Climate
National Grid Asks Customers to Help it Lobby for a New Fracked Gas Pipeline
The utility company implemented a moratorium on new service in the NYC area after a billion-dollar fracked-gas pipeline project was rejected by New York and New Jersey governments, and is now pressing its customers in a last-ditch lobbying effort.
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Leader of Centrist Climate Caucus Has Millions Invested in Oil and Gas Companies
By Donald Shaw Climate Primary category in which blog post is published
To Quash Green New Deal, Big Oil Pushes a Corporate-Friendly Carbon Tax
By Derek Seidman, LittleSis Climate Primary category in which blog post is published
DCCC Vendors Work for Corporations Lobbying Against Democratic Policies
By Donald Shaw 2020 Primary category in which blog post is published
Conservative Democrat Continues to Take Koch Cash
By Alex Kotch Koch Primary category in which blog post is published
Bank of America is Set to Profit from the Biggest Oil Industry Merger in Years
BofA is advising oil giant Occidental Petroleum on its attempted takeover of Anadarko. If they can help close the deal, the bank will rake in tens of millions of dollars in advisory and service fees.
Reps Overseeing Pipeline Safety are Profiting From Pipeline Companies
American oil and gas pipelines continue to expand while the agency that’s supposed to oversee them sits idly by.
California Climate Change Denier Has a Progressive House Challenger
Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has supported legislation to loosen environmental protections and increase post-fire logging, which can exacerbate forest fires, in his state.
Democratic Leader Ben Ray Luján Endorses Green New Deal, Won’t Take Fossil Fuel Exploration Money
A spokesperson for Luján told Sludge that he won’t take money from fossil fuel PACs and executives, but he hasn’t signed the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge.
Beto O’Rourke Says He Won’t Take Fossil Fuel CEO Money—But He Already Has
Two Houston-based oil and gas CEOs each gave the maximum allowed donation to O’Rourke’s campaign on March 29.
Trade Group for Small, Independent Oil Producers Has Deep Ties to Big Oil
Through think tanks, academia, and its own public education website, the Independent Petroleum Association of America is intertwined with many of the largest oil and gas companies in the world.
GOP Picks a Top Oil and Gas Money Recipient as Climate Committee Ranking Member
Only six House members took more money from the oil and gas industry in 2018 than their pick, Rep. Garrett Graves.
Dems Not Backing Green New Deal Took Far More Money From Oil and Gas Interests
The more oil and gas money a House Democrat has received, the less likely they are to support the Green New Deal
Senators Who Will Impact Green New Deal Own Stock in Fossil Fuel Companies
Several members of the Senate Energy and Environment committees collectively own millions of dollars worth of stock in companies such as Chevron, Exxon, and ConocoPhillips.
