The fossil fuel industry is already pouring money into the Trump 2020 campaign. But some Democrats are also taking oil and gas donations.
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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.
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.
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
Buffalo Banks Are Financing the Climate Crisis
Buffalo’s biggest banks are lending hundreds of millions to fossil fuel companies and funding a lobbying effort against climate action in New York.
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.
These Top Fossil Fuel & Utilities Companies Didn’t Pay Any Federal Income Taxes Last Year
Some of the biggest oil, gas, and utilities companies in the U.S. paid no federal income taxes last year – and they even received billions in tax rebates.
With Big Oil Merger Approaching, Bank of America Continues Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry
Bank of America is set to rake in tens of millions from the biggest fossil fuel industry merger in years.