…according to a review of the company’s IRS disclosures completed by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). No contributions from Purdue were disclosed on the mid-year 2019 RAGA 8872…
I Want My Climate Back: The Promise of Climate Restoration
…the news coverage, a crucial and welcome development since ER alone cannot stop climate ruin. But the NE methods getting reported typically cost trillions of dollars, or resemble contraptions which…
Wisconsin Legislators Seek to Criminalize Climate, Environmental Protests with Latest Bill
…a current law passed in 2015 that made it a felony to trespass on or damage property owned, operated, or leased by an electrical or gas company. Under the new…
Convention of States Fires Up Base for Push to Rewrite U.S. Constitution
…two percent or three percent of people that get it, that are willing to buck the comfiness of their moment and the established norms that everyone is comfortable with, willing…
Workers Lose in Koch’s Georgia-Pacific Restructuring
…of G-P’s Port Hudson paper mill this year will result in the loss of almost 700 more jobs. These closures are part of a company restructuring, eliminating its commercial paper…
ALEC Doubles Down on Trump, Corporate Agenda at Annual Meeting in Texas
…will also make sure its GOP legislative members are prepared to redraw their districts in the most favorable way come 2021. In its June decision in Rucho v. Common Cause,…
Everything Is Bigger in Texas, Including ALEC’s Influence
…several ALEC conferences. ALEC Legislators’ Impact Together with Common Cause, CMD analyzed the legislation introduced by these politicians, and found multiple examples of ALEC “model policies” being introduced verbatim as…
New Report Documents Pervasive Influence of ALEC in Texas
…“high-risk insurance pools.” BNSF Railway, Energy Future Holdings, McLane Company, and VISTRA Energy are some of the known Texas-based funders of ALEC. Both Common Cause and the Center for Media…
Koch Closes Plant After Huge EPA Fine
…People of Crossett.” Georgia-Pacific said that it is closing the Crossett mill because it is unable “to compete effectively in the bleached board market.” The company has already invested in…
Coke, Pepsi Drop Trade Association Pushing Plastic Ban Bans
…for legislation preempting local plastic bag bans. “Companies understand that they cannot publicly say they want to end plastic pollution, while financially supporting an association that lobbies for our continued…