Heartland Institute, one of only two organizations to field a speaker

for
continuing Plant Vogtle delays and cost overruns
at this week's GA PSC hearing,
has been dropped by every pharmaceutical company.
When you're down to Heartland Institute and

renewable-energy-opposing
and

astroturf-funding super-lobby group ALEC,
itself
rapidly losing members (so bad
even Bank of America has dumped ALEC);
and when your public hearing speakers are 40 to 1 against continuing
with Southern Company and Georgia Power's nuclear boondoggle,
maybe it's time to end it.

Brad Johnson wrote for thinkprogress 19 December 2012,

Heeding Public Outrage, Pfizer Drops Climate Denial And Tobacco Front Group Heartland Institute,

The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (PFE) has confirmed that it will no
longer support the Heartland Institute, a political advocacy group
that questions the science of climate change and tobacco smoking.


Forecast the Facts, which is leading the

campaign calling on
corporations to drop Heartland, was informed of the decision by
Pfizer's Corporate Secretary Matthew Lepore. Pfizer was a major
donor to Heartland, giving $45,000 in 2012 alone.

Pfizer's decision means that there are no longer any pharmaceutical
companies known to support the Heartland Institute.

Pfizer's last contribution to Heartland was in 2012. Pfizer's
decision follows a groundswell of public outrage over the corporate
support for the Heartland Institute's toxic behavior, including a
billboard campaign that equated believers in climate change with
serial killers such as the Unabomber. Over 150,000 people have
signed petitions to corporate leaders to drop Heartland. Pfizer is
the 21st company to end its support for Joseph Bast's organization,
joining its competitors Amgen (AMGN), Eli Lilly (LLY), Bayer
(BAYRY), and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), as well as major companies like
General Motors (GM), State Farm, and PepsiCo (PEP).

That’s the best you’ve got for support, PSC, and you’re pretending continuing
to let Southern Company and Georgia Power run up a bill of $billions is in the
best interests of the people of Georgia?

-jsq