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#regulatorycapture

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Wen

Corporate greed and state ‘capture’ - Grenfell as one example

It appears settled that a significant part of the blame for the deaths at Grenfell were down to greed and fraud. Cladding on other flats has made many worthless/unsaleable. As time ticks by, action to hold these comfortable well paid killers to justice remains elusive.

Will any government grasp the nettle?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

theguardian.com/business/2025/

#Grenfell#CorporateGreed#RegulatoryCapture
LM Little

#Bill5 gives a blank cheque to any grifter company, donor developer or #mining company to start making money in #Ontario without having to bother with troublesome zoning or #environmental laws. It also exempts resource companies from their duty to consult #IndigenousPeople cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bil

CBCANALYSIS | Here's what Doug Ford's controversial Bill 5 would do in Ontario | CBC NewsThe most significant legislation from Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives since winning their third straight majority is a sweeping bill that Premier Doug Ford says will protect the economy from tariffs but which critics say will gut environmental protection. 
#onpolii#cdnpoli#lawlessness
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Strypey

"That is not the conversation Facebook or Google want us to have. Their totalizing vision is of a world with no ambient privacy and strong data protections, dominated by the few companies that can manage to hoard information at a planetary scale. They correctly see the new round of privacy laws as a weapon to deploy against smaller rivals, further consolidating their control over the algorithmic panopticon."

#MaciejCegłowski, 2019

idlewords.com/2019/06/the_new_

idlewords.comThe New Wilderness (Idle Words)
#RegulatoryCapture
Doug Bostrom

Operational economics: a variant of #RegulatoryCapture, sadly.

"...using spatial analysis and financial valuation of the BCP service, we estimate that, annually, the BCP adds 2.81 GtC (range 2.44–3.53 GtC) to the ocean with a storage time of at least 50 years (±25 years). This ecosystem service is worth US$545 billion per year...where the sum of its discounted values for 2023–2030 is US$2.2 trillion (range US$1.9–2.7 trillion)."

Not #OpenAccess; talking to the hand.

nature.com/articles/s41558-025

www.nature.comGlobal distribution, quantification and valuation of the biological carbon pump | Nature Climate ChangeThe biological carbon pump (BCP) sequesters vast amounts of carbon in the ocean, but its importance for conservation, climate finance and international policy has not been properly assessed. Here, using spatial analysis and financial valuation of the BCP service, we estimate that, annually, the BCP adds 2.81 GtC (range 2.44–3.53 GtC) to the ocean with a storage time of at least 50 years (±25 years). This ecosystem service is worth US$545 billion per year (US$471–694 billion) in areas beyond national jurisdiction and US$383 billion per year (US$336–471 billion) within all exclusive economic zones, where the sum of its discounted values for 2023–2030 is US$2.2 trillion (range US$1.9–2.7 trillion). These results quantify the climate and economic importance of the BCP and the important role of large ocean states in carbon sequestration. These findings can support discussions in climate finance and in the COP global stocktake for climate action. This study quantifies and values the carbon stored in the ocean due to biological processes. With uptake in the order of 2.8 Gt per year, valued at around US$1 trillion annually (at a carbon price of US$90 per ton of CO2), this service should be included in the global stocktake and climate actions.
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​

The thought occurred that academic or research capture might be A Thing, akin to #RegulatoryCapture. And ... apparently the former is:

"Academic capture in the Anthropocene: a framework to assess climate action in higher education" (2024)

By Paul Lachapelle, Patrick Belmont, Marco Grasso, Roslynn McCann, Dawn H. Gouge, Jerri Husch, Cheryl de Boer, Daniela Molzbichler & Sarah Klain

link.springer.com/article/10.1

SpringerLinkAcademic capture in the Anthropocene: a framework to assess climate action in higher education - Climatic ChangeHigher education institutions have a mandate to serve the public good, yet in many cases fail to adequately respond to the global climate crisis. The inability of academic institutions to commit to purposeful climate action through targeted research, education, outreach, and policy is due in large part to “capture” by special interests. Capture involves powerful minority interests that exert influence and derive benefits at the expense of a larger group or purpose. This paper makes a conceptual contribution to advance a framework of “academic capture” applied to the climate crisis in higher education institutions. Academic capture is the result of the three contributing factors of increasing financialization issues, influence of the fossil fuel industry, and reticence of university employees to challenge the status quo. The framework guides an empirical assessment evaluating eight activities and related indices of transparency and participation based on principles of climate justice and the growing democracy-climate nexus. The framework can be a helpful tool for citizens and academics to assess the potential for academic capture and capacity for more just and democratic methods of climate action in higher education. We conclude with a series of recommendations on how to refine and apply our framework and assessment in academic settings. Our goal is to further the discussion on academic capture and continue to develop tools that transform higher education institutions to places of deep democracy and innovative climate education, research, and outreach to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene.
#AcademicCapture#ResearchCapture
Megaphone :verified:
#Coincidence or #Corruption? 🤔

This Venn diagram raises serious questions about the intersections of power, influence, and accountability. It highlights a striking overlap between agencies impacted by sudden #Trump-era firings and those currently investigating Elon #Musk’s companies. Could these dismissals have been a strategic move to shield certain figures from scrutiny? Or is this just a wild coincidence?

What do you think—is this a case of elite protectionism, or just political maneuvering as usual? Let us know in the comments. #ElonMusk #RegulatoryCapture #Accountability #CorruptionOrCoincidence
#corruptionorcoincidence
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