…the American Petroleum Institute — a major trade group representing oil and gas companies — new pipeline safety legislation should “fill gaps in current law” with “additional measures covering disruption…
Big Oil Backs GOP Effort to Shield the Industry from Climate Litigation
…include: American Petroleum Institute (API), the oil and gas industry’s largest trade association Southern Company Services, a gas and electric utility holding company Valero Services, a petroleum refiner NextEra Energy…
Extreme Right State Freedom Caucuses Create Big Headaches for Republicans
…Party. “Building Freedom caucuses in every state, composed of principled, America-First conservatives, will help better protect our liberties and American values in communities nationwide” and give state legislators “the tools…
The Big Money Behind Chris Rufo’s Right-Wing Agitating
…progress, including in public education and higher learning. Extremist and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon even called him “an American hero.” Rufo is credited as the architect of the right’s…
Assets of Koch-Controlled Organizations Soar to Over $8.1 Billion
…that are primarily focused on influencing American policy and politics accounted for more than 93% of the spending. Only 6% came from Koch foundations that predominantly support charitable causes that…
In Backlash to Campus Pro-Palestine Protests, Echoes of Standing Rock and the Global Crackdown on Climate Protest
…and federal policymakers began introducing “anti-terrorism” bills that stand to erode civil liberties and alter the landscape for protest and dissent far beyond the American antiwar movement—a playbook we’ve seen…
Railroad Owned by RFK Jr.’s Megadonor Repeatedly Violated Environmental and Safety Laws
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may claim he will be “the best environmental president in American history,” but the Republican industrialist bankrolling the super PAC behind his longshot bid for the…
Covid Contrarian Doctor Scores Big With Far-Right Funding
…Americans’ abilities to make informed choices in the face of immense pressure. He did not conform to the prevailing orthodoxies about aspects of the pandemic that we now know were…
Wisconsin Right-Wing Litigation Center Grooms School Board Members
…American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) for school boards. Echoing messaging used by Trump and MAGA Republicans that America was better in the past, WILL launched an initiative called “Restoring American…
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Top Funder of Republican AGs Group in 2024
…ranked among the top donors to RAGA over the years. The companies General Motors, Upbound/Rent-A-Center, and Wal-Mart Stores; the fossil fuel industry’s largest trade association, the American Petroleum Institute; and…