According to material obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and Greenpeace, Big Oil and King Coal are heavily represented at ALECs 41st Annual Meeting. In ALEC task forces, lobbyists vote as equals with state legislators from across the U.S. on industry-friendly legislation, much of which has devastating impacts on our environment, and corporations underwrite parties and trainings where their lobbyists get unparalleled access to lawmakers from almost every state. One-third of the official ALEC conference sponsors are dirty energy companies, their trade associations, and their political front groups. nationofchange.org/coal-and-oil-polluters-dominate-alec-conference-1406990858
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:24:57 +0000
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