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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13049/bankruptcy-documents-indicate-arch-coal-funding-climate-denial-legal-group Bankruptcy Filing Shows Arch Coal Funding for Climate Denial Legal Group]</h3>
[[Image:Chris_Horner-Arch_Coal270px.jpg|270 px|center|frame|<center>Chris Horner<br>E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow</center>]]The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), a group best known for filing lawsuits seeking climate scientists' personal emails, has secretly received funding from Arch Coal, one of the largest coal producers in the United States. The funding is revealed in [https://cases.primeclerk.com/archcoal/Home-DownloadPDF?id1=Mjc3NzE5&id2=0 documents] recently filed as part of the Arch Coal bankruptcy proceedings which list the coal company's creditors.
The Arch funding is revealed just months after Alpha Natural Resources, another coal company facing bankruptcy, was identified by [https://theintercept.com/2015/08/25/chris-horner-coal/ ''The Intercept''] as providing funding to a group closely connected to E&E Legal, the Free Market Law Clinic, as well as funding directly to E&E Legal's lawyer, Chris Horner. The two organizations share staff and fellows, often working together to bring lawsuits.
Although E&E Legal is listed as a creditor, the Arch court filing does not provide any other details that would indicate the size of the funding nor when any payment or payments were made. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13049/bankruptcy-documents-indicate-arch-coal-funding-climate-denial-legal-group here].
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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13048/kochs-go-after-electric-car-subsidies The Kochs Go After Electric Car Subsidies]</h3>
[[Image:Electric_car_plugged-in270px.jpg|270 px|center]]Hold onto your Prius!
The Kochs and their fossil-fuel-fed political network are reportedly gunning for the electric car.
According to an anonymous industry source who spoke to [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/koch-electric-vehicles_us_56c4d63ce4b0b40245c8cbf6 journalist Peter Stone], a new advocacy group will "make the public aware of all the benefits of petroleum-based transportation fuels."
If you think this sounds a bit nutty, you have to remember Koch front groups have also fought the implementation of street cars in [http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2015/01/20/murphys-law-who-is-funding-the-anti-streetcar-effort/ city after city]. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13048/kochs-go-after-electric-car-subsidies here].
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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13044/adelante-day-without-latinos-wisconsin Adelante! El Dia Sin Latinos en Wisconsin]</h3>
<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13044/adelante-day-without-latinos-wisconsin Adelante! El Dia Sin Latinos en Wisconsin]</h3>
[[Image:DWNL_We_Are_Not_Problem270px.jpg|center|270 px]]Latino families, friends, supporters and business owners took to the streets surrounding Madison’s Capitol Thursday to protest a pair of anti-immigration bills being fast-tracked in the GOP-controlled legislature.
[[Image:DWNL_We_Are_Not_Problem270px.jpg|center|270 px]]Latino families, friends, supporters and business owners took to the streets surrounding Madison’s Capitol Thursday to protest a pair of anti-immigration bills being fast-tracked in the GOP-controlled legislature.
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Across the country, with help from groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), right-wing state lawmakers have [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13029/2016-ALEC-local-control increasingly been turning to state "preemption" measures] to override an array of progressive policy gains at the city or county level. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13044/adelante-day-without-latinos-wisconsin here].
Across the country, with help from groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), right-wing state lawmakers have [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13029/2016-ALEC-local-control increasingly been turning to state "preemption" measures] to override an array of progressive policy gains at the city or county level. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13044/adelante-day-without-latinos-wisconsin here].
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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13043/ford-becomes-latest-major-corporation-dump-alec Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC]</h3>
[[Image:Ford_dumps_ALEC270px.jpg|270 px|center]]Ford Motor Company confirmed to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) that it is cutting ties with the [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC), an organization that has drawn heavy criticism for promoting climate change denial and for opposing the development of renewable energy sources.
"As part of our annual budget review, we have adjusted our participation in several groups. We will not be participating in ALEC in 2016," wrote Christin Baker, a Ford spokesperson in an email to CMD.
Its products might be "Ford Tough," but in making the decision to stop funding ALEC, Ford executives are responding to consumer concern over its membership in the controversial, Koch-funded ALEC, which has both an extreme anti-worker agenda as well as an anti-environmental agenda.
The departure makes Ford the 108th identified company to cut ties with ALEC in [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Corporations_that_Have_Cut_Ties_to_ALEC recent years]. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13043/ford-becomes-latest-major-corporation-dump-alec here].
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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13030/koch-fueled-groups-launch-offensive-against-wv-working-families Koch-Fueled Playbook against WV Working Families Exposed by CMD]</h3>
[[Image:koch_playbook_symbols-chalkboard270px.jpg|270|center]]West Virginia Senate President Bill Cole's spokesman [http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160201/wv-senate-president-bill-cole-speaks-at-retreat-organized-by-koch-brothers said] Monday that Cole "will travel throughout West Virginia and beyond...." to talk about his legislative agenda that limits workers' rights.
And, boy, did he go beyond, according to David Gutman of the ''Charleston Gazette-Mail''.
Cole flew to a world far away from West Virginia when he traveled this weekend to the luxurious Esmeralda resort, which describes itself as creating [http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/pspsr-renaissance-indian-wells-resort-and-spa/ “an atmosphere of luxury and relaxation unmatched”] in Palm Springs, California. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13030/koch-fueled-groups-launch-offensive-against-wv-working-families here].
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ALEC News

Bankruptcy Filing Shows Arch Coal Funding for Climate Denial Legal Group

Chris Horner
E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow
The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), a group best known for filing lawsuits seeking climate scientists' personal emails, has secretly received funding from Arch Coal, one of the largest coal producers in the United States. The funding is revealed in documents recently filed as part of the Arch Coal bankruptcy proceedings which list the coal company's creditors.

The Arch funding is revealed just months after Alpha Natural Resources, another coal company facing bankruptcy, was identified by The Intercept as providing funding to a group closely connected to E&E Legal, the Free Market Law Clinic, as well as funding directly to E&E Legal's lawyer, Chris Horner. The two organizations share staff and fellows, often working together to bring lawsuits.

Although E&E Legal is listed as a creditor, the Arch court filing does not provide any other details that would indicate the size of the funding nor when any payment or payments were made. Read the rest of this item here.

The Kochs Go After Electric Car Subsidies

Hold onto your Prius!

The Kochs and their fossil-fuel-fed political network are reportedly gunning for the electric car.

According to an anonymous industry source who spoke to journalist Peter Stone, a new advocacy group will "make the public aware of all the benefits of petroleum-based transportation fuels."

If you think this sounds a bit nutty, you have to remember Koch front groups have also fought the implementation of street cars in city after city. Read the rest of this item here.

Adelante! El Dia Sin Latinos en Wisconsin

Latino families, friends, supporters and business owners took to the streets surrounding Madison’s Capitol Thursday to protest a pair of anti-immigration bills being fast-tracked in the GOP-controlled legislature.

The crowd was so large, organizer Christine Neumann-Ortiz could barely contain her joy, declaring from the stage "This is a great day!"

Protesters came in from all over the state: Marshall, Waukesha, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Green Bay, and Milwaukee to declare that Wisconsin is NOT Arizona.

Wisconsin is the latest state to try crushing local protections for immigrant rights.

Across the country, with help from groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), right-wing state lawmakers have increasingly been turning to state "preemption" measures to override an array of progressive policy gains at the city or county level. Read the rest of this item here.

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