doyle, Jim Gov

<div><div class="print-content"><div id="node-9293" class="node node-blog node-promoted node-odd"><div class="node-inner"><div class="content"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Gaylord Nelson served as the founder of Earth Day and is the namesake for both the <a href="http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">University of Wisconsin-Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[12]</span>, as well as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_Nelson_State_Park" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gaylord Nelson State Park</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[13]</span>.</p><p>Tia Nelson, when she testified in front of congress, sat as co-chair of former Wisconsin Democratic Governor Jim Doyle's global warming task force. The task force <span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;">—</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070212235424/http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=2504" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">announced during Doyle's 2007 State of the State address</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[14]</span> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;">— </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">published a report in July 2008 titled, “</span><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081114002623/http://dnr.wi.gov/environmentprotect/gtfgw/documents/Final_Report.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin’s Strategy for Reducing Global Warming</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[15]</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">.”</span></p><p>That report was <a href="http://www.wisdc.org/pr090308.php" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">derided by environmentalists</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[16]</span> for coming out in support of <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2009/03/8291/wisconsins-balance-power-campaign-repeal-nuclear-moratorium" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">lifting the state's nuclear energy moratorium</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[17]</span> and <a href="http://www.michaelbest.com/files/upload/Business-Opposition-Letter.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">by corporate interests</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[18]</span> and climate change deniers like <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/7681" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">State Policy Network</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[19]</span> (<span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">SPN</span>) “<a href="http://stinktanks.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">stink tank</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[20]</span>” members <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wisconsin_Policy_Research_Institute" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin Public Research Institute (<span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">WPRI</span>)</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[21]</span> and the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/state-conservative-groups-assault-education-health-tax" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Beacon Hill Institute</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[22]</span>, which co-authored a November 2009 report titled, “<a href="http://www.wpri.org/WPRI/Reports/2009/The-Economics-of-Climate-Change-Proposals-in-Wisconsin.htm" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Economics of Climate Change Proposals in Wisconsin</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[23]</span>.” </p><p>In <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/TeleconferenceRecording.mp3" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">audio of the discussion</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[24]</span> preceding the 2-1 vote obtained by DeSmogBlog via an open records request, much of the 17-minute deliberation centered around the <a href="http://www.statetreasury.wisconsin.gov/section.asp?linkid=1380&locid=155" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">GOP</span> Wisconsin treasurer Matt Adamczyk</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[25]</span> peppering Nelson with questions about her time spent serving on the task force.</p><h3>The <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">ALEC</span> Connection</h3><p>As DeSmogBlog has previously reported, <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/12/09/stink-tanks-historical-records-reveal-state-policy-network-created-alec" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">State Policy Network was a creation of</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[26]</span> the <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/6907" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">American Legislative Exchange Council (<span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">ALEC</span>)</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[27]</span>, according to a <a href="http://desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/Special%20Report%20-%20Burgeoning%20Conservative%20Think%20Tanks.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">document we found in the Tobacco Archives</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[28]</span>. Perhaps it's no surprise, then, that <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">ALEC</span> — at least indirectly — acts as a character in this story as well.</p><p>One of the outspoken critics of the Doyle global warming task force<span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;"> back in 2009 was Mike Huebsch, who penned a December 2009 article titled, “</span><a href="http://www.couleeconservatives.com/environment/mike-huebsch-writes-global-warming-legislation-unveiled-after-months-secret-meetings" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Global Warming Legislation Unveiled after Months of Secret Meetings</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[29]</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">.” During Republican Governor Scott Walker's first term, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;">Huebsch headed up Walker's Department of Administration, and in February he was <a href="http://fox6now.com/2015/02/16/governor-walker-shifting-staff-michael-huebsch-moves-from-doa-to-public-service-commission/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">named a commissioner for Wisconsin's Public Service Commission</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[30]</span>.  </span></p><p>According to documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (<span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">CMD</span>), <span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://alecexposed.org/w/images/7/72/ALEC_State_Chairmen_Exposed.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Huebsch served as the former state co-chairman of <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">ALEC</span></a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[31]</span> back when he was a state representative. Other documents obtained by Common Cause show Huebsch also was a <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_EEA_2010_SNPS.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">member of <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">ALEC</span>'s Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[32]</span>.</span></p><p>“From 2008 to 2010, Huebsch received over $5,000 in 'scholarships' from <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">ALEC</span> member corporations, and oversaw the distribution of over $78,000 in corporate-funded scholarships to state legislators,” <a href="http://alecexposed.org/w/images/c/cd/ALEC_Exposed_in_Wisconsin.