Fossil Fuel Donors Give Record Amount to Congressional GOP Super PACs
Donors including Chevron and ConocoPhillips have donated a record sum in the 2024 cycle to the giant spending groups tied to Sen. Mitch McConnell and Speaker Mike Johnson.
Climate
Page 2
Peltola Supported by Oil Company-Funded Super PAC
The Alaska Democrat, who pushed for approval of ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow oil drilling project in the state, got a campaign boost from a Conoco-funded super PAC.
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Spending Millions to Help Republicans Take Control of Congress
A new Sludge analysis finds that Big Oil and fossil fuel industry donors have showered more than $34 million on the super PACs tied to Republican leaders in Congress.
Biden EPA Finalizes Rules Excluding Gas Power Plants From Carbon Regulations
New rules on carbon pollution will cover coal and new gas-fired power plants, while standards for existing gas plants were delayed.
Oil and Gas Companies Donate Big to GOP Super PACs
Chevron, Valero, and Devon Energy were among the largest donors to the super PACs aligned with Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell last year.
Big Ag and Big Oil Team Up to Lobby for Clean Energy Credits
A coalition of companies like Cargill and Chevron hired new lobbyists as it works to convince policymakers that so-called "renewable natural gas" should get government subsidies.
Think Tanks Take Exxon Money Following Sting Video
A new disclosure shows the think tanks and universities that took ExxonMobil money in 2022.
Hundreds of Large Companies Undermine Their Own Climate Pledges Through Lobbying: Report
According to the environmentalist organization InfluenceMap, more than 60 companies are at "significant risk of net zero greenwashing" due to lobbying that contradicts their own climate pledges
Four of Seven ‘Clean Hydrogen’ Hubs Will Use Fossil Fuels
Environmental groups warn that hydrogen fuel produced with fossil gas could entrench the oil & gas industry for decades.
Manchin Defends Tax Credit for Gas Companies Following Lobbying by ‘Dear Friend’
Manchin added a bill rider in July supporting the fossil fuel industry’s position on a major “clean hydrogen” tax credit after his longtime confidante Larry Puccio was hired to lobby by a gas company seeking the benefits.