Category: Oil and Gas

Under Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil lobbied against carbon tax bills

Rex Tillerson claimed to support a carbon tax while CEO of ExxonMobil, but under his watch last year the oil and gas company lobbied against two pioneering carbon tax bills...

/ January 26, 2017

Jay Clayton, the SEC, and climate change disclosure

What does Donald Trump’s plan to nominate Jay Clayton as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mean for the future of corporate climate change disclosure? The election of...

/ January 5, 2017

Assemblymember Perea’s Energy Bill Pushed by Fossil Fuel Interests Tied to American Legislative Exchange Council

In 2014, California Assembly Bill 1763 would require the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop a state energy plan for 2030 and 2050. It is sponsored by Californians for Affordable...

/ June 23, 2014

Fracking New York with Another Conflict of Interest: Ecology and Environment’s Frackonomics

Member of one of the oil and gas lobby hired as "independent consultant" by Cuomo Administration.

/ April 25, 2013

Fracking Scandal Hits Cuomo Administration

Newly Disclosed Documents Show Conflicts of Interest

/ February 11, 2013