Michigan’s Corporate Lobby
Chambers of commerce advocate for the interests of billionaires and big business over working families and communities
Who is bankrolling New York’s gubernatorial candidates?
Real estate and finance still top the list, but AI and gambling have been pouring money into the 2026 race.
Hochul stalls climate action amid multi-million dollar lobbying effort by fossil fuel industry
Polluters seeking to undermine New York’s climate response have spent millions of dollars on lobbying firms that have deep ties to state government and have hosted high-dollar fundraisers for Governor Hochul
The Darker Side of Consumers Energy
Extracting Profits, Causing Harm, and Damaging Democracy
Back-to-back rate hikes illustrate DTE Energy’s entrenched power in Michigan
Private utility corporation uses political donations, dark money, lobbying, and greenwashing to extract hundreds of millions in profits while providing unreliable service
Fueling Obstruction
The Fossil Fuel Networks Undermining Climate Action in New York State
Anita Dunn advises Biden while her firm undermines Democratic Party priorities
SKDKnickerbocker co-founder Anita Dunn is a high-level advisor to President Biden as her firm underminers workers’ rights, housing justice, and climate action.
New York lawmakers gutted reforms to widely-abused real estate subsidy immediately after enacting them
Reforms to New York’s 485-a real estate subsidy went into effect on January 1, 2021. Lawmakers gutted them six months later.
Pay to Play
How Big Real Estate Money is Leaving New York Tenants in the Dust
Fossil Fuel Industry Mobilizes Front Group To Weaken NY Climate Law
A new astroturf “coalition” that’s pushing fossil fuels in New York State is backed by a slew of major oil and gas companies.