Showing posts with label Fracking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fracking. Show all posts

Friday, March 1, 2013

ALEC Sham Chemical Disclosure Model Tucked Into Illinois Fracking Bill | Common Dreams

ALEC Sham Chemical Disclosure Model Tucked Into Illinois Fracking Bill | Common Dreams
"Illinois is the next state on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)'s target list for putting the oil industry's interests ahead of the public interest. 98 percent funded by multinational corporations, ALEC is described by its critics as a "corporate bill mill" and a lobbyist-legislator dating service. It brings together corporate lobbyists and right wing politicians to vote up or down on "model bills" written by lobbyists in service to their corporate clientele behind closed doors at its annual meetings.

These "models" snake their way into statehouses nationwide as proposed legislation and quite often become the law of the land."

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

When Gas Bubble Explodes, Economy Could Implode All Over Again

When Gas Bubble Explodes, Economy Could Implode All Over Again
"If you haven't already, now would be a good time for you to go buy Matt Taibbi's book, "Griftopia". In the book, he explains with absolute clarity how bubbles are made and how they burst, and how Wall Street manufactures them in order to relieve ordinary people of their hard-earned money."

Sunday, January 27, 2013

US Chamber CEO Donohue: Fracking Is Our Future, Safety Nets Be Damned

US Chamber CEO Donohue: Fracking Is Our Future, Safety Nets Be Damned
"If you want to understand the source of the world's problems, follow the Davos coverage by CNN andBloomberg News for a few days. Not only will they tell you what the source is, they'll prove that your instincts are right about billionaires and those who present them as the arbiters of all things fair and right.
Davos is the annual billionaires' conclave where they network, get their message straight, gladhand hungry politicians, and try to determine our fate. Ladies and gentlemen, our problem isn't what the billionaires think it is. Our problem is the billionaires."