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Week-Long Protests Challenge A.L.E.C. As Extreme Right Group Meets In San Diego
Protests, press conferences, teach-ins, rallies and guerrilla theater are sweeping the city as members of the ultra-conservative lobbying organization attend its yearly meeting.
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100 Ohio Officials Tell Governor: Time to Ban Fracking In the State
Mayors, county commissioners and city councilors have issued a letter to Ohio Gov. John Kasich asking for the right to ban the hazardous drilling practice within state borders.
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BP Dumps A.L.E.C., Citing Concervative Group's Denial of Climate Change
Oil company BP said on Monday it has stopped supporting conservative political group ALEC, becoming the latest corporation to end its membership in a group critics say works to deny the existence of climate change.
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Top U.S. Companies Ditched A.L.E.C. – Now Time For Politicians to Do the Same
Corporate America has turned against the conservative group's radical agenda of denying climate change, defunding public services and curtailing workers' rights – so what's preventing our representatives from following suit?
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Lima Climate Change Talks Reach Global Warming Agreement
The UN plan agreed Sunday is a crucial step towards a climate change deal due to be finalized in Paris next year – for the first time committing all countries, including developing nations, to cutting emissions.
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North Carolina's Newest U.S. Senator Accused of Cyberbullying
Raleigh resident Bibi Bowman says the fact that a police officer called her and told her to take down a Facebook post is an invasion of her privacy and a thinly-veiled attempt to intimidate her into silence.
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New Right-To-Farm Laws Protect Big Ag Corporations, Not Farmers
ALEC-drafted legislation aims to circumvent local ordinances on environmental protection and animal rights.
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How the Waltons of Walmart Are Obstructing Our Clean Energy Future
The nation's richest family is funding nearly two dozen organizations working to roll back renewable energy policies, while pushing for regulations aimed at hindering the growth of rooftop solar power.
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Google Becomes Latest Tech Giant to Drop A.L.E.C. Over Climate Denial
Microsoft, Facebook, Yelp and Yahoo are among other firms parting ways with the American Legislative Exchange Council, which has consistently opposed and obstructed climate change policies.
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World's Biggest PR Company Axes Climate Change Deniers – But Forgets About A.L.E.C.
If Edelman is serious about not working for groups that deny climate change, it needs to dump the American Legislative Exchange Council – which which works harder than anyone to block climate policy.
