US libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers ~books libraries Article 912 words, published Mar 12 2024 46 votes
'Smoking gun proof': fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show ~enviro pollution climate change Article 1078 words 28 votes
Google formally endorses right to repair, will lobby to pass repair laws ~tech google apple Article 556 words 25 votes
Group dynamics and division of labor within the anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience network ~lgbt Article 624 words 13 votes
Large livestock companies and lobby groups will target pavilions in a coordinated campaign at the UN climate summit, documents show ~food meat Article 3176 words 7 votes
Israeli spyware firm NSO demands “urgent” meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken amid Gaza war lobbying effort ~tech Article 1957 words, published Nov 10 2023 22 votes
Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied EU to pressure Egypt into accepting Gaza refugees ~misc politics Article 290 words 15 votes
‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content ~tech privacy Link 23 votes
Despite years of Maui wildfire warnings, Hawaii Electric the Hawaii utility giant did little and spent more on lobbying than prevention ~enviro Article 1295 words 27 votes
The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation ~tech privacy Article 1674 words 7 votes
How Big Tech rewrote the USA's first cellphone repair law ~tech Article 2009 words, published Feb 8 2023 11 votes
More than 1,500 US fossil fuel lobbyists serve as “double agents” ~enviro climate change Article 1363 words 23 votes
Inside Big Beef’s climate messaging machine: Confuse, defend and downplay ~food meat Article 3903 words, published May 3 2023 8 votes
Dark waters: How the adventure of a lifetime turned to tragedy ~sports Article 5892 words, published May 11 2023 5 votes
Fruity Pebbles and Lucky Charms threaten to block “healthy” food labelling guidelines in court ~health Article 1143 words 9 votes
Academy looking into whether Andrea Riseborough campaign violated rules ~movies Article 317 words, published Aug 19 2019 2 votes
Anti-trans candidates fail to make major gains in Ontario school board elections ~lgbt transgender Article 846 words 8 votes
Stomping the margarine: Life when we had to color our food ~food history Article 901 words, published Aug 9 2022 7 votes
Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy ~enviro climate change energy Article 2272 words 21 votes
Right-wing think tank Family Research Council, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins growing list of activist groups seeking church status to shield themselves from financial scrutiny ~finance Article 2849 words 6 votes
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals ~transport Article 2453 words 18 votes
"Letter in Support of Responsible Fintech Policy" - Twenty-six well-known computer scientists send letter to Congress urging them to resist crypto lobbying ~tech Article 1887 words 11 votes
Big Telecom convinces Missouri lawmakers to block funding for broadband competition ~tech internet Article 5 votes
A plastic bag’s 2,000-mile journey shows the messy truth about recycling ~enviro recycling plastics energy Article 6 votes
How the sugar industry makes political friends and influences elections ~food Article 3340 words 2 votes
'Democracy for sale': Analysis ties corporate consolidation to increased lobbying ~misc politics Link 9 votes
Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles ~transport Article 747 words 14 votes
Exxon lobbyist shares parts of their playbook with reporter on camera ~enviro climate change Article 3374 words 5 votes
Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal ~enviro pollution energy Article 1694 words 12 votes
US President Donald Trump revokes rule preventing White House staff from lobbying ~news usa politics Article 161 words 11 votes
Aston Martin in row over 'sock puppet PR firm' pushing anti-electric vehicle study. Report disputing green benefits of EVs attributed to company registered to wife of carmaker’s director. ~enviro climate change Article 786 words, published Dec 2 2020 7 votes
Facebook is helping to set up a new pro-tech advocacy group ~tech social media facebook Article 1180 words 6 votes
For years, Microsoft has moved billions in profits to Puerto Rico to avoid taxes. When the IRS pushed it to pay, Microsoft aggressively fought back in court, lobbied Congress and changed the law ~finance business Article 7164 words 21 votes
The Swedish dairy lobby is fighting alternative milks, like Oatly, as if they're an existential threat ~food drinks Article 1550 words 13 votes
ISPs lied to Congress to spread confusion about encrypted DNS, Mozilla says ~tech privacy internet Article 1360 words 15 votes
The Friday effect: Firm lobbying, the timing of drug safety alerts, and drug side effects ~health medicine Article 272 words 4 votes
Inside TurboTax’s twenty-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free ~finance Article 7022 words 16 votes
Scientist who discredited meat guidelines didn’t report past food industry ties ~health diet Article 1822 words 8 votes
Elizabeth Warren's new remedy for US corruption: A tax on lobbying ~misc politics Article 989 words 21 votes
Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia’s richest man and owns its most storied resort. When lobbyists and state agencies book there, he profits. ~misc politics Article 5791 words 9 votes
The corporate cash behind Oregon's GOP walkout ~misc politics Article 1541 words, published Jun 28 2019 11 votes
Tech giants amass a lobbying army for an epic Washington battle ~tech amazon apple facebook google Article 2095 words 10 votes
Science institute that advised EU and UN 'actually industry lobby group' ~health Article 1057 words 10 votes
A Washington state lawmaker just quit to lobby for Amazon. Most states wouldn’t allow that. ~tech amazon Link 6 votes
Why is America’s biggest tobacco company trying to increase the legal smoking age to twenty-one? ~health Article 1733 words 10 votes