Leader of Centrist Climate Caucus Has Millions Invested in Oil and Gas Companies
Rep. Rooney, who is reviving the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, favors a carbon tax plan that mirrors a proposal put forth by the fossil fuel industry.
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To Quash Green New Deal, Big Oil Pushes a Corporate-Friendly Carbon Tax
Backed by top global corporate powerhouses, the plan is driven by an industry-friendly logic firmly within the bounds of the neoliberal imagination.
Biden’s Climate Adviser Earned $1 Million From Natural Gas Company
Current 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden has a “middle-ground” climate approach that will promote natural gas, potentially enriching his adviser’s former employer.
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.
As it Works to Stifle Primary Challengers, DCCC Takes More Money from Corporate Lobbyists
A number of lobbyists representing major health insurers and oil and gas giants are bundling big checks for the DCCC.
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.