Danielle Brian, the executive director of the Project on #Government #Oversight, a group that investigates #corruption & #waste in the government, said the #tax benefit had historically been aimed at encouraging companies to stay in #business during difficult times.
It was “quaint” that #SpaceX was using it, she said, as it “was clearly not intended for a company doing so well.”
#KristiNoem faced scrutiny for her #expenses when she served as #governor of #SouthDakota. She spent $68k in #taxpayer funds to refurbish the governor’s mansion with a sauna, chandelier & other amenities, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported in 2021. And South Dakota picked up the tab for at least $150k in campaign & personal travel for Noem related to her security when she was governor, the AP reported this year.
#waste #fraud #Trump #law #military #government #excess
https://wtop.com/national/2025/03/kristi-noem-refused-to-say-who-financed-some-of-her-travel-it-was-taxpayers-who-were-on-the-hook/
Current & former #CoastGuard members have also cited #KristiNoem’s frequent use of a Coast Guard Gulfstream aircraft as a point of tension. Agency guidelines require the #DHS secretary to use a plane with secure communications for both personal & professional business, though they are required to reimburse the government for personal travel. DHS did not say whether Noem has done so.
Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday, in a resounding failure for the environment and for international diplomacy at a time when its frailties are in the spotlight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/15/sustainability/plastic-waste-talks-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #waste #pollution #un #recycling
#KristiNoem recently moved into Quarters 1, a spacious waterfront residence at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Southeast Washington where the #CoastGuard commandant typically resides. She did so because of concerns over her safety after the Daily Mail, a British tabloid, published photographs in April of the area around Noem’s residence in Washington’s Navy Yard neighborhood, #DHS propagandist Tricia McLaughlin said.
Dog Killer #KristiNoem is living free of charge in #CoastGuard commandant’s waterfront home
#DHS Secy Kristi Noem is living for #free in a #military home typically reserved for the #USCG’s top admiral…. The highly unusual arrangement has raised concern within the agency & from Democrats, who describe it as a #waste of military resources [paging #DOGE].
#fraud #Trump #law #government #excess
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/15/kristi-noem-is-living-free-charge-coast-guard-commandants-home/
'We have missed a historic opportunity': Plastic pollution treaty talks end in deadlock.
High level negotiations between 185 countries over reaching a global agreement to combat plastic pollution ended on Friday, as rival blocs clashed over prioritising a phase out of the material or bettering waste management systems.
The eighth wonder of the world.
The Japanese government is considering requiring handheld fans to be recycled, in the wake of a host of fires caused by rechargeable electric devices during disposal work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/recycling-handheld-fans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #recycling #waste #meti #batteries
McDonald’s Japan has issued an apology following a weekend frenzy in which many bought its Happy Meals in bulk to get their hands on limited-edition Pokemon trading cards, only to discard the food afterward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/12/companies/mcdonalds-pokemon-apology/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mcdonald039s #pokemon #socialmedia #waste #food
The fact that the CBC wasted taxpayer money paying lawyers to send an obviously invalid trademark nastygram is a scandal of its own.
*Nobody* with the slightest hint of trademark knowledge would think this was actionable.
Can we take the cost of the lawyers out of the CBC executives' bonuses?
Covid cash for yachts, swingers’ club fuels Polish opposition attack on Tusk – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/1275783/ #Crisis #Data #DonaldTusk #Elections #JarosławKaczyński #KarolNawrocki #Mayors #MEPs #NationalRecoveryPlans #Parliament #Poland #PolishPolitics #RafalTrzaskowski #Restaurant #tourism #Transparency #Waste
BigTech uses open source if it increases their profit but they sabotage the philosophy behind it 
https://anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-4568-9943-dae1-b2d347263856
Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on how far the proposed agreement should go. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/10/sustainability/plastic-talks-failing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #pollution #waste #recycling #un
Design Milk : Roc H Biel Turns Wood Dust Into Column-Inspired Furniture https://design-milk.com/roc-h-biel-turns-wood-dust-into-column-inspired-furniture/ #HomeFurnishings #homefurnishings #sustainability #wastematerial #sustainable #3Dprinting #3Dprinted #furniture #RocHBiel #wooddust #offcuts #seating #chairs #chair #desks #table #waste #Main #desk
So the US military is buying Cybertrucks... For target practice 
we still think it's #waste #fraud and #abuse, but it's also kinda hilarious. And they're only buying two, so it's not gonna put a dent in Elon's problem #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
Discard Anthropology (A free, 89-minute podcast from 2022)
Tags: #Nyc #PublicHealth #Things #Labor #Waste #World #News
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/discard-anthropology_nagle-robin
Strong renewable demand for Landia pumps and mixers in Estonia https://www.byteseu.com/1261244/ #BiogasPumpsEstonia #CustomPumpAndMixerSolutionsForEstonianBiogas #Estonia #ImpactOfLandiaMixersOnBiogasYields #LandiaMixers #LandiaPumps #RenewableDemandEstonia #RenewableProjectsInEstonia #WasteToEnergyGrowthInEstonia #Waste‑to‑EnergyEquipment #WhyEstoniaSeesHighDemandForLandiaPumps
Thanks for the waste Elon!
Research quantified in the here and now found that in just six months of operation, DOGE wasted more than $21 billion. https://www.rawstory.com/doge-2673797223/ #Musk #DOGE #Waste #Fail #Efficiency #USGov
What is really happening with Radiant Nuclear? https://www.byteseu.com/1259423/ #DryCaskStorage #Energy #EnergySources #EnergyTechnology #FormsOfEnergy #IonizingRadiation #Nuclear #NuclearChemistry #NuclearEnergy #NuclearFuel #NuclearPhysics #NuclearPower #NuclearReactor #NuclearTechnology #Power(physics) #RadioactiveWaste #radioactivity #SpentNuclearFuel #SustainableTechnologies #uranium #Waste #YuccaMountainNuclearWasteRepository
