Have you ever wondered why it is that two-thirds of Americans think government should do more to #ActOnClimate and over 90% of Americans support background checks, yet we’ve made virtually zero progress on either issue?
One reason is @ALEC_States.
#ExposeALEC #TradeUp
One reason is @ALEC_States.
#ExposeALEC #TradeUp
So what is ALEC anyway? I’ll let @iamjohnoliver explain it to you and then I’ll pick off where the folks at @LastWeekTonight left off back in 2014.
@IamJohnOliver’s description of @ALEC_States as a conservative bill mill responsible for every disastrous anti-climate law you could imagine was true then and it’s true now.
But 6 years later, ALEC’s #CopyPasteCorruption isn't just as shady as it sounds, it’s even shadier.
But 6 years later, ALEC’s #CopyPasteCorruption isn't just as shady as it sounds, it’s even shadier.
Follow along this week as I #ExposeALEC and break down exactly how their #CopyPasteCorruption is killing our planet, selling out public health in the midst of a pandemic & using taxpayer dollars to subsidize polluters pumping toxins into our air & water.
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Let’s start off with with ALEC’s #CopyPasteCorruption on climate.
As businesses from Microsoft to Morgan Stanley finally speak out about the #ClimateCrisis, @ALEC_States continues to funnel millions of taxpayer dollars into the pockets of polluters.desmogblog.com/american-legis…
As businesses from Microsoft to Morgan Stanley finally speak out about the #ClimateCrisis, @ALEC_States continues to funnel millions of taxpayer dollars into the pockets of polluters.desmogblog.com/american-legis…
How exactly does #CopyPasteCorruption work? ALEC hands legislators *pre-written* bills that help membership-paying polluters like ExxonMobil & Chevron by eliminating enviro regulations, criminalizing protests, disincentivizing clean energy & forcing climate denialism into schools
Let’s start with the “Electricity Freedom” model bill @IamJohnOliver mentioned—legislation designed to:
1. Prevent states from requiring utilities to increase renewable energy production
2. Kill state solar incentives.
1. Prevent states from requiring utilities to increase renewable energy production
2. Kill state solar incentives.
When this particular instance of #CopyPasteCorruption failed in states like Arizona & Georgia, ALEC didn’t give up. Instead, they introduced a "Market-Power Renewable Act," which was designed to eliminate clean energy jobs & investment.
Read more➡️tucsonweekly.com/tucson/the-bat…
Read more➡️tucsonweekly.com/tucson/the-bat…