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">a <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">CMD</span> report further details</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[33]</span>. </p><p>Also, before becoming state treasurer, <span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;">Adamczyk </span><a href="http://patch.com/wisconsin/brookfield-wi/brookfield-republican-matt-adamczyk-running-for-state-assembly" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">worked as a staffer</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[34]</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;"> for </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Leah_Vukmir" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin Republican Sen. Leah Vukmir</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[35]</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">, who </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wisconsin_ALEC_Politicians" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">according to <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">CMD</span>'s research is an active <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">ALEC</span> member</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[36]</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p><h3><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">Clean Power Plan </span></h3><p>In an April 8 press release, <a href="http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/about/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Scot Ross</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[37]</span>, executive director for <a href="http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One Wisconsin Now</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[38]</span>, pointed to another important connection at-play: <a href="http://www.doj.state.wi.us/ag/biography" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin </a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[39]</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.doj.state.wi.us/ag/biography" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Attorney General Brad Schimel</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[39]</span>, who cast the deciding vote that banned doing any climate change- or global warming-related work while on the job at the Wisconsin </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">Board of Commissioners of Public Lands</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">“We’ve seen enough of Matt Adamczyk and his antics to not be surprised by his lack of intellectual heft,” said Ross, referring to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/us/wisconsins-treasurer-wants-to-cut-needless-workers-starting-with-himself.html?r=1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">February 2015 New York Times profile of Adamczyk</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[40]</span>. “But you have to wonder what’s behind…Schimel’s support for a science denier’s gag order on a state employee.”</span></p><p>A possible answer to Ross' question is that it is part-and-parcel of his office's ongoing lawsuit, filed in concert with coal industry giant <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/1187" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Murray Energy</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[41]</span> (owned by climate change denier <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/14243" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Robert “Bob” Murray</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[42]</span>), against President Obama's proposed <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/clean-power-plan-proposed-rule" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Clean Power Plan</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[43]</span> regulating coal-fired power plants. </p><p>On March 25, <span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/Wisconsin%20Motion%20to%20Intervene.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Schimel signed off on a Motion to Intervene </a><span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[44]</span>in the ongoing lawsuit in the <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">U.S.</span> Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/19/3450752/murray-energy-sues-epa-coal/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">spearheaded by Murray Energy back in June 2014</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[45]</span>.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/Wisconsin%20Motion%20to%20Intervene.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img alt="Wisconsin Obama Carbon Rules Lawsuit" src="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/Screen%20Shot%202015-04-09%20at%207.44.29%20PM.png" style="border: 0px;" /></a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[46]</span>
<em style="font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">Image Credit: <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/Wisconsin%20Motion%20to%20Intervene.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">U.S.</span> Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[44]</span></em></p><p>That <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/Wisconsin%20Granted%20Motion%20to%20Intervene_0.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Motion to Intervene was granted by the Court</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[47]</span> on April 8.</p><p>Governor Walker, <span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;">a <a href="http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/scott-walker-s-time-the-governor-is-running-for-president/article_8e01cc24-7062-5b3a-8083-f8fe3f2d9862.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">front-runner candidate</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[48]</span> for the 2016 <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">GOP</span> presidential ticket, also has submitted a <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/Walker%20Opposes%20Clean%20Power%20Plan.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">public comment opposing the Clean Power Plan</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[49]</span>. So too did</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;"> the <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/PSC%2C%20DNR%20Oppose%20Clean%20Power%20Plan.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Public Service Commission and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[50]</span>, the latter of which is now also <a href="http://wisconsinwatch.org/2015/04/wisconsin-dnr-mulls-dissolving-science-bureau/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">mulling over dissolving its science bureau</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[51]</span>. </span></p><p>Schimel, upon taking office, <a href="http://www.doj.state.wi.us/media-center/2014-news-releases/november-25-2014" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">chose Andrew Cook to serve as Deputy Attorney General</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[52]</span>. Cook formerly <a href="http://www.hamilton-consulting.com/andrew-cook" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">served as a lobbyist</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[53]</span> for the Madison-based firm <a href="http://www.hamilton-consulting.com/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Hamilton Consulting Group</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[54]</span> and also <a href="https://www.fed-soc.org/experts/detail/andrew-c-cook" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">headed up the Madison branch</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[55]</span> of the <a href="http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/5187" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Koch