Private equity backing and self-dealing featured at the bankrupt coal firm whose workers are still waiting for pay.
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UPDATE: Amy Klobuchar Returns Enbridge Money After PAI Revealed Campaign Contributions
U.S. Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar has returned $5,600 in donations to an Enbridge donor after PAI revealed the campaign contributions.
As Battle over Line 3 Pipeline Goes National, Which 2020 Candidates are taking Money from Enbridge?
Enbridge-affiliated donors have given to two 2020 candidates: Donald Trump and Amy Klobuchar.
Enbridge Defends Its Astroturf Playbook as it Pushes Line 3 Oil Pipeline
Despite its denials, Enbridge’s Line 3 public relations strategy comes straight out of the fossil fuel industry’s astroturf playbook.
AES Has Been Dumping Its Puerto Rico Coal Ash in South Georgia
New documents reveal that powerhouse corporation AES is taking its toxic coal ash from Puerto Rico and dumping it in south Georgia.
AES Puerto Rico Dispone sus Cenizas en el Sur de Georgia
Nuevos documentos revelan que la AES está llevando sus cenizas de carbón de Puerto Rico hasta el sur de Georgia.
Virginia Legislators Promoting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Have Big Personal Investments in the Pipeline’s Owners
Several Virginia state legislators have pushed hard to advance the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. They also own hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock in the pipeline’s owners.
NY League of Conservation Directors are Pushing the Williams Pipeline & Other NYS Fossil Fuel Projects
The New York League of Conservation Voters has a host of board members who are actively working to advance the most controversial fossil fuel projects in New York State.
Williams pipeline support highlights Environmental Defense Fund’s long, cozy relationship with fracking pseudoscience
Corporate-friendly environmental group has a long history of elevating fracking industry talking points disguised as empirical research
Universities in Buffalo and Around New York State Back Lobbying Groups Opposing Climate Action
Schools around New York State – including the public university system – belong to groups lobbying against an ambitious climate bill
Big Oil Pushes Corporate-Friendly Carbon Tax in Attempt to Stem Green New Deal Wave
The fossil fuel industry is mobilizing behind an industry-friendly carbon tax proposal to try to slow the momentum of demands around bold climate action.
Chair of NY League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Joins Trump 2020 Campaign
Ed Cox is joining the Trump 2020 campaign to help re-elect a president who has declared war on the climate. He also personally profits from the fossil fuel industry. And yet, he remains the chairman of the NY League of Conservation Voters Education Fund.