A new astroturf “coalition” that’s pushing fossil fuels in New York State is backed by a slew of major oil and gas companies.
Real estate & private equity billionaires set to profit from NY clean grid investments
Clean power transmission projects planned for New York will be built and owned by Blackstone Group and Related Companies.
Utilities Continue to Profit from Pandemic Misery & Obstruct Energy Transition
Here are some resources on how to research and map utility power that is super-exploiting captive customers amidst the pandemic.
New Report from Color of Change & LittleSis Maps Widespread Corporate Backing of Police Foundations in Major Cities
The new report examines the corporate backing of police foundations in nearly two dozen cities & the harms inflicted on Black communities.
The Iraq War ‘spinmeister’ and high-powered lobbyists behind Pegula’s stadium shakedown
A war propagandist from the Bush administration and well-connected Albany lobbyists are working to extract $1.4 billion in subsidies from New Yorkers.
Wall Street is Coming After Our Utilities. It’s Time to Fight Back.
Private equity and mega-banks are targeting the electric, gas and water utilities we all depend on.
How elite, oil-backed think tanks worked to lift the ban on US crude oil exports
Brookings Institution, CSIS, and seven other influential think tanks funded by the oil industry pushed to expand US oil exports, typifying a relationship admitted to by ExxonMobil lobbyists years later.
Gig work front group run by lobbying firm Mercury falsely claimed support from Buffalo community organizations
Uber and Lyft-backed group falsely claimed that several community groups in Buffalo endorse its effort to deny workplace protections to app workers in New York.
Buffalo News’s anti-tax screed fails to disclose ties to group lobbying against taxing the rich
The Buffalo News is a “major investor” in – and publisher Tom Wiley sits on the board of – a group lobbying against taxing the rich.
$7 mil millones en efectivo para los fondos buitre en el nuevo plan de ajuste de la Junta de Control Fiscal
El nuevo plan de ajuste de la Junta de Control Fiscal de Puerto Rico incluye $7 mil millones en pagos en efectivo, mientras que los pensionados se enfrentan a recortes
$7 Billion in Cash for Vulture Funds in Oversight Board’s New Debt Adjustment Plan
The Oversight Board’s new plan of adjustment for Puerto Rico includes $7 billion in cash payments for Wall Street vulture funds while pensioners face major cuts.
Google Invests Billions in India as Modi and Allies Stage Corporate Takeover of Agriculture
In profiting from its India investments while not condemning the Modi government’s human rights abuses, Google & US Big Tech are validating the repression of protesters.
Creditors stalk Puerto Rico government’s real estate properties, including the Land Authority’s farms
Wall Street firms are turning to new and aggressive tactics to extract maximum profits from Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy process.