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| Texas newspaper lauds CORE energy message | | Kerrville Texas Daily Times | | Critics of anti-energy Interior Secretary Ken Salazar included the usual contingent of producers and consumer groups, but the Congress of Racial Equality brought forth perhaps the most stinging criticism. Saying working parents, single mothers and the elderly will be hurt by this policy, CORE spokesperson Niger Innis wrote, "The only winners in this decision are the Hollywood elites who use our western states for a personal playground, burn a lot of energy to keep their private jets aloft and their mansions warm and don't notice if energy costs go up." Read
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| CORE spurs newspaper editorial on energy | | Colorado Springs Gazette | | The lead editorial in the Colorado Springs Gazatte said: A group of black ministers and a leading black civil rights activist took to the streets of Salt Lake City the night before the opening of Redford's glamorous Sundance Film Festival in January to express their displeasure with his efforts to kill oil production. A group of mostly black protesters led by civil rights warrior Niger Innis, spokesman for the New York-based Congress of Racial Equality, suggested that Redford "relinquish his wealth" and live like a poor person concerned about fuel. Read
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| CORE warns against drilling bans in Colorado | | Rocky Mountain News | | New Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's Utah decision to cancel oil and gas leases has put some Republicans and other critics on edge. The fallout continued when the Congress of Racial Equality accused Salazar of caving in to Hollywood, since actor Robert Redford was among those who opposed the leases. Read
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| CORE's complaint against Ken Salazar in the Denver Daily News | | Denver Daily Nes | | Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) says higher energy prices will result from the decision to scrap the leases of 77 parcels of land for oil and gas drilling in Utah’s Redrock country. The group believes low-income families feel the effects of higher energy prices more so than any other income class. Read
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| CORE MLK Dinner Emcee Pat Boone, unsung civil rights champion | | NewsMax.com | | CORE MLK Dinner Emcee Pat Boone was sensing unspoken questions among many of the attendees, who are so familiar with CORE, the third-oldest civil rights organization in America, junior to only the Urban League and the NAACP, and its long struggle on behalf of racial equality in this country: “What is Pat Boone doing here? Why has he been chosen to MC such an important — and sharply focused — event? Has he ever been involved in civil rights struggles?” Read
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| Roy Innis quoted in coal story | | Commodities Now | | The Obama administration has painted itself green. But it is now trying to avoid doing so at the expense of the coal industry, which provides about 50 percent of the fuel to run this country's electric generation. And while the president-elect has said that he supports the advancement of modern, cleaner coal technologies, his nomination of Steven Chu as the secretary of the Department of Energy is controversial for his personal rejection of coal. Read
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| How to work the media | | Salt Lake Tribune | | You see what CORE did there? They slapped down the race card in front of a Sundance movie theater. It was brilliant. Movie star plus lots of Hollywood in town for the film festival plus middle-class white guilt equals exponential increase in media coverage. Read
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Connie Miranda | Congress of Racial Equality | 730 West Cheyenne Avenue Suite 150
North Las Vegas, NV 89030
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