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.
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DCCC Vendors Work for Corporations Lobbying Against Democratic Policies
The DCCC has blacklisted vendors that work with progressive challengers, but it continues to pay those whose corporate clients work to block policies like net neutrality and Medicare for All.
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.
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.
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.