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kgrandia

(484 posts) Tue Jan 15, 2013, 03:46 PM Jan 2013

ALEC to Attack North Carolina Renewable Energy Initiatives

Renewable energy is under attack in the Tar Heel State. That's the word from Greenpeace USA's Connor Gibson today in a report that implicates King Coal powerhouse, Duke Energy and the fossil fuel industry at-large.

The vehicle Duke Energy is utilizing for this attack is one whose profile has grown in infamy in recent years: the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

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ALEC to Attack North Carolina Renewable Energy Initiatives (Original Post) kgrandia Jan 2013 OP

more to come in ... statehouses nationwide. pscot Jan 2013 #1

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1. more to come in ... statehouses nationwide.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 04:02 PM

Jan 2013

Gabe Elsner of the Checks and Balances Project described ALEC's game plan as a deceptive "one-two punch" against renewable energy to The Post.

“You push the legislation to state legislators and then you fund reports to support the argument and convince state lawmakers and all without any transparency or disclosure about the sources of this funding

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