Jun 22, 2012
About 30 people – including Beth Henry who spoke about the impact of coal on the environment - and members of Occupy Charlotte, staged a “bad air day” to protest Bank of America’s financing of the coal industry. They dumped 500 pounds of coal and then cleaned it up with a “Citizen Clean-Up Crew”. Bank [...]
Apr 25, 2012
By Jim Snyder – Apr 23, 2012 Small-government groups including the American Legislative Exchange Council, whose advocacy for Florida’s Stand-Your-Ground law and other measures have drawn calls to revoke its tax-exempt status, are taking aim at state mandates requiring renewable energy use. While environmentalists view the clean-energy standards as vital to reducing the country’s reliance [...]
Apr 20, 2012
By Elliott Negin from Huffington Post. “But the secretive group’s influence in statehouses goes a lot further than deadly force, self-defense laws. Since its founding in 1973, ALEC has ghostwritten state legislation across the country on a wide range of issues, from voter ID laws to prison policy to worker protections, as a number of press accounts [...]
Apr 16, 2012
VLTP is honored to welcome Action NC to those who will be participating in the protests against ALEC in Charlotte (please see the event listing for May 10). Action NC is a non-profit community organization which works to empower low-to-moderate income families here in Charlotte. We are grateful for their participation and look forward to [...]
Apr 11, 2012
By Bob Sloan, VLTP Executive Director Today ALEC released a statement concerning the ongoing pursuit by VLTP and other organizations urging companies and corporations with memberships to ALEC or financially supporting them to leave ALEC. As anticipated this campaign is having a huge impact upon the shadowy conservative organization as first Pepsi then Coke, Intuit, [...]
Apr 2, 2012
March 31, 2012: Today a number of groups concerned with the way Duke Energy continues to pollute our planet, protested at ALEC member Duke Energy’s Offices at 550 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 (in case you feel compelled to send Jim Rogers a written message). It was truly inspiring to be with a group [...]
Apr 1, 2012
Rally Calls for End To Rate Hikes, Backs AG’s Appeal Charlotte, North Carolina: A well attended rally held in Charlotte today has called for Duke Energy to drop its dirty rate hike. Dozens of concerned community members joined leaders from environmental and social justice groups to demand Duke end unfair rate increases from dirty coal. [...]
