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Credo Delivers Petition to UPS Demanding that It Drop ALEC Credo Action delivered a petition to the United Parcel Service (UPS) with 84,453 signatures asking the company to dump the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The text of the petition email read, "UPS must stop funding ALEC's climate change denial, anti-environmental advocacy and right-wing extremist agenda." The petition was sent as ALEC members, including UPS, meet in Nashville for the group’s annual States and Nation Policy Summit. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has hired Grant Kidwell, a former analyst from two major Koch-backed groups -- Americans for Prosperity and the Charles Koch Institute -- to lead its Energy, Environment and Agriculture (EEA) task force, a position that has been left vacant since July. Funded by numerous fossil-fuel companies, ALEC and its EEA task force has a long history of passing "model bills" undermining environmental protections and opposing policies to combat climate change. The task force is made up of numerous corporate lobbyists and their trade groups that stand to benefit from measures weakening environmental protections. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Gives Top Award to Legislator Jailed for Trying to Sneak Loaded Gun on a Plane Colorado State Representative Lori Saine (R-63) arrived a little later than expected to this week’s American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, but she had a great excuse. Saine was arrested Wednesday at the Denver International Airport for trying to bring a loaded semi-automatic handgun through security. Saine was charged with a sixth-degree felony. If convicted, she could face up to 18 months in jail and a fine of up to $100,000. Read the rest of this item here.