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Rachel Maddow, Ed Markey Discuss Lobbyist Fraudsters

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ed Markey, Video, Accce, Rach Maddow, Bonner and Associates, Lobbyists, Waxman-Markey, Lobbyblog, Politics News

On last night's Rachel Maddow Show, she focused attention on two lobbying firms that have recently taken a turn in the baleful eye of the spotlight: s...

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Greens Have Finally Got the Big Mo

David Roberts | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Lobbying, Accce, Superfreakonomics, Kerry-Boxer Bill, Religion and Spirituality, Lindsey Graham, Us Epa, Veterans, Obama Administration, FACES of Coal, Cejapa, Yes Men, Chamber of Commerce, Lisa Jackson, Astroturf, Climate Action Day, Bonner, Green News
David Roberts

Since the summer, greens have had one good break after another. Unlike after An Inconvenient Truth, the latest dramas are not pop culture events, but political achievements inside the Beltway.

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Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, General Electric, Ed Markey, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, President Obama, Employee Free Choice Act, PNM Resources, Accce, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Alcoa, Climate Change, Americans With Disabilities Act, New Yorker, Apple, Nike, Kevin Grandia, Adam Green, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, PG&E, Blue America, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Politics, Service Employees International Union, Exelon, CREDO Mobile, Global Warming, Family and Medical Leave Act, Political News, Steven Chu, Efca, Natural Resources Defense Council, Duke Energy, Health Care, Chamber of Commerce, Senator Graham, Frank Knapp, Levi Strauss, Move On, Seiu, Entergy, Psef, Green News
Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

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ACCCE Coal Lobby Targeting Key Democrats In Senate Climate Debate

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, America's Power Army, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Astroturf, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, Senate Climate Bill, Accce, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

America's Power Army, the sister organization to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, sent an email this week to its Astroturf "army" laying out the coal lobby's plans to barrage key Democratic targets.

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PG&E Quits U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Nike Fed Up Too

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Legislation, Front Groups, Nike, PG&E Corp, US Chamber of Commerce, Accce, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Bravo to Pacific Gas & Electric for taking a stand against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's head-in-the-sand approach to climate change threats.

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Dominoes Keep Falling for Clean Coal Coalition

Bruce Nilles | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Alstom Power, Duke Energy, Clean Energy, Dirty Coal, Coal, Aces, Accce, Green News
Bruce Nilles

The defections of Duke Energy and Alstom Power are clear signs that the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has gone too far--even for energy companies like Duke that are heavily invested in coal.

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Green News Report - September 3, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead Poisoning, Accce, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Clean Coal, Wind Energy, Green News Report, China, Project Kaisei, Geoengineering, California Wildfires, Climate Change, Green News, Duke Energy, Mercury, Wolves, Endangered Species, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Green Business, Overfishing, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: California burning; Killing wolves; Recycling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch... PLUS: A Fracture in the Clean Coal Coalit...

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Duke Energy Quits Controversial Coal Lobby Front Group

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Duke Energy, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Bonner and Associates, Global Warming, Waxman-Markey, Accce, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Energy companies are beginning to realize that siding with front groups like the coal lobby put them on the wrong side of the clean energy issue.

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Green News Report - September 1, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, Hurricanes, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Clean Coal, Energy Innovation, Energy Citizens Rallies, Coal Industry, Gas Tax, American Petroleum Institute, Swine Flu, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Faces-of-Coal, Solar Energy, Bonner and Associates, Water, Chicago, Green News, Coal Ash, Wildfires, Climate Change, Air Pollution, California Wildfires, H1n1, Astroturf, Solar Power, Global Warming, Lightbulbs, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Fires rage across California as Hurricane Jimena bears down on Baja; Lights out for incandescent lightbulbs; The Summer of...

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Bonner & Associates Spin Machine in Full Gear To Defend Sullied Brand

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Jack Bonner, Accce, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Astroturf, Bonner and Associates, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Where is the rogue temporary employee to defend himself and shed light on the way Bonner's sweat-shop pro-coal lobby operation operates?

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ACCCE Coal Lobby Drops Bonner & Associates Over Forged Letters

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Jack Bonner, Accce, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Astroturf, Bonner and Associates, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Bonner & Associates has a long record of shady Astroturf work on behalf of many polluting industries, pharmaceutical companies and Big Tobacco.

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Congress Should Expose or Outlaw Astroturfers

James Hoggan | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Jim Hoggan, Accce, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Bonner and Associates, Climate Change, Environment, Bonner Coal, Bonner Accce, Astroturf, James Hoggan, Global Warming, Astroturfing, Green News
James Hoggan

If Bonner's clients are that desperate to have a voice on Capitol Hill, Congress should call a hearing, inquiring into just how much influence is being peddled through phony organizations.

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Big Oil Companies Behind "Citizen" Protests Of Climate Bill

nytimes.com | CLIFFORD KRAUSS and JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy-Technology, Energy, Texas, Climate Bill Protests, Accce, Energy Town Halls, Energy Citizen, Big Oil, Oil, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Green News

HOUSTON -- Hard on the heels of the health care protests, another citizen movement seems to have sprung up, this one to oppose Washington's attempts t...

