The Wisconsin bill echoes similar “critical infrastructure protection” model bills pushed out by the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Council of State Governments over the last two years.
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Coke, Pepsi Drop Trade Association Pushing Plastic Ban Bans
Plastic Industry Association works with ALEC to block regulation of single-use plastics.
SEC Rules Exxon Must Allow Shareholder Votes on Dark Money and Climate Policies
The SEC has denied ExxonMobil’s request to prevent a shareholder vote on a resolution requiring the oil giant to disclose its political spending, including “dark money” contributions to advocacy groups and trade associations.
Koch’s Georgia-Pacific Hit with Another Environmental Penalty
U.S. EPA fines paper company $79,000 for illegal stormwater discharges.
Like a Breath of Fresh Air, Youth Climate Strikes Lift Off in 125 Countries
Global climate actions kicked off by the young Swedish teen, Greta Thurnberg, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize this week.
State Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest of Oil & Gas “Critical Infrastructure”
These anti-protest bills adopted by ALEC and by CSG allow prosecutors to impose large fines and felonies, not only on individuals who are arrested, but organizations that are deemed to be supporting those individuals.
Trump Taps Climate Denier to Lead a Secret White House Climate Panel
Physicist and climate science denier William Happer has no formal training in climate science.
“The House is on Fire,” Climate Strikes Come to America March 15
Youth lead the way demanding climate action.
Acting EPA Chief Appoints Climate Denier John R. Christy to Science Advisory Board
Christy has made a career of providing academic legitimacy to the climate denier movement.
Koch Kumbaya: The Billionaire Industrialists Appropriate Frederick Douglass, Pledge to “Do Right”
What are we to make of all the good news and talk of bipartisanship coming from the Koch camp?