@cdarwin@c.imTrump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
The chemical industry finally got its wish.
Industry lobbyists have long pushed the federal 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.
Last week, in a highly unusual move,
👉the Environmental Protection Agency embraced that approach
in announcing that it is revi…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/politics/trump-executive-order-ai-laws.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p65#a251208p65
@axbom@axbom.me
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources say President Trump's efforts to block state-level AI regulations through a preemption proposal are facing significant opposition on Capitol Hill (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/ai-preemption-push-stalls-trump-pressure
@marcel@waldvogel.familyThe #glyphosate study published in 2000, on which probably most glyphosate regulations are based, has been retracted.
1️⃣ There are indications that #Monsanto (the manufacturer of #Roundup,…
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.socialManchester’s Local Plan is available in draft.
You've til 17 Nov to respond.
Our post gives you the links to the plan and consultantation, AND our draft response that you can use as a template for yours!
In summary, the council is constrained by planning regulations but they could still do much better.
Tell them!
#Manchester
@privacity@social.linux.pizzaFPF Releases Issue Brief on New CCPA Regulations for Automated Decisionmaking Technology, Risk Assessments, and Cybersecurity Audits
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-releases-issue-brief-on-new-cc…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeFive-page draft Trump administration cyber strategy targeted for January release
https://cyberscoop.com/trump-national-cybersecurity-strategy-2025-release/
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #England #Technology
@cdarwin@c.imTrump announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era federal fuel economy standards,
significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for tens of millions of new gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.
It marks the US president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and federal support for cleaner-running vehicles and renewable energy.
Burning gasoline is a significant contributor to global heating and transportation is the largest source of greenho…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialJensen Huang warns "China is going to win the AI race", after the US kept a ban on high-end AI chip sales to China, and says the West is held back by "cynicism" (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/53295276-ba8d-4ec2-b0de-081e73b3ba43
@servelan@newsie.social"The bill would give antitrust protections to the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), pre-empting state regulations on the issue, and clarify nationwide that student athletes are not employees, precluding many labor rights and limiting their ability to profit off their name, image, and likeness."
House GOP forced to cancel vote on new Trump bill - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/score-act/
@kubikpixel@chaos.socialBursting AI bubble may be EU’s “secret weapon” in clash with Trump, expert says:
Spotify and Accenture caught in crossfire as Trump attacks EU tech regulations.
The US threatened to restrict some of the largest service providers in the European Union as retaliation for EU tech regulations and investigations are increasingly drawing Donald Trump’s ire. […]
🤖
@markhburton@mstdn.socialIs diesel behind the US takeover of Venezuela?
Diesel is the main fuel used in road transport, mining and quarrying, and agriculture. Fuel oil is used in shipping but with the regulations of 2020 on sulphur emissions, it is closer to diesel in character and this in turn impacts on the scarcity of diesel.
The US has to import the crude oil to make diesel. Its own crude is too light
Venezuela's oil is very heavy.
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… let me just skate by these government regulations
(LEGAL DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A JOKE)
@almad@fosstodon.orgEU digitally resigned. We’re done here, we can just go join our American overlords apparently
https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-police-world-digital-tech-us-china-regulations/
@rainerzufall_le@mastodon.socialFor a work thing, I have to consult potential EU regulations covering advanced machine-learning algorithms.
Most of the resources I find, reek of longtermism...
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social10 million 🔋🚗🚛🚌vehicles on Europe's roads could become an important societal resource, if fit regulation is in place.
My new infographic for Regulatory Assistance Project offers recommendations to 🇪🇺 Member States on how to create a healthy ecosystem for #V2G to scale up.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al“As we consider these three risks, we don’t have to speculate about how AI data centers might affect Massachusetts. Consider Ireland, a country with a similar population size, where AI has driven a data center boom. Warehouses full of servers are on pace to use one-third of Ireland’s electricity, drawing from fossil-fuel power plants and wind farms alike. That keeps old, dirty plants on the grid, sucks up renewable energy that otherwise would help replace fossil fuels, and drives up costs fo…
@cdarwin@c.imUsing language about “rioters” at federal facilities, the Trump administration is fast-tracking the rule changes
— which critics say DHS could use as a pretext to go after protesters wearing frog costumes or making a racket on the streets of Chicago and Portland, Oregon.
The new regulations could empower the ⚠️Federal Protective Service,
a little-known police force under DHS tasked with securing federal facilities,
to pursue more arrests outside of federal property it…
@seeingwithsound@mas.to[OT] Andrew Ng warns AI far from general intelligence amid overhype https://www.webpronews.com/andrew-ng-warns-ai-far-from-general-intelligence-amid-overhype/
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaI really wish these people had a single original thought in their heads rather than looking around the Anglosphere for whatever anti-freedom policies have recently been implemented and saying "we need that, but stricter, and somehow providing tax dodges for several private corporations in the process" https://
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsWhen I see people arguing that fireworks are fine because it's "tradition" and "just one day a year" (yeah, sure), I feel like asking: if shooting people were a "tradition" and happened only "one day a year", would that be okay too? But then I recall that hunters do precisely that, and apparently "we can't" impose stricter regulations on them.
