Oil And Gas Giant BP Cuts Ties With Conservative Group ALEC

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Oil And Gas Giant BP Cuts Ties With Conservative Group ALEC

by Samantha Page at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/24/3638181/bp-leaves-alec/

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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) lost another high-profile member Monday, when oil and gas mega-company BP announced it would no longer be part of the largely Koch-funded, conservative organization.

BP did not point to any particular issues behind its defection. In recent years ALEC, whose members include Republican politicians as well as businesses, has been behind “model legislation” to limit renewable energy in states. The group has also condemned the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, and fought against the Affordable Care Act.

“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,” a BP spokesman told ThinkProgress.

The Union of Concerned Scientists applauded the move, saying it had asked BP to leave ALEC last fall.



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[misterhighwasted]

1. Good! ALEC Sucks.