This afternoon, the state Senate voted to overturn Minnesota's ban on new coal power plants, on a bipartisan vote of 42-18. The Star Tribune's initial coverage of the vote contains three quotes: one from the bill's Republican author, one from a Democrat opposed to the bill, and one from the Izaak Walton League. As I have documented, the League is currently being paid to oppose coal power in Minnesota, by the San Francisco-based Energy Foundation, a fact not disclosed by the Star Tribune.
The Associated Press' coverage has a little more detail and quotes the same two state Senators. Instead of the League, it quotes someone from Fresh Energy, another current non-profit recipient of Energy Foundation money to "advance clean energy policy in Minnesota." The Foundation will be pleased that Fresh Energy's spokesman dutifully worked the words "clean energy" into his quote. The AP does not disclose this grant to its readers.
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