Daily Archives: July 14, 2011

Jul 14

ALEC Exposed exposes how corporations are writing our laws

The corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council helps corporations secretly write and pass laws in your state legislatures that benefit corporations. The Center for Media and Democracy created ALEC Exposed to enable citizens to view these bills and learn who’s really … Read More

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Jul 14

State Fracking Rules Could Allow Drilling Near New York City Water Supply Tunnels

Hydrofracking has an alarming tendency to permanently pollute underground water supplies yet the NYS DEC has drafted rules that could allow fracking near NYC water tunnels. Millions of people rely on this water supply and it’s already in trouble due … Read More

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Jul 14

Matt Haughey of MetaFilter interviewed

The community weblog I’m a part of, MetaFilter, was created in 1999 by Matt Haughey. Besides MetaFilter Matt was a founding employee of Pyra Labs, the creators of Blogger. Matt was recently interviewed by Williamette Week and talked about blogging, … Read More

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