Pennsylvania is a key focus for the oil and gas industry. In fact, at least $1.8 million was spent in 2022 and the American Petroleum Institute reports spending more money on lobbying in Pennsylvania than in any other state last year.
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Senators speak out for LNG exports, bring in big bucks from oil and gas industry
As the west scrambles for a geopolitical response to Russia’s play for the Crimean peninsula, advocates for the oil and gas industry have used the situation to redouble the push to export liquefied natural gas (LNG). Framing the issue as a matter of protecting a fledgling democracy and ensuring security for United States allies, oil- …
New York’s Fracking Investments
A recent Buffalo News article about New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s shareholder activism through the state’s pension fund mentions his interactions with the natural gas industry. According to the Buffalo News, DiNapoli “has been pressing natural gas companies involved in hydrofracturing to provide him with risks of their drilling practices, the kinds of chemicals used and to …
Hormats salutes Chevron
Given his role in financing a genocidal regime, it is only fitting that Robert Hormats would salute the oil conglomerate Chevron as an example of “corporate excellence” in one of his first official acts as undersecretary of state (h/t Aleinad!). Just a few weeks ago, EarthRights International also recognized Chevron…for enriching Burma’s military junta. Chevron …
Chevron: The Bay Area’s Biggest Company
Research for the “Who’s Behind the Bay Area’s Most Powerful Companies?” project is now in full swing. last week, I sifted through hundreds of Chevron-related press releases, financial documents, and executive board summaries in order to pull together the profiles highlighted below. Note: I have made a special effort to call attention to Chevron executives …