Ford Revealed as Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC
Ford Motor Company, despite its much-hyped commitment to the environment, has been quietly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Climate Change
Koch Brothers Backing Misleading Anti-Solar Campaign in Florida
The Koch brothers and utility giants are bankrolling an anti-solar ballot initiative in Florida
GOP Field Gets $62 Million so far from Fossil Fuels
The 2016 presidential race is a bonanza of fossil fuel cash for Republican presidential candidates, even 15 months out from election day.
Just 17 billionaires and businesses with ties to fossil fuel interests have pumped $67 million into Super PACs to support the ambitions of eight Republicans, according to a new analysis by Greenpeace and the Center for Media and Democracy (which publishes PRWatch.org). The Guardian broke the story.
The top recipient?
Blatant climate denier Ted Cruz.
Jeb Bush Addressed Secret Coal Industry Retreat
George W. Bush's brother Jeb is the highest profile speaker at a secretive three-day retreat in Bristol, Virginia, hosted by six coal barons.
On Earth Day, 100,000 Call on Koch Favorite Scott Walker to End Climate Censorship
Climate activists wearing tape over their mouths marched up to Walker’s office in the Wisconsin State Capitol this morning to hand-deliver more than 100,000 petitions, calling on Walker to put an end to the censorship on climate change in Wisconsin.
Senator Whitehouse Exposes ALEC Climate Change Denial
This week, US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse called upon America to “wake up” to the damaging effects of climate change denial and the fossil fuel industry funding received by groups that promote it, including ALEC.
3 Reasons Obama's New Methane Regulations Won't Save Us
The Obama Administration's new plan to regulate methane emissions from the oil and gas industry will at best only slow down the country's fastest-growing source of heat-trapping gases.
Tar Sands Pipeline Planned for Dane County Eclipses KXL
The expansion of Enbridge's Line 61 pipeline through Dane County, Wisconsin "is on the front lines of our fight against climate change."
eBay Becomes 100th Company to Cut Ties to "Controversial" ALEC
"We are not renewing membership in ALEC," eBay tweeted on the afternoon of December 18.
Edelman TransCanada Leak: Aggressive PR for Keystone Alt
Leaked documents expose a plan by Edelman for TransCanada to launch an "aggressive" American-style PR campaign to get controversial tar sands oil to refineries in eastern Canada for export.
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