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Madison Joins "Fossil Free" Divestment Effort

by Harriet Rowan — April 26, 2013 - 10:00am
  • Topics: Global Warming, Environment

    • Mayor Paul Soglin threw his support behind 350.org's "Fossil Free" campaign, pledging to keep Madison free of fossil fuel investments and working to convince other units of local government to do the

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    Over a Million Comments Filed on GE Salmon as New Evidence Emerges of Deeply Flawed Review

    by Rebekah Wilce — April 26, 2013 - 8:15am
  • Topics: Food Safety, Genetic Engineering, Environment, Food Rights Network

    • The extended comment period on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review and approval of AquAdvantage genetically engineered (GE) salmon ends April 26. As more comments flood in, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) reports that documents disclosed through a Freedom of Information Request (FOIA) "raise serious questions about the adequacy of the FDA's review of the AquAdvantage Salmon application."

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    Report by Progress Missouri Highlights ALEC Infiltration in MO

    by PRW Staff — April 26, 2013 - 6:20am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Democracy, Politics

    • -- By Drew Curtis

    More than forty bills introduced in the Missouri state legislature echo American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) model legislation, and at least 60 legislators are ALEC members, according to a new report from Progress Missouri.

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    Anti-Worker "Paycheck Protection" Bills Moving in Missouri

    by PRW Staff — April 25, 2013 - 8:32am
  • Topics: Democracy, Labor

    • Missouri is the latest front in the attack on organized labor with so-called "paycheck protection" bills moving through the legislature, with backing from the usual array of corporate interests. But according to the Washington D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute, the bills primarily disadvantage workers while preserving privileges for corporations.

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    Big Defeat for ALEC's Effort to Repeal Renewable Energy Standards in North Carolina

    by Brendan Fischer — April 24, 2013 - 2:49pm
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Energy, Politics

    • The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) suffered a big defeat in North Carolina today when a bipartisan group of legislators killed a bill to repeal the state's Renewable Portfolio Standards, which require utilities provide a certain percentage of energy from renewable sources. ALEC typically operates in the dark but has expressed rare public support for the North Carolina effort.

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    Having Spent Millions Influencing Three Branches of Government, Kochs Look to Buy Fourth Estate

    by Brendan Fischer — April 24, 2013 - 7:27am

    The billionaire industrialist Koch brothers have spent tens of millions for decades on a long-term plan to reshape the legislative, executive, and judicial branches according to a corporate-friendly form, and may now make inroads into what is often referred to as the fourth branch of government: the press.

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    Remembering Common Cause President Bob Edgar

    by PRW Staff — April 23, 2013 - 4:14pm

    CONTACT: Nikolina Lazic, nikolina@prwatch.org

    Statement from Lisa Graves, Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy

    It is with enormous sadness that we learned about the passing earlier today of Common Cause President Bob Edgar. The Center for Media and Democracy has been honored to work with Bob over the past few years, and in particular we have appreciated his energy in our joint efforts to expose the American Legislative Exchange Council.

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    Creatures of the Dark: Wisconsin GOP Caught Deleting Records, Again

    by Brendan Fischer — April 23, 2013 - 6:13am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • New federal court filings allege that hundreds of thousands of Republican redistricting files in Wisconsin were deleted last year, in defiance of court orders to turn over all documents. The deletions fit into a pattern of the Wisconsin GOP covering their tracks and could result in sanctions for the attorneys or individuals involved in deleting the files.

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    On Earth Day, ALEC Bemoans “Somber” Environmentalists

    by Nick Surgey — April 22, 2013 - 5:43pm
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Global Warming, Energy, Environment

    • The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which is centrally involved with pushing environmentally destructive legislation on behalf of the fossil fuel industry, today complained that "Earth Day has been a largely somber event" when it should be "a celebration of the wonderful achievements humankind has made in cleaning and greening the planet," wrote Todd Wynn, ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Director.

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    Bayer and Syngenta Lobby Furiously Against EU Efforts to Limit Pesticides and Save Bees

    by Rebekah Wilce — April 22, 2013 - 5:53am
  • Topics: Corporations, Environment, Food, Food Rights Network

    • Bee populations have been declining rapidly worldwide in recent years -- in the U.S., they have declined by almost 50 percent just since October 2012, according to The Ecologist. The problem is complex, with possible culprits including certain parasites (like Varroa mites), viruses, pesticides, and industrial agriculture. But two studies published in early 2012 in the journal Science suggested a particularly strong connection between the use of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids and the decline of both bumble bee and honeybee populations.

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