@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social
2026-10-22 12:19 UTC
@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk
This is what happens in terms of #BigOil companies who use Investor State Dispute System (ISDS) to sue governments for environmental legislation that they deem as lost opportunities to make money. As a result of these secretive tribunals #fossilfuel companies have been paid over US$87 billion (£64 billion) by countries since 1998. Who’s to say thst something very similar is not happening with #AI #DataCentres ?
https://theconversation.com/how-big-oil-companies-can-slow-the-green-transition-by-suing-governments-that-ban-fossil-fuels-281972
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@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk 2026-10-22 12:33
@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social yes, I'd agree; a change in the law to constrain data centre build out would undoubtedly end up as a ISDS action... see my own survey of the issue below (from a while back) #ISDS #politics https://northwestbylines.co.uk/environment/investor-state-dispute-settlement-the-rule-of-law-or-instrument-of-corporate-power/