Tag: big oil
Paul Ryan receives half a million in Koch contributions just days...
“It looks like House Speaker Ryan is quickly being rewarded for passing this legislation that overwhelmingly benefits the Koch's and billionaires like them."
Meet the money and people fueling the contested Bayou Bridge Pipeline
Here are the interests pushing Bayou Bridge despite the substantial public opposition.
Elizabeth Warren condemns Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling
"This handout to Big Oil executives puts short-term corporate profits ahead of the long-term health and livelihood of America’s coastal families and ignores the growing threat posed by climate change."
New York City files suit to hold fossil fuel companies responsible...
The announcement marks "a watershed in corporate accountability for climate change" taking the necessary steps to purge funds from the fossil fuel industry.
US Bank declares end to oil and gas pipeline loans –...
Environmentalists hoped that this was a chance for U.S. Bank to end its dealings with Energy Transfer Partners. It looks like this isn’t the case.
How Northwest communities are stopping big oil projects
Last week, a Washington state energy panel voted unanimously to oppose what would be the nation’s largest oil-by-rail terminal.
Congress works with Big Oil on letter suggesting anti-pipeline activists face...
“Corporations and their governmental enablers are desperate to silence dissent every way they can.”
Company behind gas rig explosion in Louisiana was sued for degrading...
What do we know about this company and its history in the state?
Oil rig explodes in Louisiana: 7 injured, 1 missing
The rescued crew members are being treated at local hospitals and a search is underway for the missing man.
Top Trump official for pipeline safety profits from selling oil spill...
Pearce's company was awarded three different federal contracts and provided waste disposal equipment to the Department of Defense.
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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.