Oil Regulators Found Hundreds of Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules. Then They Ignored Their Findings.

https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database

revealing a pattern of rule violations by oil and gas companies that state regulators allowed to continue...

#Oklahoma #OilRegulators #PollutionCollusion #GovernmentCrime #CorporateCrime #Poison #WaterSheds #Corruption #Politics #USA

In November 2025, UK Lawyers for Israel (#UKLFI) sent the Open University (#OU) a threat of legal action against the term ‘ancient Palestine’ in a current course. The following month, the OU sent UKLFI a letter making two commitments: to add a contextual note to the current course, and to not use the term again in future course materials. Since January 2026..

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vQkTPnYNKc-kpm9lLTzdw-TAcRm75o57VGziPimNEeNmGOoxH_mwixhcGvDwwMQbUmuzbfoEpnszGmT/pub?

#press #IndependentMedia #news #FreePalestine #UKuniversities #science #StateCrime #CorporateCrime

Open Letter to the Vice‑Chancellor of The Open University: Call for Urgent Compliance Action under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 regarding “Ancient Palestine”

Spineless Democrats - Ralph Nader Radio Hour Episode 628

YouTube

Pope accepts resignation of Chaldean Catholic bishop charged with embezzlement

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — The bishop of a small Chaldean Catholic community in the San Diego…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #California #CatholicChurch #Christianity #Corporatecrime #EmanuelShaleta #Generalnews #Indictments #JoelMadero #Lawenforcement #LouisSako #moneylaundering #PopeLeoXIV #Religion #SanDiego #SharonAppelbaum #Theft #U.S.news #UnitedStates #Us #USA #VaticanCity #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/428206/

The Long War on Iran - Ralph Nader Radio Hour Episode 627

YouTube
War with Iran! Bonus Episode Roundtable - Ralph Nader Radio Hour Episode 626

YouTube
“I Am Somebody!” - Ralph Nader Radio Hour Episode 625

YouTube

“This little girl, just playing, doing her nutty stuff on an English beach. And that was the price.”

Yet there had been no outrage, few questions raised and no clear answers.

“Why weren’t people looking into this? It felt as if Heather didn’t matter. Over time, it felt as if she’d been forgotten.”

- The result, #Dirty #Business, a three-part #Channel4 factual #drama

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/18/the-death-of-heather-preen-how-eight-year-old-lost-her-life-amid-uk-sewage-crisis?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse

#corruption #CorporateGreed #greed #TV #crimes #CorporateCrime

[2/2]

The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid sewage crisis

In 1999, Heather Preen contracted E coli on a Devon beach. Two weeks later she died. Now, as a new Channel 4 show dramatises the scandal, her mother, Julie Maughan, explains why she is still looking for someone to take responsibility

The Guardian

A good essay on the dearth of reporting and collation of corporate crime statistics in the U.S.:

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/corporate-crime-poorly-tracked-usa

#Crime #CorporateCrime

Corporate crime persists in the shadows

Unlike violent crimes, there are no comprehensive national statistics on the serious misconduct of companies. Some see a need for change.

Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews

Oil firms poison Oklahoma groundwater, regulators look away. Toxic waste erupts near homes, no fines, no shame. This is corporate greed protected by weak oversight. Profit wins, people pay. Clean water is a right, not a favour.
#Environment #Corruption #CorporateCrime #PublicHealth #Accountability

https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup

New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater

The legislation comes after The Frontier and ProPublica found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — near homes and farms and into drinking water sources.

ProPublica