Keystone XL benefits from taxpayer subsidies

February 8, 2012By Lorne StockmanBlog Post, Research & Opinions, Separate Oil and State 43 Comments

 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 … Read More

The Best Bill Oil Money Can Buy

January 30, 2012By Steve KretzmannBlog Post, Separate Oil and State 6 Comments

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 … Read More

Keystone XL and Dirty Energy Money

January 11, 2012By Steve KretzmannBlog Post, Separate Oil and State

This morning the Guardian carried a story from Maplight about the influence of oil money over the July vote in the House of Representatives on the Keystone XL pipeline.   It’s a classic story about the influence of campaign money over policy that will surprise few but bears repeating often.  We ran a similar story about … Read More

Big Oil Threatens President Obama

January 4, 2012By Steve KretzmannBlog Post, Featured, Separate Oil and State 3 Comments

 By Brendan Demelle, DeSmogBlog American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard today announced the oil and gas industry’s latest election-year scare campaign to threaten the demise of the U.S. economy unless Big Oil gets its every wish in Washington. This year the wish list includes approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, expanded offshore drilling on both … Read More

Mitch McConnell Stands Up for Big Oil, Holding Middle Class Tax Cuts Hostage

December 16, 2011By Steve KretzmannBlog Post, Separate Oil and State 1 Comment

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced today that he will hold the extension of middle class tax cuts hostage unless an unrelated provision about the Keystone XL oil pipeline project is included—a major handout to his Big Oil donors that could leave millions of Americans facing a tax increase in the new year. So, … Read More