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Derek Seidman
Posts by Derek Seidman
Insuring Climate Catastrophe: How Big Insurers Finance and Prop Up the Fossil Fuel Industry
Insurance companies underwrite and finance the oil, gas and coal companies that are driving climate chaos
How the Private Equity Power Structure Drives Climate Chaos
Private equity firms plow billions into fossil fuel operations in their ruthless quest for profits.
The Big Bank Power Structure and How It Finances Climate Destruction
A primer on the banks that are financing the fossil fuel industry and how they wield power and influence.
Fossil Fuel Directors’ Ties to University Boards Run Deep
University trustee seats greenwash oil companies while casting doubt on higher ed climate commitments.
Mapping the Power Behind the Willow Project
ConocoPhillips and its investors have an army of politicians and lobbyists behind the Willow project.
Tax Records Reveal University of Chicago is Massively Invested In Fossil Fuels
UChicago invests in Shell, BP, Dakota Access Pipeline’s Energy Transfer, and Texas far-right oil bllionaire Tim Dunn.
“Who Rules Columbia?”: How Power Research Supported the 1960s Student Movement
The 1968 pamphlet “Who Rules Columbia?” is a model for organizers and researchers trying to map out university power today.
The Asset Manager Power Structure and the Climate Crisis
A handful of powerful asset managers control a huge chunk of the fossil fuel industry through massive shareholding.
The University of Chicago’s New Board of Trustees’ Chair is a Private Equity Oil Baron
Billionaire David Rubenstein and Carlyle Group have massive investments in fossil fuels.
“We consider ourselves a sacrifice zone, because many of the people that live here are Black low-income folk.”
A lifelong resident of southwest Detroit and a leading local organizer on the pollution and the corporate actors that have harmed her community.
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.