Who does your Attorney General work for?
December 7, 2014, 09:38
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Alpha Natural Resources,
American Electric Power,
Attorneys General,
blatant,
ConocoPhillips,
corruption,
energy,
lobbying,
lobbyists,
NYT,
oligarchy,
payola,
Pruitt,
scandal,
WTFWe live in the time of the robber barons.
In addition to the American Petroleum Institute, major energy companies — ConocoPhillips, the oil and gas company; Alpha Natural Resources, a coal mining giant; and American Electric Power, the nation’s biggest coal consumer — have recently joined the Republican Attorneys General Association, bringing in hundreds of thousands of additional dollars to the group, internal documents show.
By last year, the association was starting to pull in so much money under Mr. Pruitt’s leadership that it decided to break free from its partnership with the Republican State Leadership Committee, a group that represents state elected officials. Within months, the association also set up the Rule of Law Defense Fund, yet another legal entity that allows companies benefiting from the actions of Mr. Pruitt and other Republican attorneys general to make anonymous donations, in unlimited amounts. Fund-raising skyrocketed.
via Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General – NYTimes.com.
Merger of three major bike advocacy groups now unlikely
August 23, 2012, 16:00
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Alliance for Biking and Walking,
bicycle infrastructure,
bicycling advocacy,
bicycling infrastructure,
Bikes Belong,
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LAB,
lobbyists,
urban cycling,
wheelmenHo hum.
Some months ago there was a lot of talk of three of the major cycling advocacy groups in the United States merging to form a super-group. Now, after months of steady dialogue and face-to-face meetings, the leaders of the Alliance for Biking & Walking, Bikes Belong and League of American Bicyclists have decided not to pursue full unification at this time….
via Proposed merger of three major advocacy groups now unlikely | Bicycle Times Magazine.
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