#Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for #Oil Spills in #California
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The penalties come after an investigation by The Desert Sun and ProPublica found that companies were profiting from illegal spills and California’s oversight of the industry was lax.

#environment #Pollution #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/chevron-will-pay-record-fines-for-california-oil-spills?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

“I don’t know why they’re so willing to support him … We’re talking about a man who at the very essence of his being almost destroyed democracy in one day. And he wants to do it again.”

Cassidy Hutchinson

We need to acknowledge the hard truth that we are officially in a new era where shots are being called by a small cabal of radicals or even a single obstructionist senator. And, to be frank, that is a dangerous and fundamentally undemocratic thing.

How is it that our democracy can be held hostage by such a small group of extremists? And what, if anything, can be done to limit the damage and prevent such hostage taking in the future? https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/mccarthy-tuberville-gaetz-gop-minority

Clarence Thomas ruled in favor of Citizens United.

Harlan Crow and his family's political contributions then went up 862%.

Then we later find out Thomas let Crow take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house, and help fund his wife's conservative nonprofit.

See how this works?