…of Energy transition team. Pyle is the President of both the American Energy Alliance and the Institute for Energy Research. Both organizations have received cash from numerous fossil fuel funders…
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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its offshoot the American City and County Exchange (ACCE) are meeting in Washington, D.C., today to strategize on how to advance a far-right…
Koch Cash Instrumental in Key Senate Races and May Have Buoyed Trump
…from Koch-backed groups including Koch Industries, Inc., Political Action Committee (KochPAC), Freedom Partners, Americans for Prosperity, Libre Initiative, Concerned Veterans for America and Aegis Strategic. This amount does not include…
5 Things to Know about Billionaire Betsy DeVos, Trump Choice for Education
…Through her riches, Betsy DeVos has had a disproportionate influence on national and state policies affecting millions of Americans, helping to force through changes to the law that gut the…
Fracking Special Interests Spent Big in 2016 Elections
…legislators and members of the American Legislative Exchange Council nullified that local initiative and pre-empted. Devon spent $195,000 in disclosed spending in the local battle and has spent an untold…
Reince Priebus Promotion Another Big Win for the Koch Caucus
…decided to withhold their support in the presidential race, while spending heavily on down ballot races. During the GOP primary, the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity, Wisconsin Club for Growth and…
Progressive Policies Win at the Ballot Box
…plastics industry is fighting back against such local democracy measures. A bill to preempt localities from banning plastic bags is an American Legislative Exchange Council model bill. Anti-Corruption and Campaign…
Dispatches from COP 22, UN Climate Negotiations in the Hottest Year on Record
…the American Southwest, millions of refugees from a ruined Latin America, and so on. Who will teach us? Climate scientists are often not skilled in teaching the public. And other…
Oil and Gas Interests Spend Big to Make it Harder to Amend Colorado Constitution
…progressive policies through direct democracy. In response to the chokehold corporations and their conservative allies have on many state legislatures, progressives are increasingly turning to the state ballot to move…
WI Senate Race Tightens with Flood of Last Minute Ads against Russ Feingold
…companies from excluding millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions, allows for family coverage of young adults, and extends health insurance options to more than 20 million previously uninsured Americans. The…
