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Presidents Day Rally to Hold Obama's Feet to the Fire of Climate Change

by Meher Ahmad — February 14, 2013 - 8:54am
  • Topics: Energy, Environment

    • In Tuesday's State of the Union, five days before what is anticipated to be the largest climate rally in the U.S. history, President Obama made his message on climate change clear: "For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change." After touting the nation's success in producing more oil and natural gas than ever before, Obama outlined an "all-of-the-above" plan which involves reducing pollution and speeding up the transition to sustainable energy, including wind and solar.

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    Duke Energy Flip-Flop: ALEC Leads Attack on North Carolina Clean Energy with Duke Funding

    by PRW Staff — January 16, 2013 - 9:10am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Energy, Environment

    • -- by Connor Gibson, Greenpeace

    Corporate polluters are taking aim this year at states with renewable energy laws, starting with an attack on North Carolina's clean energy economy by American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) politicians and member companies.

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    CoalSwarm: A Clearinghouse for Shared Information on King Coal

    by PRW Staff — January 6, 2013 - 11:13am
  • Topics: Energy, Environment

    • The article below was written by Ted Nace, who founded CoalSwarm. Since 2008, the Center for Media and Democracy has been hosting the CoalSwarm wiki project on CMD's SourceWatch.org website. SourceWatch is a sister site of this site, PRWatch.org, and other sites of CMD, which include ALECexposed.org and the FoodRightsNetwork.org.

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    A New Year's Message to Our Readers

    by Lisa Graves — December 31, 2012 - 10:04am
  • Topics: Campaign Finance, Corporations, Democracy, Economy, Energy, Environment, Media, Politics

    • You helped make the world a better place this year. You helped expose corruption and thwart efforts to distort our democracy.

    1. You helped force 42 major corporations and 70 legislators to do something they did not want to do, leave the American Legislative Exchange Council.

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    At ALEC Meeting, Indiana Regulator Advises Coal Companies on Delaying EPA Climate Rules

    by PRW Staff — December 13, 2012 - 3:54pm
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Energy, Environment, Politics

    • -- by Connor Gibson, Greenpeace

    You're probably familiar with the old "fox in the hen house" story, but what about when a hen joins the fox den?

    This is the case with the recent American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in Washington, DC. Leaked documents obtained by Greenpeace reveal that ALEC's anti-environmental jamboree was inundated with coal money and featured an Indiana regulator advising coal utilities on delaying US Environmental Protection Agency rules to control greenhouse gas emissions and hazardous air pollution.

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    Koch Carbon Kings a Driving Force Behind the U.N. Deadlock in Doha

    by Mary Bottari — December 5, 2012 - 8:48am
  • Topics: Energy

    • A new report by the International Forum on Globalization details the role of David and Charles Koch in undermining international talks to address the rapidly escalating problem of climate change. As the United Nations meets in Doha, Qatar this week, the goal is to create a framework in which the governments of the world make internationally binding commitments to cut carbon emissions fast enough to keep climate change within the agreed threshold of 2C.

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    Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Cuts Ties to ALEC

    by Rebekah Wilce — December 3, 2012 - 11:01am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Energy, Environment, Politics

    • In an email to its supporters, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), a national trade group for companies involved in solar energy projects, joined ALEC earlier this year to promote bipartisan energy policies, but has decided not to renew its membership. According to the email, ALEC "adopted a stance that intends to take us backwards. The fact is, Americans overwhelmingly support the growth of the solar energy industry and ALEC is clearly out of touch with the way Americans feel. We have not renewed our membership to ALEC and we will work with state legislators to push back on these efforts."

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    Climate Campaigners Demand UW Divest from Fossil Fuel

    by Sara Jerving — December 3, 2012 - 8:45am
  • Topics: Corporate Campaigns, Corporate Social Responsibility, Energy, Environment

    • MADISON -- This morning, a group of students and alumni delivered over 1,000 signatures to University of Wisconsin Foundation President Mike Knetter demanding that the university divest its holdings from the fossil fuel industry. The activists point to science that shows the industry is slowly cooking the planet and divestment, or "hitting them where is hurts," as a moral imperative.

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    ALEC and Heartland Aim to Crush Renewable Energy Standards in the States

    by Sara Jerving — November 27, 2012 - 9:28am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Energy, Environment

    • An effort to stomp out state renewable energy mandates across the country has roots in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). As reported by The Washington Post, the Heartland Institute wrote the bill, had it passed through ALEC, and is now targeting the 29 states and the District of Columbia, which have passed renewable energy requirements in some form.

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    Greenpeace Activist Confronts Coal Lobbyist at Energy Event

    by PRW Staff — November 19, 2012 - 2:05pm
  • Topics: Activism, Energy, Lobbying

    • - by Connor Gibson of Greenpeace

    At a well-attended energy forum hosted by Politico, I shed some light on the role of coal lobbyist Jeffrey Holmstead in blocking pollution reductions for his coal utility and mining clients after he said we can’t “regulate our way to clean energy.” Here’s the video:

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