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Private Water Industry Defends ALEC Membership
Private Water Industry Defends ALEC Membership
by Sarah Pavlus, via the American Independent
An influential trade association representing companies that provide water services to one in four Americans says it will continue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative group that has worked with the energy industry to create loophole-filled water protections and opposes federal oversight of fracking.
The National Association of Water Companies represents the far-reaching privatized water utility industry that serves nearly 73 million people every day, according to the associations website. NAWC represents more than 150 private water companies, each of whom pay an annual fee to the association. Its board of directors is drawn from the leadership of some of the countrys largest water companies.
NAWC works with ALEC to persuade state and local officials to adopt policies favorable to the private water industry. NAWC declined to comment on when it first became involved with ALEC and the amount it pays in annual dues. According to The New York Times, ALEC is primarily financed by more than 200 private-sector members, whose annual dues of $7,000 to $25,000 accounted for most of its $7 million budget in 2010.
ALEC connects its corporate members with state legislators to create model bills on a variety of issues. In recent weeks, high-profile companies like Coca-Cola, McDonalds, and Kraft Foods have dropped their ALEC memberships after the organizations support for controversial gun rights legislation and voter identification laws was exposed. Following the uproar, ALEC announced it would eliminate its task force that dealt with non-economic issues.
ALEC has also been active on issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing....
by Sarah Pavlus, via the American Independent
An influential trade association representing companies that provide water services to one in four Americans says it will continue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative group that has worked with the energy industry to create loophole-filled water protections and opposes federal oversight of fracking.
The National Association of Water Companies represents the far-reaching privatized water utility industry that serves nearly 73 million people every day, according to the associations website. NAWC represents more than 150 private water companies, each of whom pay an annual fee to the association. Its board of directors is drawn from the leadership of some of the countrys largest water companies.
NAWC works with ALEC to persuade state and local officials to adopt policies favorable to the private water industry. NAWC declined to comment on when it first became involved with ALEC and the amount it pays in annual dues. According to The New York Times, ALEC is primarily financed by more than 200 private-sector members, whose annual dues of $7,000 to $25,000 accounted for most of its $7 million budget in 2010.
ALEC connects its corporate members with state legislators to create model bills on a variety of issues. In recent weeks, high-profile companies like Coca-Cola, McDonalds, and Kraft Foods have dropped their ALEC memberships after the organizations support for controversial gun rights legislation and voter identification laws was exposed. Following the uproar, ALEC announced it would eliminate its task force that dealt with non-economic issues.
ALEC has also been active on issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/04/477937/private-water-industry-defends-alec-membership/
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Private Water Industry Defends ALEC Membership (Original Post)
kristopher
May 2012
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elleng
(130,865 posts)1. No s***, Sherlock!
Next, AIR!
kristopher
(29,798 posts)2. Thank you so much for recognizing my investigative and analytic skills.
That group is as evil as they come. It truly reminds me of the way German corporations behaved in the 1930s.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)3. ALEC is a domestic terrorist organization
and should be investigated as such
and any lawmaker belonging or associated with them should be investigated