American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — Working to Repeal Environmental Regulation
When I wrote this piece yesterday by Inside Climate News’ Maria Gallucci, I had no idea that just a few hours later, a friend would send me this article by the same author, in which we can see how nasty and partisan the climate change legislation has become. Through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative policy group, huge forces including ExxonMobil, energy conglomerate Koch Industries, and Peabody Energy, the country’s largest coal producer are hard at work to roll back decades of regulations that act as a burden to their polluting our oceans and skies.
While these organizations are working through ALEC to repeal decades of regulation, there are other organizations that are working to cause corporations to leave ALEC in droves and having amazing success. Many of these companies had no idea that ALEC was doing what it was doing until it was brought to their attention by these organizations. When they found out what was going on they left ALEC post haste. I personally do everything in my power not to support or purchase products from any companies that have anything to do with ALEC.
For your amusement.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Corporations#For-Profit_Corporations