Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman has bet billions of dollars on the oil and gas industry, buying interests in drilling fields, fracking companies, major pipeline projects, power plants and export facilities. If Trump continues to make good on his pledge to expand fracking and pipeline infrastructure, Blackstone’s oil and gas bets could prove incredibly lucrative for Schwarzman, whose $425 million 2016 pay package mainly came in the form of stock dividends. …
SNCC veteran Courtland Cox talks to Eyes on the Ties about the role of power research in building for power …
The protest at Delaware North headquarters highlighted Jeremy Jacobs’ ties to ICE in Buffalo. But the Delaware North empire stretches far beyond western New York. …
Oligrapher is a tool for visualizing networks of influence and power. Here is how you can get started using it. …
Four CEOs have broken with Trump after his failure to promptly and directly denounce white supremacist violence in Charlottesville. Will others follow? …
A new poll supposedly shows support for pipeline expansion in the northeast. But the oil and gas industry-backed PR firm behind it hides findings that reveal most support renewable energy. …
With rumors of Trump looking to further privatize the Afghan war, military contractors like Blackwater and Dyncorp hope to cash in. …
The official portrait of Ernest Moniz, the Secretary of Energy during the second half of the Obama administration, includes an industry-funded study he led at MIT that was used to justify Obama’s embrace of fracking and expansion of liquefied natural gas exports. …
Kathleen Brown, the governor’s sister, has made $1.1 million as Sempra Energy director since 2013. The governor has apparently taken no steps to manage the conflict of interest. …
Tom Farrell, the powerful CEO of Dominion Energy, is a key force behind the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. …
Trump’s new Communications Director, Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci, is yet another Wall Street alum. …
New documents show the close relationship between the Edison Electric Institute and a former FERC commissioner, and offer further proof of Atlantic Coast Pipeline companies’ access to regulators. …
Rep. Chris Collins, a Donald Trump ally under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics, loses millions as Innate Immunotherapeutics’ Stock Collapses. …