2011 - Page 9 of 17 - Checks and Balances Project

2011-07-6

Think Progress has a new report on corporate welfare for Big Oil. The next time you watch the dollar figure at the pump increase a lot faster than the gallons pumped amount, think $77 billion. Read more to find out what we mean.

2011-07-1

Isaac Newton taught us that for every action there is an equal or opposite reaction, and in John Hanger’s case that means answering in pro-industry talking points anytime something bad is said about the gas industry. We call it ‘The Hanger Rule.’ Hanger is the former head of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection and now… Read more »

2011-06-30

American families will be heading to the beaches, barbecues and national parks this weekend to celebrate the birth of our nation. Unfortunately, more families will likely be sticking closer to home due to lingering high gas prices. Meanwhile Big Oil will celebrate the close of another quarter of billion-dollar profits. Second quarter profits won’t be… Read more »

2011-06-29

Despite what Big Oil and their allies in Congress would have you believe, westerners support protecting our environment. In fact, a Colorado College poll recently presented to members of Congress in June shows that two-thirds of westerners believe that protections for our land, air, and water should be strengthened or that environment laws should be… Read more »

THE BALANCE SHEET | June 29, 2011

2011-06-29

Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON THE ROSY SIDE OF SHALE GAS This week, The New York Times uncovered serious skepticism within the Energy Information Administration (EIA) about the actual potential for shale gas development in the United States. In one… Read more »

THE BALANCE SHEET | June 21, 2011

2011-06-21

Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT BROWN ADS BANNED The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority last week banned a set of ads from 350.org for being too controversial. The ads demonstrate the influence dirty energy corporations have over members of Congress. In… Read more »

THE BALANCE SHEET | June 14, 2011

2011-06-14

Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT WHAT’S YOUR ENERGY IQ? Energy analyst and cofounder of the Association of Peak Oil & Gas USA, Randy Udall, challenged industry representatives and pro-oil shale politicians on their knowledge of energy production in America in The… Read more »

2011-06-10

Nina Pierpont is a pediatrician and an opponent of wind turbines. In a 2009 book she authored, Pierpont invented the term, “Wind Turbine Syndrome.” Since then, Pierpont’s theories have been widely discredited by the scientific community, which points to severe flaws in her research methodology and lack of statistical validity, among other problems. We pulled… Read more »

2011-06-10

[This op-ed was originally featured on The Hill.] By Randy Udall Americans love panaceas. We want thinner thighs in thirty days, a pill to cure baldness, an ultrasonic gizmo to double our mileage. Cheap gasoline isn’t guaranteed by the Constitution, but each time oil prices spike, politicians squirm as if it was. Unfortunately, energy is… Read more »

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2011-06-9

Wednesday, American Petroleum Institute (API) President (and the oil industry’s chief Oliver Twist impersonator) Jack Gerard held a conference call to announce, “a new API advertising and grassroots campaign to address solutions to a struggling economy.” Gerard claimed if the government opens millions of acres of American land for drilling, then Big Oil can meet… Read more »

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