Thursday, September 27, 2012

ALEC's (Corporate) Love Affair with Fracking | Common Dreams

ALEC's (Corporate) Love Affair with Fracking | Common Dreams
"Through ALEC, corporate lobbyists have an equal vote with state legislators on ALEC “model” bills, that are pushed in states across the nation. Often the bills were drafted by the corporate lobbyists before being approved by ALEC "task forces." ALEC's legislative agenda includes efforts to bar taxes on windfall profits of energy companies and numerous bills that would make it harder to regulate carbon or address global climate changes, as well as bills that would make it harder to hold these and other companies accountable when Americans are killed or injured as a result of a corporation's product or practices in regulated industries."

No comments:

Post a Comment