The 49 co-sponsors of a resolution to block the Clean Power Plan have received $52 million in political contributions from energy industries to their campaigns.
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Heather Taylor-Miesle explains how the NRDC Action Fund used Sunlight data to craft a tool allowing anyone to track energy sector influence.
Continue readingRep. Cory Gardner helps energy interests that help his wife
While Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., has an active role in shaping U.S. energy policy his wife has been hired by an energy nonprofit run out of a Houston lobbying and PR shop that represents energy interests.
Continue readingObama, Energy Policy, & Favored Firms
President Barack Obama is going to speak today about energy policy. I’m not sure if this is going to come... View Article
Continue readingNuclear Industry Lobbying: Data
The New York Times ran a story today on the nuclear industry’s lobbying efforts over the past decade to revive... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Live Happening Now: House Hearing on Gas and Economy
This morning the Sunlight Foundation's award winning Sunlight Live platform will turn the spotlight on the Committee on Natural Resources' hearing on gas prices and U.S. jobs.
Continue readingU.S. Companies Lobbied To Keep Libyan Market Open For Business
On October 5, 2008 U.S. and Libyan business leaders met with Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary Israel Hernandez as he... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists help lower corporate tax rates for companies investing in alternative energy
The alternative energy heavy NextEra Energy already had six different firms helping it lobby on tax policy when it brought... View Article
Continue readingSweeten it, but don’t read it
After passing the cap and trade bill in rush, we are beginning to see what was included in the last... View Article
Continue reading300 Pages Out of Thin Air
Today is the day that the House plans to vote on the cap and trade bill that has mysteriously changed... View Article
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