@SSwiber In the sense that the Federal Government claimed that national security requires that the ESA protections and requirements be waived for oil and gas activities across the entire Gulf? Not sure I follow your point here
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Jackson G. Voss
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@jacksonvoss That's divorced from the facts of what's been alleged for ESA purposes
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Guess we’re just going to let BP and other oil and gas corporations turn the whole Gulf into one big Dead Zone
The Washington Post@washingtonpost
A federal panel voted to exempt oil and gas companies from complying with the Endangered Species Act when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision will have outsize impact on endangered species such as Rice’s whales, sea turtles and whooping cranes. wapo.st/4tjQcSA
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@SSwiber I think oil spills and ship collisions kill marine life, and I think it’s a real shame that the federal government has decided that’s not worth more actively preventing
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Aside from oil and gas spills, LNG export terminals, and dumping petrochemical fertilizers, what is the Gulf of Mexico really for, anyway
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They’re heading for the life boats—please clear the way, all your life savings and billionaires get in first!
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Hard to overstate how much of current economic policy discourse and decision making—from data centers and A.I. to “abundance” to crypto—appears to be a shell game set up to transfer as much wealth as possible to the already very rich before the bottom falls out
More Perfect Union@MorePerfectUS
Trump's Labor Department has proposed allowing people to use their 401(k)s to invest in crypto and private equity. This would open up $8.8 trillion from over 700,000 retirement plans for investment in these "alternative assets," the Washington Post reports.
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@jacksonvoss @MrGreenGenez "Coastal protection" which, at this point, probably means buying the levee board police new machine guns.
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does $200 oil fix Louisiana budget holes ? Or nah
Polymarket@Polymarket
BREAKING: U.S. officials & Wall Street analysts are now reportedly preparing for the possibility of $200 oil.
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… knowing that their expertise is more valued, not necessarily because it actually lends towards greater understanding of the world, but because most economists go about their work in ways that very often reinforces and validates the priors of very powerful people and interests
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I think the real “dirty little secret” is that many economists celebrate incredible arrogance, and actively cultivate a culture of know-it-all dweebs whose first instinct is to discount the ability of anyone who is not an economist to know or understand something…
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania
Tyler Cowen in his new book on why economists write about topics outside their area of expertise: “The dirty little secret is that what distinguishes economics as a field, right now, is a mix of higher standards, harder work, better math, and higher IQs.” This is clearly true.
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Jackson G. Voss รีทวีตแล้ว
Did your Louisiana elected official sign an NDA? Find out in our database and interactive map!
wwno.org/local-regional…
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Think it’s important people know that many of Louisiana’s elected leaders seem to have zero qualms about signing non-disclosure agreements with corporations that require them to hide information from the people they serve wwno.org/local-regional…
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Whatever happened to co-equal branches of government anyway
Julie O'Donoghue@JSODonoghue
Sen. @JayJaymorris3's revised version of his judges' constitutional amendment would now allow the Legislature to remove not just district and municipal court judges but also appellate judges AND Supreme Court justices. legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo… #lalege #lagov
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Not sure they’re doing much to help with baggage claim, personally
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Having deplaned about 20 minutes ago, confirm that ICE agents are walking around the terminal of MSY aimlessly, looking at people wait in lines that stretch out the door
nola.com/news/ice-agent…
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Absolutely no reason it has to be this way - but every day lawmakers ignore what's coming and fail to take action to protect people, the more likely the worst outcomes become. And it will be devastating
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On Wednesday, four members of Louisiana's Public Service Commission signed-off on what will be, sooner or later for nearly everyone in South Louisiana, a plan for unmanaged retreat.
When it becomes too expensive and difficult to provide you public services, you're on your own
wdsu@wdsu
WDSU Investigates: Sportsman's Paradise Abandoned | Click on the image to read the full story wdsu.com/article/louisi…
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@skooks They’re saying at least 9 more plagues before sine die
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