators-marijuana-lab-testing-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/colorado/" rel="tag">#Colorado</a> <a href="/tags/marijuana/" rel="tag">#Marijuana</a> <a href="/tags/testing/" rel="tag">#Testing</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>Toxic oil waste is increasingly shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma, contaminating the state’s drinking water.</p><p>We found that regulators identified 2,000 problem wells in a 2021 report. Then they ignored their findings.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>