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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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  ConocoPhillips calls Democrats “Un-American”

  Steve Kretzmann

  May12

  Get ready for some fireworks this morning in the Senate.  The latest spin coming from the oil industry is that Democrats and the more than 75% of Americans that support ending subsidies to Big Oil are somehow “un-American”. After yesterday’s Annual Meeting of Conoco Phillips the company put out a press release highlighting “concerns over…
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  Independent oil & gas producers don’t need subsidies any more than big oil does

  Lorne Stockman

  Apr29

  The Independent Petroleum Producers Association is currently in overdrive parading a commissioned study that makes a number of claims about its member’s value to the economy. According to the study, independent oil and gas producers drill most of the wells in the country, create millions of jobs and pay billions in taxes and royalties. Furthermore,…
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• Why We Need to Confront Dirty Energy Money

  Elizabeth Bast

  Apr15

  The current Congress is awash in Dirty Energy Money, and the fossil fuel industry is certainly getting its money’s worth these days. In the face of rising gas prices, the top 5 oil companies have reported nearly a trillion (yes, trillion) dollars in profits over the past ten years. Yet these same companies receive billions…
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  The New Dirty Energy Money Champions

  Andy Rowell

  Apr12

  Ever heard of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association? We didn’t know much about them either. But they have popped up on our radar as an organisation that is pouring millions into politics. So we started doing some digging. NRECA calls itself the national service organisations that represents the nation’s more than 900 private, not-for-profit,…
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  Upton / Koch Committee’s Witnesses for Big Oil

  Steve Kretzmann

  Feb09

  This is a cross post from Brad Johnson and Noreen Nelson at the Center for American Progress. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, now under Republican control, is holding a hearing right now to discuss blocking the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to reduce global warming pollution. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), who has received $9,000 from…
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• Opponents to Fracking Disclosure Take Big Money From Industry

  Steve Kretzmann

  Jan19

  This post is cross-published from ProPublica. Congress isn’t going to regulate hydraulic fracturing any time soon. But the Department of Interior might. [2] For starters, Interior is mulling whether it should require drilling companies to disclose the chemicals they use to frack wells drilled on public lands, and already the suggestion has earned Interior Secretary…
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  Oil and Coal-Backed Politicians Attack the EPA

  Andy Rowell

  Jan07

  It is widely accepted that people give money to politicians to curry favour and buy influence. So there will be no surprises that there are smug smiles on the faces of the oil and coal barons this week as the people they pay, the Republicans, begin their assault on climate legislation and environmental protection. As…
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  PriceofOil.org: Dirty Energy Money Fuels California’s Prop 23

  Steve Kretzmann

  Oct19

  For those who may not have heard yet, there’s a huge and historic battle brewing in California.  Proposition 23, if passed would suspend the California Global Warming Act of 2006 (AB 32) which requires that greenhouse gas emissions in the state be cut to 1990 levels by 2020. At least 92% of contributions being pumped…
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