CMD NEWS ABOUT Climate

• Now Is Our Last Best Chance to Confront the Climate Crisis

  By ExposedByCMD Editors | April 15th, 2021 at 3:02 PM (CDT)

  With Joe Biden in office, a serious plan to combat climate change is finally in our sights — but the clock is ticking, and there is no more room for error.

• Alaska Senator Mum on Haaland Vote, Has Financial Conflict of Interest

  By Alex Kotch and Donald Shaw | March 11th, 2021 at 12:34 PM (CST)

  GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan has up to $5 million invested in a family business that makes petroleum-derived products, some of which it sells to the fossil fuels industry.

• Republicans Defended Oil and Gas Leases With Industry-Backed Study in Haaland Hearing

  By Alex Kotch | March 4th, 2021 at 9:06 AM (CST)

  Sens. John Barrasso and Cindy Hyde-Smith cited a study commissioned by the biggest oil and gas trade association in the U.S. as evidence for their criticisms of Deb Haaland, Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of the Interior, during a confirmation hearing last week.

• Senators Criticizing Haaland’s Nomination Have Ties to Big Oil and Gas

  By Alex Kotch | February 26th, 2021 at 10:01 AM (CST)

  The congresswoman has faced hostile questioning from senators during her confirmation for interior secretary. Some of them are personally invested in fossil fuels.

• Charles Koch’s “Uniter” Rebrand Strains Credulity After Funding Congressional Coup Supporters

  By Alex Kotch | February 11th, 2021 at 9:12 AM (CST)

  The billionaire fossil fuel executive and GOP megadonor has spent his entire adult life financing partisan politics, right-wing think tanks, and ideological education programs. At 85, that's unlikely to change.