Brothers</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[56]</span>-tied <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federalist_Society_for_Law_and_Public_Policy_Studies" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Federalist Society</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[57]</span>. </p><p>According to lobbying disclosure forms, Cook's former industry clients have included the <a href="https://lobbying.wi.gov/Who/PrincipalInformation/2013REG/Information/5620?tab=Lobbyists" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (<span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">ACCCE</span>)</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[58]</span>, <a href="https://lobbying.wi.gov/Who/PrincipalInformation/2009REG/Information/3681?tab=Lobbyists" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Koch Industries</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[59]</span>, <a href="https://lobbying.wi.gov/Who/PrincipalInformation/2013REG/Information/5712?tab=Lobbyists" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Marathon Petroleum</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[60]</span>, <a href="https://lobbying.wi.gov/Who/PrincipalInformation/2013REG/Information/5611?tab=Lobbyists" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Xcel Energy</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[61]</span>and <a href="https://lobbying.wi.gov/Who/PrincipalInformation/2013REG/Information/5779?tab=Lobbyists" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[62]</span>. Cook also formerly <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/Andrew%20Cook%20-%20LinkedIn.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">worked as a staff attorney</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[63]</span> at the Koch-tied <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pacific_Legal_Foundation" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pacific Legal Foundation</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[64]</span>.</p><p>And as The New York Times revealed in a December 2014 investigation, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/28/us/1-RAGA-as-a-Money-Machine.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">corporate-funded Republican Attorneys General Association (<span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">RAGA</span>)</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[65]</span> has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">worked in concert with coal mining and coal utility companies</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[66]</span>to stave off Obama's Clean Power Plan. </p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://wisdc.org/index.php?module=wisdc.websiteforms&cmd=campaigncontributions&office=AG&candidate=104385&year=2014&from=2013-01-01&to=2014-10-20&qty=100&p=12&pac_qty=100" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">RAGA</span> (and Koch Industries) was one of Schimel's biggest campaign donors</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[67]</span> in his 2014 </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;">Attorney General electoral </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;">race and </span><a href="http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1339571/1-raga.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">hosted a fundraiser for him at its summer 2014 meeting</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[68]</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.389999985694885px; line-height: 1.5em;">, where Schimel also spoke.</span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">“527 reports to the <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">IRS</span> also showed [<span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">RAGA</span>] gave $300,000 to Wisconsin Manufacturers <span class="amp">&</span> Commerce, the state’s largest business group, which recently began airing television ads in support of <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">GOP</span>attorney general candidate Brad Schimel,” an October 2014 Wisconsin Democracy Campaign <a href="http://blog.wisdc.org/2014/10/ultrawealthy-pump-38-million-in-90-days.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">blog post explained</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[69]</span>.</span></p><h3><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">“Stop Climate Censorship”</span></h3><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">A petition published by <a href="http://act.forecastthefacts.org/sign/censorship_wisconsin/?source=twitter" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Forecast the Facts has called on Gov. Walker to oppose climate censorship</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[70]</span> in Wisconsin. But it appears unlikely to happen, given the pile of money that brought the people implementing the policy to where they are to begin with.</span></p><p>“The polluters and climate change deniers bought Brad Schimel and the Attorney General's office,” Ross said in an email to DeSmogBlog. “While they may have spent relatively little to buy a cheap politician, the price Wisconsin will pay as result of his actions will be enormous for years to come.”</p><p><em style="font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.5em;">Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2526547p1.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">scott conner</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[71]</span> | <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?lang=en&language=en&ref_site=photo&search_source=search_form&version=llv1&anyorall=all&safesearch=1&use_local_boost=1&search_tracking_id=Q50pScb0t1DYxKagjSoecg&searchterm=gag&show_color_wheel=1&orient=&commercial_ok=&media_type=images&search_cat=&searchtermx=&photographer_name=&people_gender=&people_age=&people_ethnicity=&people_number=&color=&page=1&inline=240954550" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shutterstock</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[72]</span></em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label" style="font-weight: bold;">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/3833" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Climate</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[73]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/913" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">global warming</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[74]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20280" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gov. Jim Doyle</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[75]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20281" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gov. Doyle</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[76]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20282" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Governor Doyle</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[77]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20283" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gov. James Doyle</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[78]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20284" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">James Doyle Global Warming Task Force</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[79]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20285" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin Global Warming Task Force</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[80]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20286" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Jim Doyle Global Warming Task