Nonilex · @Nonilex
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The is believed to sit atop ~11B barrels of , 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 battle over the land’s fate.
In 2017 passed,& signed, a that not only authorized but required leasing in the refuge. The move overturned 60 yrs of for the largest remaining stretch of untouched in the .

#refuge #oil #legal #congress #trump #tax #law #wildlife #protections #wilderness #unitedstates

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Nando161 · @nando161
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Harlan ’s firm advocated for rolling back the very wetland the just gutted. The obvious conflict of interest raises questions about not just the ruling’s but the entire ’s.

jacobin.com/2023/05/clarence-t

#billionaire #crow #protections #supremecourt #legitimacy #court

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PrivacyDigest · @PrivacyDigest
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&T and -Mobile join in new 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 them enuf to take the right amount. Especially since they don’t have the same legal that do.

theverge.com/2023/8/30/2385225

#safety #debitcard #creditcards #protections #trust #autopay #verizon #t #at

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OccuWorld · @OccuWorld
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How Ron DeSantis Let Billionaires Destroy Florida

youtube.com/watch?v=SDNJXvQpe9

and U.S. presidential has raked in of —and even a golf simulator—from wealthy . At the same time, he’s from , let & , and on the . 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

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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Supreme Court Upholds , Reversing Earlier Decision

The ruling, by a newly all- bench, allows the state’s new 6 week to take effect.

The SC Supreme Court on Wed upheld the state’s new near-total 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 for included a .


nytimes.com/2023/08/23/us/sout

#southcarolina #abortion #law #male #abortionban #ban #protections #privacy #righttoabortion #abortionrights

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 · @anna_lillith
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No defenseless deserves to be drained of their blood while fully conscious and then be tossed aside, weakened and half alive. The must stop now.

Due to the decimation of the horseshoe crabs, conservationists in have pitched a proposal for strengthened for . The five states harboring the bleeding companies would do well to take note and follow suit.

5/6

delawarepublic.org/show/the-gr

#Horseshoecrabs #protections #delaware #cruelty #animal

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 · @anna_lillith
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Less than two years ago, President restored to Bears Ears and its red rock , high desert and ancient remains of cultures. Why on earth would we now allow disruptive and damaging uranium mining right next door?

2/

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/s

#indigenous #wildlife #canyons #protections #nationalmonument #biden

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getmisch · @GetMisch
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have lost the for a . Brennan argued that state courts had ability to blunt many of worst recent decisions by ruling that and other provided more than the high court was willing to offer under . 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.” nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/0

#liberals #supremecourt #Generation #SCOTUS #stateconstitutions #statelaws #protections #federal #law

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 · @anna_lillith
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The second petition urges 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 () to deny these requests and uphold for under the in these areas and its surrounding regions.

🐺 🌿

gameandfishmag.com/editorial/s

#protectourwildlife #endangeredspeciesact #wolves #protections #usfws

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getmisch · @GetMisch
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SmokeInFog · @smokeinfog
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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. "

phys.org/news/2023-06-nation-w

#wetlands #ussc #environment #protections #cleanwateract

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Nando161 · @nando161
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Gaffney A, Himmelstein DU, Dickman S, et al. Projected Health Outcomes Associated With 3 US Supreme Court Decisions in 2022 on , , and . JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(6):e2315578. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.15578.

#COVID19 #workplace #protections #handguncarry #restrictions #abortionrights #SCOTUS #civilliberties #privacy #womenshealth #gunviolence

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
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in still don't have basic

A private member's bill aims to help who report wrongdoing — but it's not enough when those in power are determined to silence truth-tellers.
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/gual

#whistleblowers #canada #protections #governmentworkers

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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