campaign contributions
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A roundup of greenish news from the presidential campaign trail
• Not shocking, considering how many “clean coal” ads we’ve seen this election season, but The Wall Street Journal looks at what Big Coal is doing to make sure its industry is on the candidates’ minds this year. The coal-mining industry as a whole has given $2,640,226 to candidates this election cycle, but that’s just […]
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Longest-serving Republican in Senate found guilty of concealing gifts on disclosure forms
Jurors have convicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens of lying on Senate disclosure forms in order to conceal home renovations and other gifts he received from the oil-field engineering firm VECO Corp. and its CEO. Stevens was found guilty on all of seven counts against him and now faces up to five years in prison on […]
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Who’s getting the ‘special interest’ money this election?
The presidential race isn’t the only one attracting big bucks this election season; members of Congress are getting some sizable donations too. The Center for Responsive Politics has been keeping tabs on it all. Here’s how some environment-related sectors have been spending their cash this year. Energy and natural resource sector: $58,519,935, this election cycle, […]
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With backing from enviros, Rep. Tom Udall vies for Senate seat in New Mexico
Tom Udall. New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall is battling for a vacant Senate seat in a race that enviros are watching closely this year — just like his cousin in Colorado. Republican New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici is retiring this year, and Udall is facing Republican Rep. Steve Pearce in a contest to fill the […]
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Why did McCain sell out to Big Oil? Ask Charles Keating
John McCain’s new coziness with Big Oil is in many respects just a replay of his old coziness with Charles Keating. In both cases, money and access bought influence. Let’s start with oil. Last month, Time reported that McCain tapped a “prominent Washington lobbyist,” William E. Timmons, Sr., to run his transition, should he win […]
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Gingrich’s group is flush with victory and flush with cash
The Congressional moratorium on offshore drilling is set to lapse, and Newt Gingrich’s astroturf group, American Solutions for Winning the Future, is riding high: Las Vegas casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson upped his ante in former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s unregulated issues-advocacy group in August, with a $750,000 donation that helped propel the organization to the […]
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Gingrich’s 527 group is a major player in this year’s elections
The following investigative report was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity and is reposted on Grist with CPI’s kind permission. —– Newt Gingrich appeared on C-SPAN’s morning program “Washington Journal” on August 6 to promote “Drill here. Drill Now.” Photo Courtesy of C-SPAN Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich isn’t running for president […]
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Boucher and Dingell biggest players in climate policy, biggest recipients of coal money
Drop what you’re doing and get thee to Follow the Coal Money, a new project from Appalachian Voices and Oil Change International. Modeled on Follow the Oil Money, it allows you to determine exactly how much coal money is going to your legislator (either by name or by zip code). I wouldn’t exactly call the […]
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Obama favored by Exxon employees, but McCain has gotten more oil money overall
Barack Obama put out an ad earlier this week accusing rival John McCain of being “in the pocket of Big Oil,” and the Democratic National Committee launched Exxon-McCain 2008, a website to promote the idea that the Republican candidate is in bed with the oil industry. But as Grist noted previously, Obama himself has received […]