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Conservative Group Opposes Discrimination (Against Fossil Fuel Companies)
Published 4 years, 2 months ago
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The conservative group ALEC is taking aim at laws aimed at addressing climate change, calling them 'energy discrimination.'
On Today's Show:
Kate Aronoff, staff writer at The New Republic and author of Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet - And How We Fight Back (Bold Type Books April 20, 2021), talks about her latest piece, "Conservatives Have a New Bogeyman: Critical Energy Theory," which found some conservative interest groups are trying to stop climate policy from being implemented around the country by claiming it unfairly discriminates against fossil fuel companies.