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After Attacking Kwanzaa, WI Senator Moves on to Attacking Renewable Energy -- with Help from ALEC

by Brendan Fischer — February 25, 2013 - 8:06am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Energy, Environment, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • Wisconsin State Senator Glenn Grothman, who made headlines in December for an unprovoked attack on Kwanzaa, has set his sights on another imagined enemy: renewable energy standards. Although Sen. Grothman's latest move is just as ridiculous as his past efforts, this one is part of a national effort backed by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the Heartland Institute.

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    Climate Change Rally Largest in U.S. History

    by Mary Bottari — February 18, 2013 - 8:19am
  • Topics: Activism, Energy, Environment

    • An estimated 40,000 rallied on a cold day in Washington, DC yesterday to urge President Obama to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline and destructive energy extraction practices, such as fracking.

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    Four States Introduce Keystone XL Resolutions, Lifting Language from ALEC and TransCanada Itself

    by Brendan Fischer — February 15, 2013 - 8:29am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Environment, Politics

    • Legislators in four states have introduced bills in recent weeks supporting the controversial TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline, with language that appears to have been lifted directly from a "model" American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) bill and from TransCanada's own public relations talking points.

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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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    Americans for Prosperity Provides "Grassroots" for Controversial Wisconsin Mining Bill

    by Meher Ahmad — January 24, 2013 - 9:33am
  • Topics: Environment, Real Economy Project

    • David Koch's Americans for Prosperity (AFP) chapter in Wisconsin is throwing its support behind a proposed mine in the state's far North. A mining bill -- almost identical to the one that failed last year in the Wisconsin State Senate -- was reintroduced this week in the state legislature. What changed? Republicans picked up two more Senate seats in 2012, which may give mining supporters the slim margin they need.

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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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    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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