#Poland
@newsie@darktundra.xyzFCC plans vote to remove cyber regulations installed after theft of Trump info from telecoms https://therecord.media/fcc-plans-vote-rescind-biden-era-ruling-telecoms-cyber
@mapto@qoto.org“If the market can keep the faith to persist, it buys the necessary time for the technology to mature, for the costs to come down, and for companies to figure out the business model,” Wu said. But US “companies can end up underwater if AI grows fast but less rapidly than they hope for,” he suggested.
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Success! EU Microplastic Ban Regulation Drives Innovation in Biodegradable Alternatives"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Plastic
@dennisfaucher@infosec.exchangeNice to know that there are no regulations against demolition of the entire White House
"agency does not have jurisdiction over demolition or site preparation work for buildings on federal property."
Part of the White House East Wing is being torn down to build Trump's ballroom : NPR
https://share.google/DfMR3TiZ…
@lilmikesf@c.imMore than a dozen states including New York, California and Delaware prohibit the reporting of #medicaldebt on a consumers’ #credit report.
The #Drumpf administration is coming for
@thijs_lucas@norden.socialDiese Arbeit von Janna H. Schulte an der #TUHH setzt sich mit den Stellplatzsatzungen in SH auseinander und bringt wichtige Punkte hervor:
- die Datenlage ist schwach
- Stellplatzsatzungen werden nicht sinnvoll hergeleitet
- Stellplatzsatzungen behindern Fortschritte im Verkehr
- Privatparkplätze werden aus Angst einer Überflutung des öffentlichen Raums gefordert, aber tatsächlich…
@cdarwin@c.imCrypto promoters saw Trump as their savior. Then reality set in
Trump has called for relaxing regulations on crypto...
So why are crypto prices plummeting?
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-28/the-crypt…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479M to 87 Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringement of EU data protection regulations (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOver the past month, the US paused talks on a tech pact with the UK, canceled a South Korea trade meeting, and threatened the EU over Big Tech regulations (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/23/trump-administra…
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.socialRE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/115570988875664622
It's so great that we just changed regulations to allow investment funds to hitch their wagon to this mangy horse
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialSpent the morning deal with the US Gov't - sheesh.
We had to update our SAM registration - most people have never had to deal with the US Gov't's procurement system and dueling systems of regulations (FARs vs DFARs), not to mention its decades obsolete industrial and product classification codes. What a mess!!! What a massive burden for a small company!! (And, of course, the Feds update things in disruptive ways.)
Then I had to deal with renewing my passport and ha…
@jensilber@mastodon.socialIt might sound reasonable in theory, but it restores discrimination in practice.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-rule-restores-equal-protection-all-civil-rights-enforcement
@cdarwin@c.imThe European Commission on Wednesday unveiled new proposals to ease regulations on AI and data privacy.
The EU has for years sought to rein in tech companies on various issues,
but is also attempting to balance this with the need to compete with tech firms in the United States and East Asia.
"Europe has not so far reaped the full benefits of the digital revolution,"
EU economy commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said.
"And we cannot afford to pay the …
@primonatura@mstdn.social @newsie@darktundra.xyzEuropean Commission ‘simplification’ proposal would weaken GDPR, AI regulations https://therecord.media/european-commission-proposal-gdpr-ai-simplification
@UP8@mastodon.social💊 Vålerenga call for anti-doping changes after artificial pitch causes footballer to fail drug test
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/26/valerenga-anti-doping-changes-artificial-pitch-causes-footb…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChina's draft AI rules have measures to protect kids, like time limits and parental consent, ban gambling promotion content, and add suicide chats restrictions (Osmond Chia/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dydlmenvro
@arXiv_csLG_bot@mastoxiv.pageResearch in Collaborative Learning Does Not Serve Cross-Silo Federated Learning in Practice
Kevin Kuo, Chhavi Yadav, Virginia Smith
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12595 https://
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caSteven Guilbeault lays out the truth. Canada will not reach its climate targets.
““[Carney] thinks we’ll be able to do this with the market, with private investment. Of course, we have to do that, but I also think we need to have regulations in place to ensure that we achieve the goals we have set for ourselves. And by abandoning many of these measures, that becomes impossible.
“I mean, if we are honest with Canadians, we can no longer achieve our targets for 2030 with the announcements that have been made recently. It’s not possible.””
... he goes on to say Danielle Smith is (effectively) Donald Trump.
"“In my opinion, she is not a reliable partner in this negotiation.””
