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Green Watch
The Groups Supporting the SEC’s Proposed Climate Change Regulation
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a rule that would require public companies to regularly disclose certain climate-related information, including their greenhouse gas emissions. The rule is controversial,…
by Robert Stilson and Jonathan McGee on August 15, 2022

Labor Watch
Greening the Unions: Big Labor, Meet Big Green
Uniting America’s labor unions and environmentalists has been the dream of the Left for decades: a coalition that can overcome the threat to manufacturing job security posed by anti-carbon radicals.
by Hayden Ludwig on March 29, 2022

Labor Watch
Greening the Unions: The Apollo Alliance
The current BlueGreen Alliance operates as a pair of 501(c)(4) and (c)(3)—the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation—nonprofits, a common practice among political groups. This modern group was formed from a 2011 merger…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 29, 2022

Labor Watch
Greening the Unions: Pushing Climate Legislation Further to the Left
the BlueGreen Alliance is gearing up for expansion under President Biden. In January 2021, it was reported that the coalition is hiring for 11 new positions, including field organizers and…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 29, 2022

Green Watch
Al Gore Offers Africa Electricity by the Spoonful
The Africa branch of Climate Reality Project issued a report in November 2016 condemning nuclear energy as “bad for the environment,” suggesting instead that the often desperately poor people of…
by Ken Braun on August 18, 2021

CRC in the News, Green Watch
Climate Groups Take Radical Agenda to Court
Robert Stilson appeared on Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax to discuss current efforts by some environmentalist, frustrated by the lack of progress on their priorities, to sidestep the political process by…
by Robert Stilson on May 26, 2021

Green Watch
Activist Groups Pushing Government Climate Change Lawsuits
Some environmental activists, frustrated by the lack of progress on their priorities through that process, are instead attempting to sidestep the political process by turning to the courts. One strategy…
by Robert Stilson on April 30, 2021

Green Watch
The Climate Change Oligarchy
I’ve noted in the past how environmentalists have decided the best way to prove they are right is to call for bans on those who disagree with them.
by Martin Morse Wooster on September 4, 2016