Doesn t matter which court, Cupertino vociferously defends App Store terms
Matthew Hughes Wed 17 Feb 2021 // 18:05 UTC Share
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Bismarck in North Dakota (population 128,949) and Brussels in Belgium (population 1.2 million) couldn t be more different. Except for one thing. Both cities are venues where Apple s App Store governance policies have faced, or are facing, intense scrutiny from lawmakers.
Let s start with Bismarck, seat of the North Dakota state government. Earlier this week, legislators rejected S.B 2333 [PDF], a landmark piece of legislation that would force Google and Apple to loosen control over their app ecosystems, permitting developers more choice in how they distribute software, and how they charge for it.
The fossil fuel and ethanol industries made a pitch Thursday for a new arm of the North Dakota Industrial Commission meant to advance cleaner energy technologies.
Critics expressed concerns about subsidizing the energy sector and said the proposal gives unequal treatment to renewable power.
House Bill 1452, introduced by Rep. Glenn Bosch, R-Bismarck, would establish the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority. The agency would be tasked with overseeing the distribution of $25 million from North Dakotaâs general fund in the form of grants and loans for projects that âreduce environmental impacts and use energy sources derived from within the state.â
âWe really, truly need to become the world leader in the production of fossil fuel energy but it does need to do what consumers are demanding,â North Dakota Petroleum Council President Ron Ness told the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee. âWeâre in a battle between producing states and consuming s
Jan 22, 2021
BISMARCK – House Republican Caucus Leader Glenn Bosch, R-Bismarck, has introduced a bill in the North Dakota Legislature to create a Clean Sustainable Energy Authority.
The authority will support the development of projects and technologies that work to advance energy production while creating a clean and sustainable energy future.
If passed, the bill would establish North Dakota as a world leader in the production of clean, sustainable energy and diversifies and grows the state’s economy, according to sponsors. The Clean Sustainable Energy Authority would be modeled after other authorities under the N.D. Industrial Commission The authority’s 15 members (seven voting and eight ex-officio non-voting) would establish and develop a Clean Sustainable Energy Program, make recommendations to the Industrial Commission for grant awards and loan approvals and propose comprehensive environmental, social and governance policy to the North Dakota Legislature.
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“The market is asking for low carbon alternatives for their industry, and we need to give the market what they’re looking for,” said Rep. Glenn Bosch, R-Bismarck, who introduced the bill.
Wall Street s interest in socially and environmentally conscious investing has grown in recent years, a trend that has presented major roadblocks to expensive energy development projects in North Dakota. Gov. Doug Burgum has often noted the need to put a more positive brand on the state s coal and oil industry projects, while leaders of North Dakota s high profile carbon capture pilot program, Project Tundra, have said that the project s reliance on coal has made it harder to bring in high-dollar investors.