#deregulation

Taco Bell is a corporation and not be to trusted but reacted faster to this than the federal government. But the regime is trying to distance themselves from all the literal shit, so the only thing they have done is try to make everyone focus on how Taco Bell screwed up and not them.

MurderKorp

As regulations protecting the health and safety of Americans are stripped away, I find myself thinking a lot about the amorality of the marketplace.

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RFK, Jr., Once Poisoned by Mercury, Is Silent as EPA Weakens Rules against It

RFK, Jr. fought mercury pollution for years, but he is now in an administration that wants to make it easier for industries to dump it into the air and water

CLIMATEWIRE | The last time President Donald Trump tried to roll back a mercury regulation, he faced a high-profile opponent: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy railed against EPA at an August 2017 public hearing for going along with the Trump administration’s demands to repeal wastewater limits. He warned that allowing more power plant pollution to enter waterways would poison people through mercury-contaminated fish — a problem he experienced personally after a period of eating tuna.

"It is really troublesome for those of us who will suffer from your irresponsibility," Kennedy said at the time. "The law says the waterways of this country, the fisheries of this country, belong to the people."

The number of US chemical accidents is rising just as the Trump administration guts protections against the disasters, a new analysis of federal data by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) non-profit found. The report found the number of chemical accidents, explosions, fires and other emergencies that release chemicals into the atmosphere was up by at least 51% since 2021. Deaths and injuries were up at least 20%. The report comes on the heels of two high-profile emergencies, including a malfunctioning chemical tank in Garden Grove, California, which caused the evacuation of more than 40,000 residents. The recent collapse of another chemical tank at a plant in Longview, Washington, killed 11 workers. Under the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s response management program (RMP) requires more than 12,500 high-risk facilities to develop protocols to prevent catastrophes, or limit fallout, and was largely designed to protect workers, first responders and fence-line communities. The Biden administration strengthened the protections in 2024, but, despite the increase in disasters and two high-profile emergencies, the Trump administration is pressing on with its controversial plans to dismantle the federal disaster management system.

This might be a stupid question, but can some of you explain what dys regulation is? I hardly know what it is and how it affects people.