Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
Take the money out of politics…..“Legislators proved that they’re willing to vote against the environment consistently and then they’re rewarded later,” said co-author Matthew Goldberg, a postdoctoral associate with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. “I suppose this is more of an advantage for oil and gas companies because they need to ensure that …
“Some estimates predict the U.S. hemp industry could be valued at more than $26 billion by 2025, propelled in large part by the rapid growth of CBD, which is derived from hemp and now infuses everything from lotion to lemonade. And hemp can be used in seemingly countless ways, from textiles to medicinal products to …
Hemp lobbying surges on the heels of legalization – POLITICO Read More »
“And behind projects like the U.S.-Mexico wall stand 14 companies that are considered the power players in the industry: Accenture, Boeing, Elbit, Flir Systems, G4S, General Atomics, General Dynamics, IBM, L3 Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, PAE, Raytheon, and UNISYS. The consolidation of the border-industrial complex, and its deep-rooted ties within the federal government, is …
Follow the money: “ Meanwhile, lobbyists have also been hard at work pushing for the pipeline’s construction. TransCanada spent around $200,000 each quarter of 2018 lobbying on issues including Keystone XL, according to disclosures. Documents also show the all-Republican D.C.-based lobbying firm CGCN Group spent $90,000 each quarter representing TransCanada last year and specifically targeting …
SWAMP WATCH: “If Deputy Secretary Bernhardt doesn’t even know what events he can commit to without violating ethics rules, then he can’t be trusted to run an agency that does business with a host of his former clients who stand to potentially benefit from his decisions,” Western Values Project Executive Director Chris Saeger said Thursday …
April 13-15th the California Coastal Commission (CCC) will be meeting at the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors chambers. The CCC will only accept public comments on the 13th and 14th. Please show up and let them know we are watching every move they make. Governor Brown’s appointees were the commissioners who led the coup to …
“Power, Influence and Obfuscation: A Plan to Game the California Coastal Act” Read More »