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Dirty Energy Money Buys Yet Another Keystone Vote
Karen Showalter
May18
The House of Representatives took a non-binding vote earlier today on whether to support inclusion of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in a transportation bill currently being negotiated by both chambers. It passed 261-152. The influence of dirty energy money has once again reared its ugly head. Those voting in favor of the inclusion of…
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Tar sands pipelines don’t just leak oil
Lorne Stockman
May15
Download our briefing on the tar sands exemption to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund here. When Enbridge’s Line 6B burst open near Marshall, Michigan in July 2010 spewing over a million gallons of tar sands sludge into the Kalamazoo river watershed, funds were quickly released from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to mobilize…
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Dirty Energy Money pouring into Congress faster than ever before
Steve Kretzmann
May09
Members of Congress have taken almost $16 million from the oil, gas and coal industries so far in this 112th Congress. That puts this Congress on track to be the dirtiest ever. The information comes to light as part of the latest update of DirtyEnergyMoney.com, a project of Oil Change International which uniquely refines and…
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Big Oil Donates over $500,000 to Congress in First Quarter of 2012
Karen Showalter
Apr23
The political action committees (PACs) of five of the biggest players in the oil and gas industry donated just over $500,000 to Congressional incumbents and candidates during the first quarter of 2012. Public Campaign has just released new analysis of data filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Some key findings: Exxon’s PAC was the biggest…
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Senate Fails to Cut Favors to Big Oil, Once Again
Karen Showalter
Mar29
Earlier today President Obama challenged Congress to either stand with Big Oil, or stand with the American people. A vote on legislation introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) that would have eliminated over $2.4 billion in annual tax deductions to the top 5 oil companies was subsequently defeated a few hours later. Once again Congress…
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Keystone Stopped (again), but Not For Want of Trying
Lorne Stockman
Mar08
The U.S. Senate has rejected the most recent attempt to go forward with the Keystone XL pipeline. Amendment #1537, proposed by Senator Hoeven (R-ND), would have required approval of the controversial project without necessary environmental and other reviews. The amendment was was supported 56-42 but failed as 60 votes were needed in order to pass….
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Keystone XL benefits from taxpayer subsidies
Lorne Stockman
Feb08
Sen. Mitch McConnell claimed recently that the Keystone XL Pipeline “doesn’t require a penny of our taxpayer money all the president has to do is approve it.” But our research reveals many places that the pipeline project benefits from taxpayer subsidies. The refineries that are linked to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline as committed…
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The Best Bill Oil Money Can Buy
Steve Kretzmann
Jan30
Earlier today, forty-four Senators introduced legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. This bill would would approve the Keystone XL pipeline despite the Obama Administration’s rejection of its permit following months of intensifying protest against it and numerous studies revealing its vastly inflated economic impact. Our colleagues at Public Campaign and 350.org revealed that those…
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One Dollar In, Fifty-Nine Out
Steve Kretzmann
Jan26
You can SHARE this infographic on Facebook. What if you were in Vegas, and a friend told you there was a slot machine in the corner that was giving out $59 for every $1 that was put in? You’d think the machine was broken, and that it was rigged. What if an investment advisor told…
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Blowing the whistle on Dirty Energy Money
Steve Kretzmann
Jan24
On Tuesday, January 24, as Washington readies for the annual State of the Union address, more than 500 people in referee outfits are converging on Capitol Hill to “blow the whistle” on Congress. Why? Consider these two facts: 1. The American people believe (rightly) that Members of Congress are more responsive to their campaign donors…
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