{"id":8445,"date":"2018-07-12T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T17:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/exxonmobil-quits-alec-over-climate-change-disagreement\/"},"modified":"2018-07-12T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T17:22:49","slug":"exxonmobil-quits-alec-over-climate-change-disagreement","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/press\/exxonmobil-quits-alec-over-climate-change-disagreement\/","title":{"rendered":"ExxonMobil Quits ALEC Over Climate Change Disagreement"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8445","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"ExxonMobil became the latest company to announce it is cutting ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a secretive corporate lobbying group. According to a report by Bloomberg News, the oil giant is leaving the organization due to disagreements over climate change policy.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8296}"],"related_issues":[137,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"ExxonMobil is the latest company to announce it is cutting ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a secretive corporate lobbying group. According to<\/span> a report by Bloomberg News<\/span><\/a>, the oil giant is leaving the organization due to disagreements over climate change policy. ALEC brings together corporate officials and state legislators to draft and vote on \u201cmodel\u201d legislation that is then introduced in state legislatures around the country. <\/span>\r\n\r\nExxon is the latest of over 100 major corporations to leave ALEC due its extreme agenda and anti-democratic operations. Other major companies that have cut ties with ALEC due to its anti-environmental policies that sow uncertainty about basic climate science in recent years include Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Ford, Shell, and BP. Additionally, ALEC lost major corporate sponsors including Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonalds, Procter & Gamble, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson due to pushing NRA-backed \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d legislation and voter ID bills.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cThis is yet another major sign that ALEC is out of touch with everyday Americans who want a democracy that works for everyone,\u201d said Jay Riestenberg, campaigns & media strategist at Common Cause. \u201cPeople are tired of ALEC\u2019s pay-to-play politics and ready for change. Exxon\u2019s departure should send a strong message to ALEC that it's extreme agenda and undemocratic, secretive operations have no place in American politics.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nCommon Cause has challenged ALEC\u2019s tax-status as 501(c)(3) charity, where corporations are eligible for a tax-deduction for funding ALEC\u2019s lobbying. Common Cause filed an IRS<\/span> whistleblower complaint against ALEC<\/span><\/a> in 2012, charging the organization with tax fraud, and supplemental complaints in 2013, 2015, and 2016. The 2016 submission focused exclusively on ExxonMobil\u2019s use of ALEC to illegally lobby state legislators.<\/span>\r\n\r\nCommon Cause, including its 1.2 million members and activists, and allies have also been instrumental in urging companies to leave ALEC.<\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nExxonMobil Quits ALEC Over Climate Change Disagreement - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/press-releases\/exxonmobil-quits-alec-over-climate-change-disagreement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ExxonMobil Quits ALEC Over Climate Change Disagreement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/drucken\/exxonmobil-quits-alec-over-climate-change-disagreement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/exxonmobil-quits-alec-over-climate-change-disagreement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/exxonmobil-quits-alec-over-climate-change-disagreement\/\",\"name\":\"ExxonMobil Quits ALEC Over Climate Change Disagreement - 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