The Golden State’s Fracking Wars
The State of California is fast becoming the front line in America’s fracking wars.
Read the latest insights and analysis from the experts at Oil Change International.
The State of California is fast becoming the front line in America’s fracking wars.
On both sides of the Atlantic, politicians are intricately linked to the oil industry.
Bold leadership on climate by Obama and Kerry means both saying no to KXL and tightened emission standards for power stations.
Representatives that signed the latest pro-Keystone XL letter received roughly 250% more money from oil and gas interests compared to those Representatives who did not sign the letter.
If there's a statistical correlation between dirty oil and dirty politics, we have yet to quantify it – but here's another story for the pile of anecdotal evidence.
Those Representatives voting in favor of the inclusion of the Keystone XL pipeline in a transportation bill currently being negotiated by both chambers have taken over 11 times more money from Big Oil during this Congress - almost $6 million - than those opposed.