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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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Consumerist/Ctr for Media & Democracy Protect the US Against Front Groups

Craig Newmark | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Swiftboating, Front Groups, Consumer Reports, Consumerist, Astroturf, Politics News
Craig Newmark

"Front groups," sometimes called "swiftboaters," are people paid by shady politicians or corporate executives to deceive citizens.

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Big Oil Astroturf Rally in Houston More Company Picnic Than Grassroots Campaign

Andy Wilson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Public Citizen, Api, #FrontGroupFAIL, Texas, Global Warming, Crap and Trade, Big Oil, Cap and Tax, Energy Citizens, Front Groups, Citizen Sarah, Climate Change, Aces, Waxman-Markey, Astroturf, Green News
Andy Wilson

Yesterday the Public Citizen Texas team drove down to Houston to crash the American Petroleum Institute's Energy Citizen event. Billed as a "grassroots" rally against the cap-and-trade bill currently before Congress, this event was nothing more than a company picnic.

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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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Republican Front Group Skirts Election Law: Attacked Wellstone, Attacking Shaheen

Mandy Grunwald | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sununu Shaheen, Front Groups, Jeanne Shaheen, AJS, Attack Ads, Paul Wellstone, Republicans, Politics News
Mandy Grunwald

The Shaheen-Sununu rematch is one of the most important in the country. It's the Democrats' best chance of knocking off an incumbent -- but the AJS is up to its old tricks.

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