BlackRock CEO Larry Fink wants corporations to be more socially responsible. So why is he invested in private prisons and dirty fossil fuels?
Derek Seidman
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Billionaire Trump Backer Stephen Schwarzman Owns Motel Chain Collaborating with ICE
Motel 6 is collaborating with Trump’s deportation machine. The motel chain is owned by Wall Street billionaire – and Trump ally – Stephen Schwarzman.
UPDATE: University of Minnesota Duluth Professor Resigns from Board of Enbridge-Backed Group in Response to PAI Report
Last month we reported on an industry-backed study on Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline released by the University of Minnesota Duluth. Now one UMD professor has resigned from the group that commissioned the study.
Pipelines, Fracketeers and Frackademics: A Look Back at PAI & LittleSis’s 2017 Oil & Gas Work
From mapping the power behind the pipelines to uncovering fossil fuel oligarchs, here’s a look back at some of our best work from 2017 on the oil and gas industry.
“Who Rules America?” After 50 Years: An Interview with Professor G. William Domhoff
The groundbreaking ‘Who Rules America?’ was first published in 1967. We spoke with its author, Professor G. William Domhoff, about a half-century of power structure research.
Out-of-State Fossil Fuel Lobbying Firm is Behind Line 3 Pipeline Astroturf Campaign in Minnesota
“Modernizing Minnesota” poses as a grassroots effort to promote the Line 3 pipeline. But it’s actually just a marketing scheme staged by a Houston-based fossil fuel lobbying firm.
Conflicted Coverage: The Duluth News Tribune & the Line 3 Pipeline
The Duluth News Tribune has big undisclosed conflicts of interest in its coverage of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline.
Is Jerry Brown Really the Climate Hero He’s Made Out To Be?
California Governor Jerry Brown is sold to the public as a climate visionary. But is this the whole truth?
The University of Minnesota Duluth Sold Its Credibility to Enbridge. Can It Get It Back?
Our new report shows how the University of Minnesota Duluth produced a Line 3 pipeline study backed by the fossil fuel industry. But organizers have confronted similar studies before — and found ways to challenge them.
Eyes on the Ties’ Friday Fossil Fuel Runoff – November 10, 2017
Vol 1. No. 6 – November 10, 2017 Welcome to the Friday Fossil Fuel Runoff, a weekly series from Eyes on the Ties highlighting the networks of power behind the week’s energy news. Here you’ll find oil and gas reporting from around the web with important context from the Public Accountability Initiative, including original research …
Eyes on the Ties’ Friday Fossil Fuel Runoff – November 3, 2017
This week: more on industry capture of the EPA, southern California communities being poisoned by fossil fuels, some new and important reports that were released, and more.
Eyes on the Ties’ Friday Fossil Fuel Runoff – October 27, 2017
This week: Trump EPA climate denial shenanigans, pipeline protest news, and more!