Regulation
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Report: Climate reporting is 'increasingly burdensome' for the private sector
ESG mandates on the agricultural industry could result in “significant” legal resistance, lawmakers were told.
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Tariff proponents say U.S. needs trade fairness, but critics warn costs of American goods will rise
"Tariffs like this are realistically just taxes on consumers to make things more expensive,” Yaël Ossowski, deputy director of the Consumer Choice Center, said.
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Tesla recalls nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks because of possible pedal malfunction
The company said the accelerator pedals can become dislodged and trapped in the interior trim, thereby making the vehicle accidentally accelerate and increase the risks of crashes.
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Progressives, conservatives not happy with EPA's new rule on vehicle emissions
The Heritage Foundation stated the Biden Administration’s new rule declared war on U.S. drivers.
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House committee examines threats to U.S. food security from Chinese ownership of land, facilities
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said that between 2010 and 2020, the Chinese Communist Party increased its holding of U.S. agricultural land by 5,300%. Today, it’s estimated the CCP holds 384,000 acres valued at $2 billion.
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Supporters of controversial ‘environmental accounting’ decline to participate in House hearing
Rep. Harriett Hageman, R-Wyo., said that advocates of regulations that would have such a wide impact should expect a high level of scrutiny and shouldn’t participate in these kinds of policy discussions if they’re not comfortable with tough questions.
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Even with more stringent provisions left out, critics torch SEC's final climate disclosure rule
“While this rule will undoubtedly be challenged and hopefully overturned, the SEC embarrassed itself today. By bending to extreme climate activists and their grifting Wall Street allies, Gensler’s SEC has forever undermined its respectability,” Will Hild of Consumers' Research said.
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Securities Exchange Commission passes final climate disclosure rules in a 3-to-2 vote
The final rules left out some of the more burdensome reporting requirements for greenhouse gas emissions that were originally proposed, but they still retain many of the other climate-related reporting requirements that critics say will be costly to comply with.
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SEC closes Rumble investigation in latest regulatory clearance of global free speech platforms
The SEC said: "Based on the information we have as of this date, we do not intend to recommend an enforcement action."
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Native American exhibits closed down at AMNH in NYC because of new tribal consent regulations
Though the law dates back to 1990, these changes are a response to new federal regulations that were finalized last month and just went into effect this month.
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Biden's proposal to outsource green regulations raises conflicts of interest and security concerns
The Biden White House proposed a rule requiring federal contractors to pay foreign environmental groups to collect emissions data and certify submissions. The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee has concerns.
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IRS cancels gig worker tax reporting this year after Democrats pushed to implement it
The delay of the tax marks the second time the IRS has intervened to smooth its implementation as Democrats push for gig workers to pay more on previously unrecorded transactions.
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China's low standards, tariffs, forced labor threaten US food security, agribusiness experts say
American farmers and food producers say China is cutting costs by avoiding steel tariffs and having low food safety standards. It may also be using forced labor in the canned food production supply chain. China has not reached the level of dominance it has in the production of strategic or critical minerals, but the threat to U.S. national food security is increasing, experts say.