Leaked recording: pollution lobbyists discuss exploiting Syrian refugee crisis
by Cory Doctorow from on (#VMQV)
A leaked recording made of a conference call posted by the Edison Electric Institute, which lobbies for the power industry, reveals lobbyists for high pollution companies talking about how they can exploit the Syrian refugee crisis to get a rider inserted into a pending bill that would kill the EPA's Waters of the United States rule, which protects America's waterways from pollution. (more")