Force</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[81]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20287" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Governor Walker</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[82]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20288" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Governor Scott Walker</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[83]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20289" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gov. Walker</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[84]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/9265" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin Watch</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[85]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20290" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin Petro State</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[86]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20291" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin Dairy State</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[87]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20292" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">State Treasurer Matt Adamczyk</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[88]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20293" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[89]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20294" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin’s Board of Commissioners</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[90]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20295" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Matt Adamczyk</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[91]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/14244" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bob Murray</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[92]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20296" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Doug LaFollette</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[93]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/14243" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Robert Murray</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[42]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20297" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Attorney General Brad Schimel</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[94]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/939" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">climate change</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[95]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/5267" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">wisconsin</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[96]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20298" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Brad Schimel</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[97]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20299" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Scot Ross</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[98]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/1187" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">murray energy</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[41]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/662" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">coal</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[99]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20300" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Obama Clean Power Plan</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[100]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/19055" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Clean Power Plan</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[101]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/13016" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Obama Climate Action Plan</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[102]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/6062" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">climate action plan</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[103]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/3062" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">climate denial</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[104]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/7453" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">climate skepticism</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[105]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20301" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">wisconsin open records act</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[106]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20302" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">tia nelson</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[107]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20303" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">gaylord nelson</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[108]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20304" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[109]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20305" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Governor Gaylord Nelson</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[110]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20306" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gaylord Nelson State Park</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[111]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20307" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gaylord Nelson Institute</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[112]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20308" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[113]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/15935" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UW-Madison</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[114]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/989" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">university of wisconsin</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[115]</span></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20309" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">University of Wisconsin-Madison</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[116]</span></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/20310" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One Wisconsin Now</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[117]</span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogreadmore">Read more: <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/04/10/wisconsin-climate-change-gag-order-industy-tied-broader-attack" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wisconsin Climate Change Gag Order Part of Broader Industry-Tied Attacks on Science</a> <span class="print-footnote" style="font-size: xx-small;">[118]</span></div></div></div></div><div class="print-footer" style="text-align: center;" /><hr class="print-hr" style="border: 0px; height: 1px; width: 1551px; color: rgb(158, 158, 158); background-color: rgb(158, 158, 158);" /><div class="print-source_url" style="font-size: small;"><strong>Source URL:</strong> <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/04/10/wisconsin-climate-change-gag-order-industy-tied-broader-attack" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/04/10/wisconsin-climate-change-gag-order-industy-tied-broader-attack</a></div><div class="print-links" style="font-size: small;"><p><strong>Links:</strong>
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