natural resources task alec
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</div><div><a href="http://www.alec.org/task-forces/energy-environment-and-agriculture/">http://www.alec.org/task-forces/energy-environment-and-agriculture/</a></div><div>
</div><div>3/14 agenda http://www.alec.org/wp-content/uploads/EEA_STFS_35_Day.pdf</div><div>
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font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/initiatives/epas-regulatory-train-wreck/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); text-decoration: none;">EPA’s Regulatory Train Wreck</a></li></ul><h2 class="tabhead" style="margin: 25px 0px 0px; padding: 10px 23px 8px; border: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeueLTStd-Cd, 'Arial Narrow', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 24px; box-shadow: rgb(219, 219, 219) 3px 3px 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(219, 219, 219) 3px 3px 5px; background: rgb(5, 97, 174);">Blog Posts</h2><ul class="secondarynav" style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.americanlegislator.org/plastic-bag-ban/" target="blank" title="Posted 6 February 2014 | 2:30 pm" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); text-decoration: none;">Sights are set on Plastic Bags</a></li><li style="margin: 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.americanlegislator.org/energy-producing-states-and-rising-incomes/" target="blank" title="Posted 13 December 2013 | 7:48 pm" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); text-decoration: none;">The Energy Link: Energy Producing States and Rising Incomes</a></li><li style="margin: 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.americanlegislator.org/epa-continues-public-listening-sessions/" target="blank" title="Posted 8 November 2013 | 3:26 pm" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); text-decoration: none;">EPA Continues Its Public Listening Sessions</a></li><li style="margin: 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); text-decoration: none;">The Energy Link: Energy Producing States and Unemployment</a></li><li style="margin: 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.americanlegislator.org/epas-assault-on-state-sovereignty-part-ii/" target="blank" title="Posted 27 June 2013 | 7:10 pm" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); text-decoration: none;">EPA’s Assault on State Sovereignty Part II</a></li></ul></div><div>--</div><div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 67, 67);">Model Policy</h3><a class="viewAll" href="http://www.alec.org/legislation-tags/energy-environment-and-agriculture-task-force/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); text-decoration: none; position: absolute; top: 12px; right: 15px;">View All ></a><ul id="related-model-legislation" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; color: rgb(88, 88, 88);"><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/resolution-in-support-of-the-keystone-xl-pipeline/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">Resolution in Support of the Keystone XL Pipeline</a></li><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/updating-net-metering-policies-resolution/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">Updating Net Metering Policies Resolution</a></li><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/resolution-concerning-epa-proposed-greenhouse-gas-emission-standards-for-new-and-existing-fossil-fueled-power-plants/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">Resolution Concerning EPA Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New and Existing Fossil-Fueled Power Plants</a></li><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/resolution-response-epas-plan-regulate-greenhouse-gases-clean-air-act/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">Resolution in Response to EPA’s Plan to Regulate Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act</a></li><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/resolution-opposition-carbon-tax/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">Resolution in Opposition to a Carbon Tax</a></li><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/pre-emption-local-agriculture-laws-act/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">Pre-emption of Local Agriculture Laws Act</a></li><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/resolution-support-electric-power-grid-modernization-principles/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">Resolution in Support of Electric Power Grid Modernization Principles</a></li><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/renewable-energy-credit-act/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">Renewable Energy Credit Act</a></li><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/market-power-renewables-act/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">The Market-Power Renewables Act</a></li><li style="margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"><a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/resolution-in-support-of-modernizing-the-federal-toxic-substances-control-act-of-1976/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 92, 170); text-decoration: none;">Resolution in support of modernizing the federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976</a></li></ul></div><div>--</div><div>http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/american-legislative-exchange/</div><div>
</div><div><h1 style="outline-style: none; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-size: 28px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="outline-style: none;">Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group</span></h1><h2 style="outline-style: none; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; color: rgb(102, 204, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: 0px 50% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="outline-style: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)</span></h2><div class="happen-content article-content" style="outline-style: none; padding: 13px 0px 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="on-page" style="outline-style: none; float: right; width: 180px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="title" style="outline-style: none; display: block; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px;">On this page</span><div id="onthispage" class="onthispage" style="outline-style: none;"><ul style="outline-style: none; margin: 4px 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; list-style: none;"><li style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14); padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/bullet01.gif) 0px 6px no-repeat;"><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/american-legislative-exchange/#a0" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(85, 159, 12); font-size: 10px; line-height: 14px;">Read more about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)</a></li><li style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14); padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/bullet01.gif) 0px 6px no-repeat;"><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/american-legislative-exchange/#a1" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(85, 159, 12); font-size: 10px; line-height: 14px;">Find more recipients of Koch foundation money</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="text" style="outline-style: none;"><div