Cory Doctorow on Nostr: It's a breathtaking fraud: #SoCal, America's largest gas company, spent millions ...

It's a breathtaking fraud: #SoCal, America's largest gas company, spent millions secretly paying people to oppose California environmental regulations, then illegally stuck its customers with the bill. We Californians were forced to pay to lobby *against our own survival*:

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article277266828.html

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