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BlackRock Vies for the 2022 Corporate Hall of Shame

By Yusra Bitar and Aly Shaw
June 27, 2022

BlackRock’s governance practices and investments in fossil fuels, militarized policing, and weapons manufacturers harm communities around the world.

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The University of Chicago’s New Board of Trustees’ Chair is a Private Equity Oil Baron

By Derek Seidman
June 30, 2022

Billionaire David Rubenstein and Carlyle Group have massive investments in fossil fuels.

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“We consider ourselves a sacrifice zone, because many of the people that live here are Black low-income folk.” 

By LittleSis
June 28, 2022

A lifelong resident of southwest Detroit and a leading local organizer on the pollution and the corporate actors that have harmed her community.

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New York lawmakers gutted reforms to widely-abused real estate subsidy immediately after enacting them

By Rob Galbraith
June 15, 2022

Reforms to New York’s 485-a real estate subsidy went into effect on January 1, 2021. Lawmakers gutted them six months later.

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Who Profited from the Gun that Killed Shireen Abu Akleh?

By Yusra Bitar
June 10, 2022

BlackRock and Vanguard own 26% of gun profiteer Ruger, and the company’s directors are tied to harmful industries and reactionary causes.

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Liberty Mutual’s Climate Conflicts Deepen as Jay Hooley Takes Helm of ExxonMobil Board

By Yusra Bitar and Elana Sulakshana
May 26, 2022

Hooley owns $1.2 million in Exxon stock and nows heads board, raising further alarm over Liberty’s governance conflicts on climate.

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The Pro-Israel Billionaires Influencing Pennsylvania’s Elections

By Aly Shaw
May 17, 2022

Out-of-state billionaires are donating big to pro-Israel groups splurging on state elections to defeat progressive candidates.

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Fossil Fuel Industry Mobilizes Front Group To Weaken NY Climate Law

By Rob Galbraith and Derek Seidman
April 19, 2022

A new astroturf “coalition” that’s pushing fossil fuels in New York State is backed by a slew of major oil and gas companies.

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Real estate & private equity billionaires set to profit from NY clean grid investments

By Rob Galbraith
December 13, 2021

Clean power transmission projects planned for New York will be built and owned by Blackstone Group and Related Companies.

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Utilities Continue to Profit from Pandemic Misery & Obstruct Energy Transition

By Rob Galbraith, Munira Lokhandwala and Derek Seidman
November 30, 2021

Here are some resources on how to research and map utility power that is super-exploiting captive customers amidst the pandemic.

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New Report from Color of Change & LittleSis Maps Widespread Corporate Backing of Police Foundations in Major Cities

By Derek Seidman
October 21, 2021

The new report examines the corporate backing of police foundations in nearly two dozen cities & the harms inflicted on Black communities.

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The Iraq War ‘spinmeister’ and high-powered lobbyists behind Pegula’s stadium shakedown

By Rob Galbraith
August 20, 2021

A war propagandist from the Bush administration and well-connected Albany lobbyists are working to extract $1.4 billion in subsidies from New Yorkers.

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Wall Street is Coming After Our Utilities. It’s Time to Fight Back.

By Gin Armstrong and Derek Seidman
August 17, 2021

Private equity and mega-banks are targeting the electric, gas and water utilities we all depend on.

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