Prof. Stanislav Edward

The fossil fuel industry is pushing legislation that would ban local governments from working to eliminate greenhouse gas pollution. Today at the ALEC annual meeting, a committee co-chaired by the American Gas Association will push state legislators to prohibit policies that pursue "science-based" and "100% clean energy" targets, among others. Florida has already passed similar legislation and now the fossil fuel industry is trying to replicate these laws across the country. As we feel the impacts of fires, floods, and heatwaves made worse by the climate crisis, we can't let special interests hack our democracy. Be on the lookout for this legislation in your state and speak out against it where these policies are introduced.