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Five More Forged Letters Uncovered From Bonner & Associates' Work for DC Coal Lobby - Read Them Here

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Bonner-and-Associates, Accce, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Clean Coal, Global Warming, Aces, Waxman-Markey, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Five new forged letters fraudulently sent to Congressmembers have turned up in an ongoing Congressional investigation into the Astroturf campaign laun...

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Townhall Mobs -- Brought to You by Big Oil and Dirty Coal

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Dick Armey, Dirty Coal, Clean Coal, Freedomworks, Exxon Mobil, Accce, Tea Parties, Coal, Hawthorn Group, Harry Reid, American Solutions for Winning the Future, Sierra Club, Front Groups, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Bonner and Associates, Rachel Maddow, Exxon, Koch Industries, Paul Kurgman, Townhall Mobs, Newt Gingrich, Health Care, Astroturf, Green News
Josh Dorner

There's considerable evidence that these astroturf corporate lobbying operations are also trying to derail clean energy jobs legislation.

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Today's Green News Report

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Accce, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Roadless Rule, Kimberly-Clark, President Obama, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Shipping, Bush Administration, Hybrid Cars, Water, Cash for Clunkers, Green News, Algae, Forests, Astroturf, Solar Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: 'Cash for Clunkers' -- now with more cash!; 'Astroturfing' -- no...

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The Forger's Dilemma

Carl Pope | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, Forgery, Bonner, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Lobbyists, Green News
Carl Pope

What's an organization whose core mission is to create a false impression supposed to do when its hired agents add an additional, unauthorized layer of falsity to the scheme?

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Green News Report - August 4, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Google, Congress, Accce, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Clean Coal, Lobbyists, Exxon Mobil, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Solar Cookers, Drought, Michele Bachmann, Greenhouse Gases, Water, Waxman-Markey, Cash for Clunkers, Green News, Climate Change, Astroturf, Solar Power, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The Democracy of Lobbyists; The forgeries of 'Clean Coal'... PLU...

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Members of Congress Received Fraudulent Letters Paid for by Coal Companies

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Ed Markey, Accce, Avaaz, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, John Kerry, Chris Carney, Tom Perriello, Sierra Club, Clean Coal, Bonner, Kathy Dahlkemper, Move On, Think Progress, Politics, Green, Green Living, Politics News, Energy Policy, Energy, Green News
Josh Nelson

A burst of developments Monday considerably raised the profile of the latest attempt by polluting industries to thwart environmental legislation through fraudulent mailings to Congress.

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Ad Firm Behind "Clean Coal" Marketing Plan Releases Brag Sheet

Kevin Grandia | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, R&r Advertising - Public Relations - Government Affairs, Clean Coal, Green News
Kevin Grandia

A tight knit group of major coal players are all working together with their ad firms and spindoctors to convince us that clean coal (like fat-free doughnuts) actually exists.

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Debate: Roberts v. 'Clean Coal' Flack Joe Lucas

David Roberts | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, Clean Coal, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Big Coal, Coal Industry, Tennessee Coal Ash, Renewable Energy, Coal, America's Power, Dirty Coal, Joe Lucas, Mountaintop Removal, Tennessee Coal Spill, Coal Ash, Spin, Climate Change, Coal Mining, Green News
David Roberts

There was an online debate between me and Joe Lucas, spokesflack for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. When he received my questions, he ran off like a pansy.

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Coal Industry Front Group CEO Refuses to Say Whether Burning Coal Causes Global Warming (VIDEO)

Josh Dorner | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Cnn, Clean Coal, Accce, Reality, Abec, Coen Brothers, Al Gore, Sierra Club, Bruce Nilles, Green News
Josh Dorner

How can an industry that refuses to even acknowledge that it's part of the problem be part of the solution?

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"Clean Coal" Merely a Marketing Ploy to Stop Climate Solutions

Brian Hardwick | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, Clean Coal, Coal, Big Coal, Coal Industry, Green News
Brian Hardwick

Why is the coal industry spending tens of millions of dollars on a marketing campaign trying to convince people they're "clean" rather than actually cleaning up their act?

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Joe the Deacon and the Church of Clean Coal Carolers: How to Faith-wash Green-washing

Justin Callaway | Posted 01.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Joe Lucas, Green-Wash, Accce, Lame Duck Express, Clean Coal, Advertising, Greenwashing, Joe the Deacon, Greenwashies, Church of Clean Coal, Coal Carolers, Green-Washing, Pr, America's Power, Faith-Wash, Green News
Justin Callaway

Forget the ghost-written pontifications of Joe-the-Plumber, meet Joe the Deacon. That's Joe Lucas, the VP of Communications at the ACCCE, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy.

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Coal's Sacriligeous Caroling

A. Siegel | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, Truthiness, Clean Coal, Satire, Climate Change, Emissions, Pollution, Coal, Global Warming, Astroturfing, Green News
A. Siegel

I was shocked at the latest parody of a set of Christmas Carols courtesy of the coal industry's mouthpiece, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity: the "Clean Coal Carolers" with a set of lyrics that take their truthiness and deception to a whole new level of depravity.

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