ALEC & Climate Change Denial

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Channel: The YEARS Project · 2017 · News & Politics

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Is renewable energy being held down where you live? It might be because fossil fuel companies are literally writing the laws, with help from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

SOURCES:
[i] Center for Media and Democracy.  ALEC Exposed.  https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/What_is_ALEC%3F 
[ii]  ALEC's Climate Change Denial.  http://alecclimatechangedenial.org/corporate-funders/ 
[iiia] The New York Times. Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists.  July 8, 2017.  https://nyti.ms/2tUYma2
[iiib] Center for American Progress.  The Latest Threat to Electric Cars.  March 31, 2017.  https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2017/03/31/429641/latest-threat-electric-cars/  
[iv] Bloomberg.  Koch-Funded Group Prods Trump’s EPA to Say Climate Change Not a Risk.  November 15, 2017.
 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-15/coal-funded-alec-prods-trump-to-say-climate-change-not-a-risk
[v] The Natural Resources Defense Council.  EPA’s Endangerment Finding: The Legal And Scientific Foundation For Climate Action.  May 2017.  https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/epa-endangerment-finding-fs.pdf 
[vi]  Scientific American.  One Big Legal Obstacle Keeps Trump from Undoing Greenhouse Gas Regulation.  April 26, 2017.  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-big-legal-obstacle-keeps-trump-from-undoing-greenhouse-gas-regulation/ 
[vii] Center for Media and Democracy.  Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC.  https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Corporations_that_Have_Cut_Ties_to_ALEC 
[viii]  ALEC's Climate Change Denial.  http://alecclimatechangedenial.org/corporate-funders/ 

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