Results for: first energy

Richard Fink: The Koch Brothers’ Big Tobacco Man Behind the Kochtopus Curtain

[…] Economy in 1998 when it unsuccessfully campaigned against CA Prop 10. This was not AFP’s first attempt to shill for Big Tobacco. In 2006 AFP campaigned to oppose tobacco...

/ January 2, 2016
Chevron's oil refinery in Richmond, CA

California Democrats who got big gifts from Oil Industry gave big gifts back

[…] the oil industry has showered those Democrats with campaign contributions, but our analysis is the first that systematically looks at the gifts that oil companies and their allies have...

/ March 8, 2017

Indiana Net Metering Attacked

During the first two months of 2015, anti-solar legislation, HB 1320, was gaining momentum. The legislative process culminated when a committee voted 9-4 on February 19 to advance the bill...

/ July 28, 2015

Dr. Carl V. Phillips

[…] will experience some health effects is not supported by the evidence for the following reasons. First, Dr. Phillips provided little rationale for his predictions regarding the number of people...

/ August 14, 2014

Tracking State Legislation to Get Politics Out of Utility Bills

[…] their utility bill and pay off mounting debt. Colorado, like many states, experienced this volatility first hand last winter, when the price of gas rose by 40%, compared to...

/ February 20, 2024

Southwest Gas launches a pro-fossil gas social media influencer campaign

[…] half dozen Instagram influencers in 2018 to make posts promoting gas stovetops. After Rebecca Leber first reported the marketing campaign for Mother Jones, nearly all of the influencers deleted...

/ April 25, 2022

Tucson Electric Power: Ignoring Water, Climate Change Risks

[…] is half-empty, and Lake Mead has shrunk to the lowest levels recorded since it was first filled in the 1930s. The City of Tucson’s Water Plan 2000-2050 shows the percentage...

/ June 16, 2017

Dr. Robert McMurtry

[…] from that activity. Rather, the party attempting to rely on a novel scientific theory must first establish threshold reliability before the fact finder may consider it.  The Supreme Court...

/ August 14, 2014