Today, the Checks & Balances Project joined a coalition of democracy advocates calling on Jim Rogers, Chairman, President and CEO of Duke Energy Corporation, to drop his company’s affiliation with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC serves as a conduit to feed big business-sponsored legislation to members of state legislatures across the country. ALEC’s… Read more »
Jeff Hartley, a lobbyist for oil shale company Red Leaf Resources, interviewed with Utah-based NPR affiliate KCPW in early August. Mr. Hartley used the interview to try to spin the facts and deny that the Seep Ridge Road project is a taxpayer-funded subsidy for Red Leaf. The project, dubbed the “Road to Nowhere” in the… Read more »
Last week, Utah-based NPR affiliate KCPW interviewed Jeff Hartley, an oil shale lobbyist for Red Leaf Resources. In that interview, Hartley defended the actions of county commissioners from several Utah, Colorado and Wyoming counties who took part in a closed-door meeting with Mr. Hartley and an appointee of Governor Gary Herbert, as well as other… Read more »
Yesterday’s news that Uintah County commissioners admitted to breaking the law by holding an illegal, secret meeting to discuss oil shale has reverberated across the Western Slope. In a victory for open, honest government, the commissioners will release the minutes from the closed-door meeting they held with oil shale lobbyists in Vernal, Utah on March… Read more »
Remember back when Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said he would have EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in front of Congress so often she’d need her own parking space? Maybe he should have made the same offer to oil and gas welfare queen Kathleen Sgamma. Today’s Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing marks the… Read more »
It was hard to believe he could be as much of a puppet of the most reactionary forces in American society as he seemed. Silly me. That's exactly who he is.
The caption of the post also says, "Yay for green energy!" alongside a facepalm emoji. Some commenters interpreted the post as evidence offshore wind turbines are harming whales.
ANN ARBOR, MI — A 20-megawatt solar farm covering dozens of acres just outside Ann Arbor was supposed to be up and running this year, but the project is still on hold as the city seeks grant funds to cover increased costs.
Representative George Santos has spent his campaign money in plenty of conspicuous ways, from lavish hotel stays in Las Vegas and Palm Beach, Fla., to an unusual slew of payments for exactly $199.99 — two cents below the threshold where receipts would be required. But deep within Mr.
In a new twist to one of the most bizarre American political scandals in decades, the New York Republican congressman George Santos appeared to admit on Tuesday that more than $600,000 in loans to his campaign did not come from personal funds, as was originally claimed.
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