Ending fossil fuel extraction on public lands is both necessary and obvious. Our public lands should be used for public good, not for oil industry profits at the expense of our climate and communities.
Today, President Trump announced actions aimed at speeding approvals of oil and gas infrastructure proposals, doubling down on climate disaster.
The majority of the major Presidential candidates in the Democratic field for 2020 have now signed the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge. That’s ten in all! They join over 1,400 politicians from across the country that have already signed the pledge. We need leaders that reject the influence of fossil fuel money and plan for … Read More
With Mayor Pete signing the pledge today, a majority of substantial Democratic Presidential candidates have now pledged to reject money from fossil fuel industry interests.
Fossil fuel interests have given nearly 10 times as much dirty money to senators voting against the Green New Deal resolution than to those who voted “present” on the resolution.
Fossil fuel interests have given nearly 10 times as much dirty money to senators voting against the Green New Deal resolution than to those who voted “present” on the resolution.
“It’s heartening to see Senator Gillibrand recognize that addressing our climate crisis means standing up to the industry at the heart of the problem. The bar for climate leadership is being set,” said Turnbull.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2019 Contact: David Turnbull, david [at] priceofoil.org RL Miller, rlm [at] climatehawksvote.com Response to Sen. Feinstein returning fossil fuel money In response to reports that Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) plans to return two contributions from oil industry PACs that violated her No Fossil Fuel Money pledge, the following statements were … Read More
This letter was sent to Senator Feinstein’s office on February 22nd, hours after video emerged of a tense encounter between the Senator and young supporters of the Green New Deal resolution in her office. February 22, 2019 Dear Senator Feinstein, On behalf of the dozen organizations active in the No Fossil Fuel Money coalition, representing … Read More
In response to Mitch McConnell calling for a vote on Sen. Ed Markey’s (D-MA) Green New Deal resolution, Oil Change U.S. conducted a dirty energy money analysis between fossil fuel donations to Congress and those co-sponsoring Sen. Markey’s Green New Deal resolution. Alex Kaufman at the HuffingtonPost reported on the findings in a front-page story, highlighting … Read More
