Post by Logan on Jun 4, 2016 2:23:18 GMT -6
Group raises questions about Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's connection to polluting industries
WASHINGTON -- Several times now, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has joined other Republican state attorneys general in suing the Obama administration in efforts to derail federal environmental rules.
At the same time, DeWine -- a possible contender for Ohio governor in 2018 -- has collected large campaign donations from coal companies, electric utilities and others pushing back against the environmental rules. So-called polluting industries and their employees have donated more than $335,000 to DeWine since 2010, according to data from the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Does this put Ohio's attorney general in the pocket of polluting industries?
The liberal group Americans United for Change says yes. Americans United, part of a broad network of activists who supports Democratic causes, included DeWine in a list of state attorneys general who regularly fight President Barack Obama on environmental rules while raising money from industries with a financial stake in winning those fights.
Americans United released the information today because it is the second anniversary of the U.S. EPA's proposal for what became the Clean Power Plan, which, if the courts don't block it, will require power plants to burn less coal as they generate electricity.
Read more: www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/06/liberal_group_says_mike_dewine.html
WASHINGTON -- Several times now, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has joined other Republican state attorneys general in suing the Obama administration in efforts to derail federal environmental rules.
At the same time, DeWine -- a possible contender for Ohio governor in 2018 -- has collected large campaign donations from coal companies, electric utilities and others pushing back against the environmental rules. So-called polluting industries and their employees have donated more than $335,000 to DeWine since 2010, according to data from the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Does this put Ohio's attorney general in the pocket of polluting industries?
The liberal group Americans United for Change says yes. Americans United, part of a broad network of activists who supports Democratic causes, included DeWine in a list of state attorneys general who regularly fight President Barack Obama on environmental rules while raising money from industries with a financial stake in winning those fights.
Americans United released the information today because it is the second anniversary of the U.S. EPA's proposal for what became the Clean Power Plan, which, if the courts don't block it, will require power plants to burn less coal as they generate electricity.
Read more: www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/06/liberal_group_says_mike_dewine.html