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Conservative Group Opposes Discrimination (Against Fossil Fuel Companies)

Conservative Group Opposes Discrimination (Against Fossil Fuel Companies)

The conservative group ALEC is taking aim at laws aimed at addressing climate change, calling them 'energy discrimination.'

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

December 10, 202118m 1s

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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.