Mar 31, 2013
Documentary Hits Fossil Fuel Industry-Funded Climate Change Deniers Greedy Lying Bastards is as timely a movie as you will ever see. The global warming documentary — directed, produced and narrated by Craig Rosebraugh — pulls no punches in a damning indictment of the fossil fuel industry-funded climate change deniers who have successfully deceived the public and [...]
Mar 31, 2013
As part of our continuing series about ALEC”s international reach, here is an article that we sent to us by our researcher in the North Seas. You will read about plans to create for-profit public schools. This should sound very familiar to you. In this article you will read about how conservatives in England are [...]
Mar 30, 2013
A judge on Friday dismissed a “substantial portion” of claims facing a number of banks in a barrage of lawsuits accusing them of interest-rate rigging. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan ruled for the banks, which include Bank of America Corp (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N: Quote, [...]
Mar 29, 2013
5 Terrifying Things To Know About The HR 933 Provision The “Monsanto Protection Act” is the name opponents of the Farmer Assurance Provision have given to this terrifying piece of policy, and it’s a fitting moniker given its shocking content. REUTERS A maize seedling is seen in the corn greenhouse at the Monsanto Research facility [...]
Mar 29, 2013
I heard this on the radio on the way home today. It’s the truth – the whole truth and nothing but the truth And the truth hurts. http://youtu.be/WMyS1658dOI 12 minutes of your time. Time to wake up. What is in it for “my” movement??? That is the problem that the citizen journalists have been running [...]
Mar 29, 2013
Undercover investigations have exposed patterns of horrific animal welfare abuses on factory farms and slaughterhouses, and led to criminal convictions and public health investigations. Rather than addressing these problems, a powerful organization called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) wants to criminalize anyone who brings animal abuse to light. (Editor’s note: compliance with the law [...]
Mar 29, 2013
So, who among the environmentalists out there knew that Fracking is also a big issue in England? The conservative movement (Tories as they are called in English politics), led by ALEC members in England, is pushing hydraulic fracturing as a cure-all to their energy woes. The Fossil fuel industry–Big Oil–is quite active trying to avoid [...]
Mar 29, 2013
Overhauling the state pension system is a priority for Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-ALEC. (Photo courtesy of the Florida Legislature.) A new plan that would overhaul the state’s pension system can be traced back to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, The Palm Beach Post reported this week. State lawmakers are changing the current [...]
Mar 29, 2013
For the public, the entire Keystone XL (KXL) streamliner is washing down easier with a confidential Big Gulp of Koch. “The too-billionaire Koch brothers, Charles and David, usually get what they want, but never what they deserve.” — Gaea People who breathe the atmosphere, drink water, eat food, are hostages of an increasingly haywire, engineered [...]
Mar 27, 2013
In a legislative frenzy only to be rivaled by the great lameduck circle-jerk of 2012, Michigan lawmakers are churning-out stop-gap bills meant to do nothing more than punish unions and employers for negotiating in good faith. A number of laws, including Right-to-Work, are set to take effect this week. As Democracy Tree reported last month, [...]
