The fracking lobby will host its annual “Congressional Call-Up” event at the Trump International Hotel in March.
Environment
Contempt of Court: Trump’s Judicial Blitz Betrays His Hostility to Rule of Law
Some of Trump’s most egregious nominees have dropped out, but his onslaught on the judiciary is very dangerous.
ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force
The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has hired Grant Kidwell, a former analyst from two major Koch-backed groups: Americans for Prosperity and the Charles Koch Institute.
Credo Delivers Petition to UPS Demanding that It Drop ALEC
Credo Action delivered a petition to the United Parcel Service with 84,453 signatures earlier today asking the company to dump the American Legislative Exchange Council.
ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite, Corporate Wish List at Nashville Summit
ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, Tennessee December 6-8
Dispatches from COP23 Climate Change Summit in Bonn
Special report for CMD from Alex Carlin about his observations from the 23rd annual “conference of the parties” (COP) taking place in Bonn, Germany from 6-17 November.
Consumer Product Safety Commission Cracks Down on Flame Retardants Linked to Health Problems
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted on September 20 that it would take steps toward protecting consumers from the hazards posed by the flame retardants.
“Poison Papers” Snapshot: HoJo Transcript Illustrates EPA Collusion with Chemical Industry
This transcript is part of more than 20,000 documents, weighing over three tons, just released on the Poison Papers website.
The Poison Papers Expose Decades of Collusion between Industry and Regulators over Hazardous Pesticides and Other Chemicals
The Bioscience Resource Project and the Center for Media and Democracy today are releasing a trove of rediscovered and newly digitized chemical industry and regulatory agency documents stretching back to the 1920s. The documents are available at PoisonPapers.org.
Big Coal Burns Bright at ALEC Conference
The fracking industries and king coal producers ExxonMobil, Noble Energy, and ARCO dominated the first day of the 44th ALEC conference.