…of CO2 every year, accounting for around 40 percent of the nation’s total emissions. “The EPA’s proposal to cut carbon pollution from the power sector is both the most important…
How ALEC Fronts for Fossil Fuels
The State Policy Network’s Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco
…continued to receive funding from the tobacco industry that has continued through at least 2012, according to Altria/Phillip Morris documents. The Nation journalist Lee Fang previously reported that SPN relied…
State Policy Network: The Stealth Network Dramatically Influencing State Law
…Criminal Law” at 2011 States and Nation Policy Summit; * “Resolution in Support of Victim Offender Mediation” at the 2010 States and Nation Policy Summit Talmadge Heflin,…
SPN: Right-Wing Stink Tanks Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States
…republished in North Carolina, gained a third life as ‘Preparing for Tort Reform in Kentucky.’” SPN groups also coordinate national pushes in particular policy areas. Starting in 2007, the Texas…
Keystone Academy: Where Legislators Learn the Etiquette of Serving Special Interests
…(KXL) pipeline. Among the nine legislators on the tour was the new ALEC national chairman, Representative John Piscopo from Connecticut, and Senator Jim Smith from Nebraska who has sponsored legislation…
ALEC Tours Tar Sands, Works with Industry Groups to Block Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
…to serve the interests of the country.” Russman, who co-founded the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, is a former chair of the National Conference of State Legislators Committee on the…
