Comments on: ALEC Received Funding from Koch Industries & Exxon Mobil to Craft Legislation Aimed at Repealing Renewable Energy Standards

By: Marcacci Communications

Marcacci Communications — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:11:52 +0000

[…] bill, modeled after legislation created by “stealth business lobby” American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), is part of a coordinated push to repeal renewable energy targets in at least 22 of 29 […]

By: North Carolina Notches A Win Against ALEC Anti-Renewables Effort

North Carolina Notches A Win Against ALEC Anti-Renewables Effort — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:09:54 +0000

By: Marcacci Communications

Marcacci Communications — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:17:23 +0000

[…] Without a doubt, 2012 unsettled many across the clean energy industry. Global revenue only grew by 1%, from $246.1 billion in 2011 to $248.7 billion in 2012. Bankruptcies and layoffs claimed many once-promising companies, public funding dried up, and renewable portfolio standards have been targeted by fossil fuel funded policy organizations. […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:12:00 +0000

Using a lot less money.

But yeah, agreed, much more could be done.

By: dmtk

dmtk — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:06:00 +0000

You just have to do what they are doing

By: dmtk

dmtk — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:05:00 +0000

Renewable industry can very cheaply go on black PR rampage run on the Fossil industry for very little money.

Fossils – coal, oil, frackers and nuclear – have a lot of skeletons in their closets.

Voters matter and they can be mobilized very easy for very little.

By: Mcvaigh

Mcvaigh — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:53:00 +0000

I made my own Magnet Powered Motor… I also made a 150 MPG 4 cycle gas powered Bike… It can be done but you really have to keep working on the designs, especially with magneticly powered motors… The trick is to use Magnetic Shielding so they won’t get stuck by back EMF, I also found that the Magnetic flux is increased when you shield half of the magnet which can save costs of construction…

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:46:00 +0000

Aha. Well, thing is, the fossil fuel industry is much richer than renewables at the moment. and that is one of the problems with our political system today — we give more influence to the past than to the future by letting rich, established companies keep out the competition. it’s not good politically, not good for the public, and also a way of sort of making the already unbalanced ‘free market’ less free.

That said, yes, without some big systemic political changes, renewable industries need all the help they can get to increase their lobbying power.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:04:00 +0000

I’d go out on a limb and say they need to employ lobbyists themselves.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Say what?

By: dmtk

dmtk — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:04:00 +0000

Renewable energy corporations must take the glove off.

By: ALEC — Public Charity or Lobbyist? - CleanTechnica

ALEC — Public Charity or Lobbyist? - CleanTechnica — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:52:02 +0000

[…] or Lobbyist? April 26, 2012 By Zachary Shahan Leave a Comment SharePin It Following up on Stephen’s piece on how ALEC is working to attack renewable energy in the U.S. and might be crafting ‘model legislation’ aimed at repealing or watering […]