A left-leaning nonprofit will begin airing ads on the renewable fuel standard in Des Moines on Monday, days after Hillary Clinton wrapped up her first road trip through Iowa as a presidential candidate.
Continue readingCorporations get more breaks on Tax Day
If corporations shouldered the same ratio of the tax burden relative to individuals that it did throughout the 1950s, they’d have paid an additional $560 billion to Uncle Sam in 2014.
Continue readingOil lobby launches Super Bowl ad blitz
The American Petroleum Institute plans to pay $100,000 for a 30-second ad spot to air during halftime of this weekend's Super Bowl.
Continue readingKeystone XL: Senate caught between big donors
A handful of moderate Democrats could decide the bill's fate. A vote in either direction could trigger special interest attacks on the campaign trail.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: $37 will get you a lobbying fight over climate change
In the era of big data, it shouldn't be surprising that some of the biggest lobbying fights are over numbers. In this case, the number is $37.
Continue readingNew EPA gasoline standards draw heated comments
As Americans gas up for the long holiday weekend, the Environmental Protection Agency is sifting through tens of thousands of comments on a proposed new rule that would set tough new standards for vehicle emissions and fuel quality.
Continue readingOil and environment groups buy ads after climate change speech
Environmental groups and the oil industry are buying TV ad time in the wake of Pres. Obama's speech this week outlining a plan to fight climate change, according to new federal documents.
Continue readingFractious fracking debate continues
Environmental groups have inundated federal officials with comments about proposed fracking regulations but they say industry is still getting its way.
Continue readingWhat’s wrong with this picture? Greenhouse gas at all-time high
Carbon dioxide levels are going up. So are campaign contributions by fossil fuels interests.
Continue reading‘Tis the season: Ads targeting 2014 Senate candidates already on air
For years, political advertisers have benefitted from a loophole big enough to drive a $10 million-dollar political campaign through. "Issue ads" that don't explicitly ask for a vote for or against a candidate, and don't run immediately before the election, don't have to be disclosed to the Federal Election Commission.
But new rules requiring about 15 percent of the country's broadcast TV stations to disclose these ad buys online are beginning to pull the veil off this secret spending. And, the documents help make clear, the line between "issue ads" and the endless campaign is vanishingly ...
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