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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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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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How elite, oil-backed think tanks worked to lift the ban on US crude oil exports

By Rob Galbraith
August 10, 2021

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.

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Newsom Delivers for Energy Clients of Lobbyist he Celebrated at French Laundry

By Derek Seidman and Donald Shaw, Sludge
January 12, 2021

The Newsom administration’s decisions have repeatedly benefited the energy clients of the firm of his close lobbyist friend Jason Kinney.

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Energy Giant NRG Splurges on Powerful NY Lobbyists in Pursuit of Astoria Fracked-Gas Plant

By Derek Seidman
December 17, 2020

NRG has paid an army of powerful lobbyists hundreds of thousands of dollars to push a proposed fracked-gas plant against community opposition.

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Biden’s “Nightmare” Climate Advisor is Connected to Energy Transition Team Members

By Rob Galbraith and Derek Seidman
November 18, 2020

A quarter of Biden’s energy transition team – including team head Arun Majumdar – have close ties to Ernest Moniz and the energy industry.

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Five Ways to Research Your University’s Fossil Fuel (and Other) Investments

By Derek Seidman
October 21, 2020

Colleges and universities are good at hiding what specific industries and corporations they invest in, but here are some ways that divestment campaigns can find out this information.

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Pepco’s Cozy Relationship with the DC Police Foundation

By Kaela Bamberger and Jake Hess
August 6, 2020

The utility Pepco makes donations and fills board seats to maintain a web of influence in DC – and the DC Police Foundation is part of it.

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The COVID-19 Fossil Fuel Industry Bailout & How To Fight It

By Derek Seidman
April 2, 2020

These are the ways the fossil fuel industry might get bailed out – and what it means for climate organizers.

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Liberty Mutual Director & Former State Street CEO Joins ExxonMobil Board

By Derek Seidman
February 26, 2020

Joseph Hooley, board director of Liberty Mutual & former CEO of State Street, has joined the ExxonMobil board. This comes as climate organizers intensify their focus on the finance-fossil fuel nexus.

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