It is now abundantly clear that the Liberal Party and all Canadians really did lose something when Mark Carney became Prime Minister.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ABPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-change-guilbeault-carney-9.6998944
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe US threatens economic penalties against European companies like Spotify if the EU does not roll back regulations and lawsuits targeting US tech giants (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/business/economy/us-eu-tech-penalties.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the US has paused a tech trade deal with the UK, signed in September, over disagreements about the UK's digital regulations and food safety rules (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/business/economy/trump-uk-trade-deal-tariffs…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialAt an undetermined point in the future, the Commission intends to establish requirements that align uni- bidirectional charging capabilities with relevant grid codes and communication protocols, as is already required for charging infrastructure.
https://single-market-economy.ec.e…
@cdarwin@c.imAcquiring solar panels at home can be an expensive hassle for people in the US.
But small, simple, plug-in solar panels for use on balconies are soon to become available for millions of Americans,
with advocates hoping the technology will quickly go mainstream.
Balcony solar panels are now widespread in countries such as Germany
– where more than 1m homes have them
– but have until now been stymied in the US by state regulations.
This is set to change, wit…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzFCC spikes Biden-era cyber regulations prompted by Salt Typhoon telecom breaches https://therecord.media/fcc-removes-biden-era-cybersecurity-rules-telecoms-salt-typhoon
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: a new network of super PACs plans to raise ~$50M to counter the Leading the Future super PAC and back candidates who prioritize AI regulations (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/ai-super-pac-anthropic.html
@cdarwin@c.imCrypto promoters saw Trump as their savior. Then reality set in
“Bitcoin and other crypto assets are once again demonstrating that they are among some of the first assets to decline among broader economic uncertainty,” the indispensable crypto observer Molly White wrote in March
ht…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"EU aims to curb plastic pollution with new rules targeting nightmare spills of tiny pellets"
#EU #EuorpeanUnion #Plastic
@UP8@mastodon.social⚒️ Abandoned coal mine drainage identified as a significant source of carbon emissions
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-abandoned-coal-drainage-significant-source.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: China's AI regulations, which require chatbots to pass a 2,000-question ideological test, have spawned specialized agencies that help AI companies pass (Stu Woo/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/a…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Fuzzbox:
🎵 Rules And Regulations
#Fuzzbox
https://open.spotify.com/track/6VVvIL9IHjux3MiJ3ew5ZV
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialUK CMA designates Google with "strategic market status" in online search and advertising and will begin consultation on potential new regulations later in 2025 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/google
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTrump's pardon of CZ is a gift to the crypto industry, which has spent heavily to ease regulations and rewrite history to remove associations with criminality (Max Chafkin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCyprus's financial regulator grants a crypto license to Revolut, allowing the startup to offer crypto services across the EU under new regulations (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEurope's startup ecosystem, which had 35,000 early-stage companies in the EU and the UK in 2024, per Atomico, is hindered by complex and varying regulations (Niki Kitsantonis/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/business/europe-st…
@cdarwin@c.imThe Trump administration is dismantling the last of the public commons.
It’s cutting billions to state programs tracking disease,
repealing emissions and drinking water regulations,
revoking hundreds of millions in funding for life-saving research,
canceling local food programs for schools and food banks,
rolling back vaccinations,
and shutting down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Commi…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479M to 87 Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringement of EU data protection regulations (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@primonatura@mstdn.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialA draft EO shows President Trump plans to grant the federal government sole power to regulate AI and create an "AI Litigation Task Force" overseen by the AG (Tina Nguyen/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/82…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialElon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sundar Pichai are exploring future lunar and orbital AI data centers which could offer steady solar power with fewer regulations (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/now-tech-moguls-w
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US threatens economic penalties against European companies like Spotify, if the EU does not roll back regulations and lawsuits targeting US tech giants (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/business/economy/us-eu-tech-penalties.html<…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialApple doesn't include a charger in the box with the new M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites local regulations (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/15/new-macbook-pro-lacks-charger-in-europe/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow culture and regulations are shaping AI companion platforms worldwide, with US platforms primarily targeting men and Chinese platforms mainly targeting women (Zilan Qian/ChinaTalk)
https://www.chinatalk.media/p/why-america-builds-ai-girlfriends
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTrump's AI EO directs federal agencies to look into withholding federal funding for states that introduce "burdensome" AI regulations (Gerrit De Vynck/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/11/trump-executive-ord…
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caCarney is a carbon industry plant.
nothing says environmental “blank cheque” to industry like: “voluntary certification program”.
"But operators have another compliance option, which some may find controversial because it could give industry players some more leeway. Operators can design their own approaches, providing a facility meets "methane intensity thresholds" that are on par with standards from "leading international voluntary certification programs.””
That's what private forest companies (Mosaic) on Vancouver Island use to claim they are following ‘best practices' as they clear cut whole sides of mountains and leave a 10m ‘riparian zone' around streams while falling trees right over them.
It's a license to make up their own rules and do whatever they want, wider impacts be damned.
#ClimateEmergency #CdnPoli #CanPoli #Carbon #Methane #Emissions #Oil #Gas
