SolarCity Provides Financial Support to Republican Group Opposed to Clean Power Plan

A recent article in Mother Jones details how several dozen large and influential corporations that have donated to the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) have also publicly supported remaining in the Paris Climate Accord. This is an issue because RAGA has identified the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) as its top legal priority to undo. 
Some of the companies involved argue that their donations is in the time honored tradition of donating to politicians and issues on both sides of the isle. To this observer, that is nothing more than a thin veil of respectability that calls their position into question. Further, these organizations contributed more to RAGA than to its democratic counterpart. Quoting from the article, “During the timeframe that the 27 companies donated about $3.3 million to the Republican group, 23 of them collectively gave about $1.9 million to the parallel Democratic organization.”
While it’s true that RAGA and its democratic counterpart have a broad political agenda, providing financial support to RAGA speaks volumes. Perhaps SolarCity’s financial support for RAGA is the most egregious example.  

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