Conservative group demanding climate scientists' emails is less than...
The American Tradition Institute has aggressively sought the emails of climatologists as part of its effort to discredit the science of global warming. But when it comes to following the rules about...
View ArticlePetro powerhouse Koch Industries boosts investments in North Carolina politics
The Kansas-based oil and chemical conglomerate headed by billionaire financiers of the anti-regulatory right has dramatically increased its contributions to North Carolina politics as the state...
View ArticleIs North Carolina's renewable energy law in jeopardy?
Conservative groups whose clout grew in the recent N.C. elections want to repeal a groundbreaking state law requiring utilities to generate a small percentage of energy from renewable sources. Incoming...
View ArticleArt Pope's path to power
Wealthy Republican donor Art Pope has been building influence and clout for years in North Carolina. Appointed this week to direct the state's budget, he now finds himself with his hands on the levers...
View ArticleBulk of Pope Foundation money channeled into conservative advocacy
Every December, the family foundation run by GOP mega-donor Art Pope publicizes the money it gives to the arts and community services. But it rarely mentions its grants to conservative groups and...
View ArticleArt Pope still funding climate disinformation
Conservative mega-donor Art Pope has helped finance a movement to discredit mainstream climate science. Now North Carolina's budget director, he will help make important fiscal decisions for a state...
View ArticleClimate conspiracy theorist returns to NC legislature, warns of threat from...
John Droz of the American Tradition Institute, a conservative group know for attacking climate scientists, visited North Carolina this week to warn lawmakers that science is under attack -- but his...
View ArticleMeet the ALEC-connected lawmakers behind bill to kill NC renewable energy law
Of the four primary sponsors behind new legislation to repeal North Carolina's groundbreaking renewable energy law, three have documented ties to the fossil fuel-funded conservative policy group that's...
View ArticleThe nationwide war on state renewable energy standards comes to North Carolina
A hearing is set for tomorrow on legislation to repeal North Carolina's renewable energy standard -- part of a nationwide attack on such laws being mounted by groups with fossil-fuel industry ties.read...
View ArticleArt Pope-backed lawmaker leads push for new voting restrictions in NC
Over the last week, GOP lawmakers have unleashed a flurry of bills that would make sweeping changes to North Carolina elections. They share a common message -- and a common sponsor, backed by one of...
View ArticleHow renewable energy won in North Carolina
A bill that would have ended North Carolina's renewable energy program appears dead in the water. How did the program's defenders prevail in the state's current archconservative environment?Listen to...
View ArticleINSTITUTE INDEX: Buying the courts in North Carolina?
North Carolina's innovative public financing program for judicial races has dramatically reduced the amount of special-interest money flowing into judges' campaigns and served as a model for other...
View ArticleNorth Carolina: A banana republic for dirty energy interests?
Clean energy opponents turned to dirty tactics to advance a bill repealing North Carolina's renewables program -- and that's not the only example of the state's energy policy being hijacked by powerful...
View ArticleArt Pope back in glare of national spotlight
For years, North Carolina mega-donor Art Pope kept a low profile, quietly building one of the most influential state-based political networks in the country. Now, from his perch as the governor's...
View ArticleHow Art Pope killed clean elections for judges in North Carolina
For more than a decade, North Carolina's Republican mega-donor fought tirelessly to stop the state's pioneering program to free judges from special interest influence. This week, Pope's crusade came to...
View ArticleIn media spotlight, Pope issues non-denial over role in ending NC clean...
Facing South's report on Art Pope's role in killing a pioneering election reform in North Carolina garners national attention -- and a statement from Pope that doesn't dispute any facts of the original...
View ArticleSPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How Art Pope helped turn back the clock on voting...
The conservative mega-donor, now the state budget director, played important but behind-the-scenes roles in the passage of one of the nation's most restrictive voting laws, from ginning up fear of...
View ArticleAre conservative think tanks breaking lobbying laws?
The State Policy Network -- a national alliance of right-wing think tanks funded by businessmen including the Kochs of Koch Industries, the Waltons of Wal-Mart, and Art Pope of Variety Stores -- is...
View Article'The public has a right to know about Art Pope'
This week, the North Carolina NAACP and other groups launched an informational picket at stores owned by North Carolina mega-donor and state budget director Art Pope -- highlighting the disconnect...
View ArticleAfter a political setback in NC, ALEC retools assault on renewable energy
Corporate interest advocacy groups including the controversial American Legislative Exchange Council made repealing North Carolina's renewable energy law a top priority last year. Their effort failed,...
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