The #refuge is believed to sit atop ~11B barrels of #oil, but is also home to grizzly & polar bears, snowy owls, migrating waterfowl & herds of moose & caribou. Canceling the leases is likely to set the stage for a #legal battle over the land’s fate.
In 2017 #Congress passed,& #Trump signed, a #tax #law that not only authorized but required leasing in the #wildlife refuge. The move overturned 60 yrs of #protections for the largest remaining stretch of untouched #wilderness in the #UnitedStates.
#refuge #oil #legal #congress #trump #tax #law #wildlife #protections #wilderness #unitedstates
#Billionaire Harlan #Crow’s firm advocated for rolling back the very wetland #protections the #SupremeCourt just gutted. The obvious conflict of interest raises questions about not just the ruling’s #legitimacy but the entire #court’s.
https://jacobin.com/2023/05/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-supreme-court-corruption-wetlands
#billionaire #crow #protections #supremecourt #legitimacy #court
#AT&T and #T-Mobile join #Verizon in new #autopay discount requirements - The Verge
requiring customers — current and new — to switch to a debit card or bank account withdrawal in order to receive the autopay discount on their plan.
> I don’t #trust them enuf to take the right amount. Especially since they don’t have the same legal #protections that #creditcards do.
#debitcard #safety
#safety #debitcard #creditcards #protections #trust #autopay #verizon #t #at
How Ron DeSantis Let Billionaires Destroy Florida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDNJXvQpe9g&ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion
#Florida #Governor and U.S. presidential #candidate #Ron #DeSantis has raked in #millions of #dollars—and even a golf simulator—from wealthy #corporate #interests. At the same time, he’s #stripped #protections from #renters, let #insurance & #utility #companies #hike #rates, and #cut #taxes on the #wealthy. Jason Garcia exposes his real record.
#florida #governor #candidate #ron #desantis #millions #dollars #corporate #interests #stripped #protections #renters #insurance #utility #companies #hike #rates #cut #taxes #wealthy
#SouthCarolina Supreme Court Upholds #Abortion #Law, Reversing Earlier Decision
The ruling, by a newly all-#male bench, allows the state’s new 6 week #AbortionBan to take effect.
The SC Supreme Court on Wed upheld the state’s new near-total #ban on abortion by a 4-1 vote, reversing a decision it had made in Jan that struck down a similar ban & declared that the State Constitution’s #protections for #privacy included a #RightToAbortion.
#AbortionRights
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/us/south-carolina-abortion-supreme-court.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#southcarolina #abortion #law #male #abortionban #ban #protections #privacy #righttoabortion #abortionrights
No defenseless #animal deserves to be drained of their blood while fully conscious and then be tossed aside, weakened and half alive. The #cruelty must stop now.
Due to the decimation of the horseshoe crabs, conservationists in #Delaware have pitched a proposal for strengthened #protections for #HorseshoeCrabs. The five states harboring the bleeding companies would do well to take note and follow suit.
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#Horseshoecrabs #protections #delaware #cruelty #animal
Another Big 4 Australian Bank Blocks Payments to ‘High-Risk’ Crypto Exchanges - National Australia Bank (NAB) has joined other major lenders in the country in blo... - https://news.bitcoin.com/another-big-4-australian-bank-blocks-payments-to-high-risk-crypto-exchanges/ #nationalaustraliabank #cryptoexchanges #cryptoplatforms #cryptocurrency #restrictions #protections #australian #exchanges #australia #customers #scammers #binance #blocks #crypto #banks #scams #bank #big4 #nba
#nba #big4 #bank #scams #banks #crypto #blocks #binance #scammers #customers #australia #exchanges #australian #protections #restrictions #cryptocurrency #cryptoplatforms #cryptoexchanges #nationalaustraliabank
Less than two years ago, President #Biden restored #NationalMonument #protections to Bears Ears and its red rock #canyons, high desert #wildlife and ancient remains of #Indigenous cultures. Why on earth would we now allow disruptive and damaging uranium mining right next door?
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#indigenous #wildlife #canyons #protections #nationalmonument #biden
Excellent warning about a story not getting the traction it deserves. Trump-appointed judge flips reality & silences truth, validates conspiracy theorists, all in one deadly swoop.
#first #amendment #protections #fascists #flip #truth & #fiction #USA #District #Judge #Terence #Doughty #dangerous #misinformed #uneducated #lies #law #injuction #complaint #plaintiff #Orwell #1984 #Ministry of #Truth #social #media #needs a #21stCentury #FairnessDoctrine #fairness #doctrine https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ruling-social-media/
#first #amendment #protections #fascists #flip #truth #fiction #usa #district #judge #terence #doughty #dangerous #misinformed #uneducated #lies #law #injuction #complaint #plaintiff #orwell #ministry #social #media #needs #21stcentury #fairnessdoctrine #fairness #doctrine
#Liberals have lost the #SupremeCourt for a #generation. Brennan argued that state courts had ability to blunt many of #SCOTUS worst recent decisions by ruling that #stateconstitutions and other #statelaws provided more #protections than the high court was willing to offer under #federal #law. Despite awesome power, state courts rarely exercised it. So Brennan asked state judges to protect the people of our nation from governmental intrusions on their freedoms.” https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/07/liberals-should-use-state-courts-to-check-the-supreme-court.html
#liberals #supremecourt #Generation #SCOTUS #stateconstitutions #statelaws #protections #federal #law
The second petition urges #USFWS to implement specific "management measures" for remaining wolf populations across the lower 48 states more broadly.
