This conservative group is tired of being accused of climate denial - and is fighting back http://wpo.st/6PtB0
Facing a loss of high-profile corporate sponsors, a conservative
state-level policy group — the American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC) — threatened action in recent weeks against activist groups that
accuse it of denying climate change.
Attorneys for ALEC sent
letters to Common Cause and the League of Conservation Voters asking
them to immediately “cease making false statements” and “remove all
false or misleading material” suggesting that ALEC does not believe in
global warming.
The activist groups refused the request, saying
ALEC’s advocacy of legislation on climate issues and its public
discussion of the topic support their claims.
The legal demands
from ALEC follow an exodus of some of its best known corporate members,
including Google, British Petroleum, Facebook, Yahoo and Northrop
Grumman. Activist groups had pressured these corporate sponsors in
recent years to abandon their support for organizations that they
believe oppose action to stem climate change. Google publicly connected its decision to stop funding ALEC to the climate change issue.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/04/05/this-conservative-group-is-tired-of-being-accused-of-climate-denial-and-is-fighting-back/?tid=hpModule_79c38dfc-8691-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394&hpid=z14
