Sentences with phrase «alec said»

Clint Woods of ALEC said that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and other cap - and - trade greenhouse gas reduction plans would become the «new battlefield» after federal climate legislation fell through.

ALEC said it would «continue to support the efforts of state legislatures in resisting the EPA's regulatory agenda» and «urges Congress to take the concerns of these states seriously and stop this regulatory train wreck in order to avoid the enormous negative impacts the EPA's overreaching regulations will have.»

ALEC said the consultant collected and destroyed any non-compliant handling equipment like sticks and plastic pipe with suitable livestock handling aids recommended; including the simple but effective use of plastic bags waved / flapped in the air to encourage the movement of sheep.

Not exact matches

The Department declined to comment on Labor's criticism while the Australian Livestock Exporters» Council (ALEC) said on Twitter improvements to its operations were being trialled while the facility remained closed, ahead of an audit in the coming days.

ALEC also said early this week an independent audit is to be conducted by an Australian Government Approved Auditor and pending approval, the operational start - up of the facility will be monitored to ensure ESCAS compliance.

For instance, Senator Squadron says, it's difficult to determine whether ALEC, incorporated as a 501 - C 3 charity, is a lobbying organization and should be registered with the state ethics commission.

She says her group, which has already filed a complaint with the IRS and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman about ALEC, is now asking the state's ethic commission, JCOPE, to look into it.

«The data convincingly demonstrate that after the most sustained financial commitment ever made to solving the problems of America's public schools, public schools have cost us dearly but are performing no better,» said Samuel A. Brunelli, the president of the ALEC...

ISTA President Teresa Meredith said «ALEC has driven the privatization of public education in Indiana.

He is quoted in ALEC's promotional materials as saying the benefit of ALEC is that «business leaders have a seat at the table.»

«The Kochs, Libre, DeVos, ALEC and the rest of the ideological billionaires may be able to buy the hearts and minds of elected officials, but they can't buy the hearts and minds of regular Arizonans,» says Penich - Thacker.

The case is strengthened by an October 1987 ALEC directory also available via the Tobacco Documents that says, «The Madison Group is chaired by Mrs. Constance Heckman [now Constance Campanella, founder of the lobbying firm Stateside Associates], Executive Director of ALEC...» (PDF, p. 3).

The report was sent in July 1991 to the Tobacco Institute «s Kurt Malmgren, then Senior Vice President of State Activities, by ALEC's then - executive director, Sam Brunelli, with a note saying he sent it «to illustrate how effective ALEC has become.»

It quotes ALEC materials saying, «The cornerstone of the ALEC program is the forum it provides for the private sector [read: for - profit corporations] to work in a one - on - one relationship with state legislators to develop public policies that are pro-growth, pro-business and pro-freedom.»

Exxon said it cut off funding for some groups opposed to climate change in 2005, but the oil giant continued to support the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-- groups that have lobbied against climate - related government policies.

In response to letters from Greenpeace to nine major utilities questioning their support of ALEC, a representative of MidAmerican Energy Holdings and its subsidiaries NV Energy and PacifiCorp said they do not and will not support ALEC efforts, Greenpeace researcher Connor Gibson reported.

When contacted to discuss the company's ALEC membership and support, a Google spokesperson declined to comment specifically about ALEC, but did say that it is important for Google to be a part of policy discussions on technology.

Three ALEC - linked efforts are designed to limit solar growth, Elsner said.

This bill mirrors major provisions of the ALEC model bill that say teachers should «provide instruction in critical thinking so that students will be able to fairly and objectively evaluate scientific... controversies,» and mandates that «balanced and objective environmental education materials and programs will... be used.»

Seitz's opposition to the AFV resolution may make its revival at the New Orleans meeting less likely, as the ALEC board has the final say over resolutions and model legislation passed out of task forces.

«We continually assess our engagements with policy and advocacy organizations and based on our most recent assessment, we have determined that we can effectively pursue policy matters of current interest to BP without renewing our membership in ALEC,» the spokesman said.

«It's depressing that groups like ALEC have so much influence,» said Masur.

An unnamed representative from ALEC on the call echoed this strategy, saying ALEC would push their members to do the same and encouraged them to work with Bruning on this approach.

While ALEC claims not to deny climate change, and says they will be making efforts to be more transparent and welcoming to divergent views, environmental groups still question the group's commitment:

This time it was with North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, who, according to an e-mail this reporter obtained, said he would provide ALEC members with «ideas and legal expertise» to address the forthcoming EPA standards.

After Google parted ways with ALEC due to its inaction on climate change, the group refuted allegations that it denies climate change, saying: «ALEC recognizes that climate change is an important issue,» and «no ALEC model policy denies climate change.»

«Peabody plays a major role in industry efforts to block action on climate change, with its own lobbyists and PR campaigns, as well as through front groups it supports like ALEC,» says Annie Leonard, the executive director of Greenpeace USA.

«It has become painfully obvious over the past few years that ALEC is corporate lobby front group masquerading as a charity — at taxpayer expense,» said Arn Pearson, general counsel at CMD.

James Taylor, the Heartland Institute's senior fellow for environmental policy, said he was able to persuade most of ALEC's state legislators and corporate members to push for a repeal of laws requiring more solar and wind power use on the basis of economics.

Lisa Nelson said on Diane Rehm: «To be clear: ALEC has no policy on climate change, and does not take positions without underlying model policy.»

Todd Wynn, who directs ALEC's energy, environment and agriculture task force, said the group decided to take up the issue because some of its members are worried about the mandates» «impacts on their state's economies and their constituents.»

«It is not that ALEC is opposed to renewable energy in any way,» Wynn said.

Nowhere in the EPA plan, ALEC claims, does it say what the climatic benefits of limiting emissions from coal - fired power plants would be.

ALEC has said that one of its top priorities in 2014 will be to make it harder for homeowners and businesses to put solar panels on their rooftops by introducing solar taxes on behalf of big utilities that are afraid of losing customers.

«The Council does not support government mandates,» said ALEC spokesman Bill Meierling.

Despite Exxon pumping $ 1.7 million into ALEC in years past to cast doubt on climate science — the focus of an IRS whistleblower complaint filed by Common Cause and CMD last year — the oil giant says it objects to the resolution's language.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has secretly lobbied for the adoption of its corporate - backed bills and tracked them for years, is likely anticipating or actually under an IRS examination, says a former head of the IRS Exempt Organizations division, Marcus Owens.

«It is a disturbing development to see a politically motivated group like ALEC join forces with the shadowy palm oil lobby from Malaysia and Indonesia as well as with huge agribusiness companies Cargill and Wilmar to pressure the EPA to overturn what is supposed to be a science - based decision made in the best interests of the American people,» said Laurel Sutherlin with the Rainforest Action Network, in a statement.

ALEC's notes for Duke Energy's lapsed membership, as of April 22, 2013, only say «Merged with Progress Energy, new contacts,» indicating that Duke's absence was only temporary as new personnel were assigned to participate in ALEC's work.

«The biggest scam of the last 100 years is global warming,» one member of ALEC's Private Enterprise Advisory Board said during the group's 2015 annual meeting, at one of the few sessions open to reporters.