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• November 6th Tar Sands Action at the White House

  Steve Kretzmann

  Oct24

  On Sunday November 6 the Tar Sands Action will return to Washington DC to send an unmistakable message to the President. Exactly one year before the election, we want to encircle the whole White House to ask President Obama to reject Keystone XL and live up to his promise to free us from the tyranny…
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  Big Oil Buys Democratic Support for Keystone XL

  Steve Kretzmann

  Oct19

  Earlier today, twenty-two House Democrats sent a letter to President Obama expressing their support for the Keystone XL pipeline project.  The letter was announced in a press release from TransCanada.  Both the letter and the press release predictably recycle discredited arguments for Keystone XL on energy security and jobs. What TransCanada didn’t mention is that…
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• Keystone XL Crime Scene Investigation

  Steve Kretzmann

  Oct11

  Oil Change International, Friends of the Earth, the Other 98% and DeSmogBlog have mapped the tangled web of corruption around the Keystone XL pipeline.  Check it out and then click the image to send your letter demanding that President Obama reject the lobbyists and say no to Keystone XL.      

• Coalition Calls for End to $122 billion in Handouts to Fossil Fuels

  Steve Kretzmann

  Oct04

  (Washington, DC – October 5, 2011) Today leaders of 52 national and state organizations sent a letter to the members of the Super Congress (formally known as the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction) demanding that the elimination of government handouts to the oil, coal and gas industries be a central part of the…
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• Keystone XL Hearing and Demo in DC: Friday October 7th

  Steve Kretzmann

  Oct03

  The Keystone XL pipeline, if approved, will bring millions of barrels of dirty tar sands crude oil to the US gulf coast and act as a catalyst for the expansion of this source of oil. Without KXL, the industry will struggle to find new markets to support its growth. Last month, we exposed the fact…
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  Report: Exporting Energy Security: Keystone XL Exposed

  Steve Kretzmann

  Aug31

  The Keystone XL Pipeline: Oil for Export, Not for U.S. Energy Security Industry Documents Reveal Scheme to Reach Lucrative Markets Abroad Download the full report. In pushing for the Obama Administration’s approval of TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the North American oil industry and its political patrons argue that the pipeline is necessary…
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  Fred Upton: Big Oil’s Superman in SuperCongress

  Steve Kretzmann

  Aug18

  Numerous recent polls reveal that the American people believe that Congress is more responsive to their campaign donors than their own constituents. In addition, Americans of all affiliations clearly favor ending oil industry handouts. The question is, whose side is Fred Upton on: the American people’s or Big Oil’s? Rep. Upton is Big Oil’s biggest…
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• Oil Money and the “SuperCongress”

  Steve Kretzmann

  Aug17

  Eight of the twelve members of the newly-named Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction have voted in the last two years to allow oil companies to keep more than $4 billion annually in taxpayer subsidies in place. All six Republicans have consistently voted to preserve oil industry handouts. Oil industry lobbyists have made maintaining these handouts…
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• Senators Opposing End of Oil Subsidies Received Five Times More in Big Oil Campaign Cash

  Steve Kretzmann

  May17

  Find out how much oil money your elected representatives take by visiting the Dirty Energy Money site. Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senators that blocked a vote on legislation to end taxpayer subsidies to oil companies have received five times more in campaign contributions from oil and gas interests than those who voted to begin debate, according to…
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• Senate Finance Committee Awash in Campaign Cash from Big Oil

  Steve Kretzmann

  May12

  Media Contacts: Adam Smith, Public Campaign Action Fund, (202) 640-5593, asmith@publicampaign.org Steve Kretzmann, Oil Change International, (202) 497-1033, steve@priceofoil.org For Immediate Release May 12, 2011 Senate Finance Committee Awash in Campaign Cash from Big Oil Committee Republicans take 4 times more oil money than Democrats, on average As representatives of the biggest oil companies are…
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