class="leader" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 10px 0px 12px; font-weight: 700;"><div style="outline-style: none;">$525,858 received from Koch foundations 2005-2011 [Total Koch foundation grants 1997-2011: $858,858]</div></div><div style="outline-style: none;"><p style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14);"><strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">American Legislative Exchange Council (<a href="http://alecexposed.org/" class="zoom" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/bg-zoom.gif) 100% 2px no-repeat;">ALEC</a>)</strong> is one-stop shopping for state elected officials interested in perusing the wares of an array of <strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Koch-funded opposition organizations</strong>including <a title="Greenpeace Koch Industries Institute for Energy Research" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/institute-for-energy-research/" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13);"><strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">IER</strong></a>, <a title="Greenpeace Koch Industries American Council on Capital Formation ACCF" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/american-council-on-capital-fo/" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13);"><strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">ACCF</strong></a>, <a title="Greenpeace Koch Industries Mercatus Institute" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/mercatus-center/" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13);"><strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Mercatus</strong></a> and other sources.The American Legislative Exchange Council is a member of the <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/state-policy-network-spn/?utma=1.834972712.1309880319.1345146585.1345148660.342&utmb=1.1.10.1345148660&utmc=1&utmx=-&utmz=1.1345137232.339.249.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&utmv=-&_utmk=254992904" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13);">State Policy Network</a>.</p><p style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14);">ALEC has successfully peddled corporate-written legislation to numerous states attacking the Kyoto Protocol, <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/alec-model-bill-behind-push-require-climate-denial-instruction-schools" class="zoom" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13); line-height: normal; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/bg-zoom.gif) 100% 2px no-repeat;">undermining climate science education</a> in schools and numerous other <a href="http://greenpeaceblogs.com/2012/05/10/whats-on-alecs-polluter-agenda-tomorrow/" class="zoom" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13); line-height: normal; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/bg-zoom.gif) 100% 2px no-repeat;">anti-environmental legislation</a>. ALEC has close <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/161973/koch-connection" class="zoom" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13); line-height: normal; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/bg-zoom.gif) 100% 2px no-repeat;">ties to Koch Industries</a>, which helped bail the organization out of financial troubles with a half-million dollar grant.</p><p style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14);"><strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">ALEC</strong> publishes its own materials as well, including a <strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a href="http://www.alec.org/am/pdf/energy/CCOverview.pdf" target="blank" class="pdf" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/pdf-icon.gif) 100% 2px no-repeat;">"Climate Change Overview for State Legislators"</a></strong> which downplays the <strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">science and risks of global warming</strong> and exaggerates the costs of addressing it. The Overview was written by <strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Daniel Simmons</strong>, who moved from <strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">ALEC</strong> to become <strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">AEA</strong>'s Director of State Affairs. Simmons was at the <strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Mercatus Institute</strong> before <strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">ALEC</strong>and is a graduate of the <strong style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">George Mason University School of Law</strong>.</p><p style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14);">Charles G. Koch is a recipient of ALEC's 1994 "<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/161973/koch-connection" class="zoom" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13); line-height: normal; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/bg-zoom.gif) 100% 2px no-repeat;">Adam Smith Award</a>."</p><p style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14);" /><h2 id="a0" style="outline-style: none; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; background: 0px 50%;"><br style="outline-style: none;" />Read more about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)</h2><p style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14);"><a class="act zoom" title="American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on ExxonSecrets.org" href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=10" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13); line-height: normal; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/bg-zoom.gif) 100% 2px no-repeat;">American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on ExxonSecrets.org</a></p><p style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14);"><a class="act zoom" title="American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on SourceWatch.org" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13); line-height: normal; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; background: url(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Templates/Planet3/Styles/images/bg-zoom.gif) 100% 2px no-repeat;">American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on SourceWatch.org</a></p><h2 id="a1" style="outline-style: none; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; background: 0px 50%;">Find more recipients of Koch foundation money</h2><p style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14);"><a class="act" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/kochmoney/" target="blank" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(70, 127, 13);">View "Koch's Web of Dirty Money and Influence"</a></p></div><p style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14);" /></div><div class="tags" style="outline-style: none; width: 430px; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 4px 0px 0px 10pt;"><strong class="title" style="outline-style: none; display: block; font-size: 10px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin: 0px;">Topics</strong><ul style="outline-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none;"><li style="outline-style: none; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(14, 15, 14); display: inline;"><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/System-templates/Search-results/?topic=Climate%20change" rel="nofollow" title="global warming" style="outline-style: none; color: rgb(85, 159, 12); 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