Category: Articles
C. Boyden Gray: Tobacco, Tea Party, and Dirty Energy
As someone with deep ties to right-wing political circles, and strong financial ties to the tobacco industry, C. Boyden Gray fits the bill as the ideal lobbyist for the dirty energy industry....
Richard Fink: The Koch Brothers’ Big Tobacco Man Behind the Kochtopus Curtain
Richard Fink has long been one of the Koch Brothers’ inner circle, playing the role of both political strategist and close confidante. Some say the Koch Empire wouldn’t have been...
Special Interests Behind Anti-Solar Ballot Initiative Consumers for Smart Solar
The utility-backed Consumers for Smart Solar would preserve the status quo, preventing homeowners or businesses from contracting with solar companies that can install solar for no upfront cost.
Paul Chesser, Fossil Fuel Pundit, Attacks Tech Industry’s Cleantech Investments
The biography of Paul Chesser includes a long list of fossil fuel-backed front groups that he’s currently involved with, which may explain his blatant anti-renewable energy stance.
Roy Spencer, Climate Skeptic, wants RICO Investigation of Environmentalists
Roy Spencer has a career filled with outrageous statements.
Americans For Prosperity Leads Fossil Fuel Front Group Push for Crude Oil Exports, Anti-Renewables Lobbying
The fossil fuel-funded Americans for Prosperity wrote a coalition to Congress signed by 21 front groups calling for the elimination of the oil export ban.
Clean Power Plan Published – Here Is The Utility Industry’s Strategy To Overturn It
Utility companies including the industry's trade association, Edison Electric Institute, have worked to stop the rules and continue to fund organizations focused on overturning the rules.
Ohio Energy Study Committee Relied Upon Flawed Testimony
The Ohio Energy Mandates Study Committee relied on a flawed testimony from Strata Policy, a front group with financial ties to the Koch Brothers.
Ohio Energy Mandates Study Committee Relies on Fossil Fuel Interests to Attack Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS)
Ohio legislators should be cautious of any action to freeze, eliminate, make voluntary or weaken the standard because the study committee will be forced to rely on special interest groups...
Revealed: Public Records Between Senator Seitz and Utility Companies
Internal emails reveal how ALEC, utility industry representatives, and front groups have been working to influence the members of the Ohio Energy Mandates Study Committee.