Fracking
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Jun13
New York Enviros: "the greatest threat to our environment here in New York may be an unlikely suspect: big money."
The Atlantic Chapter of Sierra Club and WE ACT for Environmental Justice have a compelling op-ed today in Newsday calling for the state legislature to act on Fair Elections legislation that is currently before both houses.
The groups note that they seldom stray from purely environmental issues, but that the big money influence, particularly in the "fracking" fight, has become too much to ignore.
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Nov14
Clips Round-up 11/14/2011
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Campaign Jungle
The NYT is not pleased with candidate super PACs: "The time has come for the Department of Justice to step in and pursue criminal complaints against the candidate PACs. Limits on spending used to prevent donations from becoming outright bribes, but now the limits are gone, and the path to corruption is clear."