Lobbying

Monsanto-Funded Front Group Fights Milk Labeling

by Anne Landman — March 10, 2008 - 5:33pm

A new "grassroots" farmers' group with close ties to Monsanto has been formed to outlaw labels that would notify consumers they are buying milk from cows not treated with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH). Monsanto genetically engineers rBGH, called Posilac, which is injected into cows, forcing them to produce more milk.

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New York Times, March 9, 2008

Group Blogging for the Man (and Fleishman-Hillard)

by Diane Farsetta — March 5, 2008 - 4:07pm

Under the banner "a marketplace of ideas," major industry groups are blogging together, to "build influence and drive policy." The BizCentral blog includes the American Petroleum Institute, Business Roundtable,

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Politico.com, March 3, 2008

Anti-Taxation with Tobacco Representation

by Anne Landman — March 5, 2008 - 12:56pm

R.J. Reynolds (RJR) may be funding a South Carolina anti-tax group to oppose a cigarette tax for health care. The Cover Carolina Collaborative, a group of health care organizations, is proposing that the state's tax be raised to $1.00 a pack, to help cover uninsured employees. South Carolina currently has the lowest cigarette tax in the nation, at seven cents a pack.

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The State (South Carolina), March 3, 2008

Coal on the Ropes: Part One

by Judith Siers-Poisson — February 27, 2008 - 3:49pm

The coal industry is on the ropes, but is working hard to ensure that regardless of who wins in the November elections, coal will come out on top.

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Los Angeles Times, February 27, 2008

Having His Cake and Eating It Too

by Sheldon Rampton — February 25, 2008 - 5:50pm

The February 2008 newsletter of the Obesity Society supports a new rule from the New York City's health commisssioner requiring restaurants to publish information about the number of calories in their food, but apparently the society's president, Dr. David B. Allison, hasn't gotten the word.

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New York Times, February 16, 2008

Controversy Grows over Canadian Skeptics Ad Campaign

by Bob Burton — February 22, 2008 - 1:18am

The fallout from the SourceWatch profile on the Canadian global warming skeptics group, Friends of Science (FoS), continues to grow.

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Canwest News Service, February 21, 2008

Telecom War on Net Neutrality

by Sheldon Rampton — February 20, 2008 - 11:32pm

"Telecommunications industry groups have attacked a new bill calling for government regulators to take a closer look at how broadband providers manage their networks," reports Kenneth Corin. "The Internet Freedom Preservation Act, introduced earlier this week by Rep.

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Enterprise Networking Planet, February 15, 2008

AAEI - How Democrats Took Over and Betrayed the Peace Movement

by John Stauber — February 9, 2008 - 8:32pm

Matt Taibbi analyzes how "Democrats have surrendered to Bush on Iraq and betrayed the peace movement for their own political ends." He faults the MoveOn-led Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, "a political tool for the Democrats -- one operated from inside the Beltway and devote

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Rolling Stone, February 21, 2008

Meijer Admission

by Sheldon Rampton — February 7, 2008 - 4:19pm

The Meijer retail chain has issued a public apology, admitting that it "likely violated campaign finance and reporting laws" and pledging to "comply with any and all direction, penalties, fines or other actions required by the Department of State" in connection with its covert effort to manipulate elections in Acme Township, Michigan, where local officials opposed its pla

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Grand Rapids Press, February 5, 2008
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