We strongly oppose these petitions and call on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (#USFWS) to deny these requests and uphold #protections for #wolves under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct in these areas and its surrounding regions.
https://www.gameandfishmag.com/editorial/sportsmens-alliance-wolf-delisting-petition/477520
#protectourwildlife #endangeredspeciesact #wolves #protections #usfws
SAG-AFTRA voted Monday overwhelmingly to join the Writer's Guild strike after today, if a settlement is not reached. Things would look different if that happened...
#union #man #sag #aftra #equity #iatse #writersguild of #america #dramatistsguild #producers #pay #raise #increase #salary #working #conditions #retirement #plan #aritificial #intelligence #protections #AMPTP #WGA #negotiations #continue #hopeful #resolution https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/awards/will-actors-join-writers-on-the-picket-line-what-to-know-about-a-possible-sag-strike/ar-AA1d6Tcx
#Union #man #sag #aftra #equity #iatse #writersguild #america #dramatistsguild #producers #pay #raise #increase #salary #working #conditions #retirement #plan #aritificial #intelligence #protections #amptp #wga #negotiations #continue #hopeful #resolution
It's now law here: I cannot discriminate against you because of your religion, but you can discriminate against me because of your religion. Expand the illegitimate Supreme Court.
#ExpandTheCourt #illegitimate #SCOTUS #SCOTUSisCORRUPT #corrupt #court #LGBTQ #rights #are #human rights #discrimination is #legal for #religious #zealots & #bigots #protections #stripped #legislating #from #the #bench by #definition #US #civil #laws #overturned #bought #judges
#expandthecourt #illegitimate #SCOTUS #scotusiscorrupt #corrupt #court #lgbtq #rights #are #human #discrimination #legal #religious #zealots #bigots #protections #stripped #legislating #from #the #bench #definition #us #civil #laws #overturned #bought #judges
Half the nation's wetlands just lost federal protection. Their fate is up to states
"Last month, a U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down federal protections for wetlands covering tens of millions of acres across the country, leaving no regulation of those areas in nearly half the states. "
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-nation-wetlands-lost-federal-fate.html
#wetlands #ussc #environment #protections #cleanwateract
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index
https://deathtofascism.com/files/40ways.online.2020.pdf
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#Worker #solidarity means #queer solidarity. This #pride month and #always, we stand with our queer fellow #workers in the fight for basic rights, #legal #protections, and #workplace #safety!
#IWW #worker #solidarity #queer #pride #always #workers #legal #protections #workplace #safety
Gaffney A, Himmelstein DU, Dickman S, et al. Projected Health Outcomes Associated With 3 US Supreme Court Decisions in 2022 on #COVID19 #Workplace #Protections, #HandgunCarry #Restrictions, and #AbortionRights. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(6):e2315578. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.15578. #SCOTUS #CivilLiberties #Privacy #WomensHealth #GunViolence
#COVID19 #workplace #protections #handguncarry #restrictions #abortionrights #SCOTUS #civilliberties #privacy #womenshealth #gunviolence
#Whistleblowers in #Canada still don't have basic #protections
A private member's bill aims to help #GovernmentWorkers who report wrongdoing — but it's not enough when those in power are determined to silence truth-tellers.
https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/gualtieri-whistleblowers-in-canada-still-dont-have-basic-protection/wcm/45ec4054-c187-4c1d-96be-0fca8248b0a7/amp
#whistleblowers #canada #protections #governmentworkers
93 days: The summer America lost #RoevWade. Twelve Americans — #patients, #doctors, #politicians, #activists — relived the uncertainty and chaos of losing federal #abortion #protections. This #oralhistory chronicles their stories. https://19thnews.org/2023/05/the-summer-america-lost-roe-v-wade-abortion/ #Womenshealthcare #choice #abortion #CivilLiberties #Privacy
#RoeVWade #patients #doctors #politicians #activists #abortion #protections #oralhistory #womenshealthcare #Choice #civilliberties #privacy
It just keeps getting more venal - The conservative campaign to #rewrite #childlabor #laws
The Foundation for Government Accountability, a #Floridabased #thinktank and #lobbyinggroup, #drafted #statelegislation to strip #childworkplace #protections, emails show link to full text free https://wapo.st/43UN57H #HumanTrafficking #ChildLabor #FGA #OpportunitySolutionsProject #LeoLeonard Making it easier to #hire #14-yearolds
#rewrite #childlabor #laws #floridabased #thinktank #lobbyinggroup #drafted #statelegislation #childworkplace #protections #humantrafficking #fga #opportunitysolutionsproject #leoleonard #hire
#Biden-Harris Administration Announces Sweeping #Protections for Up To 16 Million Acres of #Land & #Water in #Alaska
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #StopWillow #DepartmentOfTheInterior #SecDebHaaland #EarthDay
http://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-sweeping-protections-16-million-acres-land-and
#biden #protections #land #water #alaska #climatecrisis #climatechange #stopwillow #departmentoftheinterior #secdebhaaland #earthday