Eyes on the Ties’ Fracketeer of the Month: Antony Ressler
Tony Ressler, the Los Angeles-based billionaire socialite and private equity boss, is a key force behind the controversial Pilgrim Pipeline.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Corporate Backers Fund Faulty Pro-Pipeline Poll
Backers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline cite a poll that shows support for it. But the poll results were bought and paid for by the oil and gas industry.
Former Obama EPA Official Now Lobbying for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
A former Obama EPA official and congressional chief of staff is now lobbying politicians and key regulatory agencies for Dominion and its controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
CPV: A Private Equity Fracking Play
Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), an energy company behind nine planned or operational natural gas power plants across the US and Canada, has faced strident local opposition to several of its
Who’s profiting from drilling Los Angeles?
by Rob Galbraith and Gin Armstrong Freeport-McMoRan is far and away the largest oil and gas producer in Los Angeles, with 1,311 active wells in Los Angeles County according California’s
Oil pipeline company spends heavily on Cuomo-tied lobbying firm
PAI’s most recent report showed how companies behind major New York State natural gas infrastructure projects have been increasing lobbying expenditures and contracting with firms tied to New York Governor
Industry-tied Department of Energy study finds gas exports will drive fracking, makes no mention of climate
On December 28, Bloomberg reported on a US Department of Energy analysis that found that increasing exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States would result in a
Oil-financed Senate banking committee poised to greenlight oil exports
Despite signaling earlier this year that President Obama would veto bills repealing the current ban on exporting crude oil produced in the United States, the administration has since walked back
Astroturf kingpin deploys front groups to support drilling, aided by frackademic Considine
Last week, the Salt Lake Tribune ran an op-ed entitled “‘Bean-counting bureaucrats’ at BLM are locking up Utah’s future,” advocating the opening of federally owned lands to oil and gas
EIA Monterey Shale write-down invalidates frackademic Considine’s predictions
A little more than a week ago the Orange County Register ran a column by Timothy Considine, the director of the Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy at the