Money Influencing the Debate on Fossil Fuels and the Environment

• Big Oil’s civilization-ending pollution push

  A brutal battle waged by the world’s Super Rich Big-Oil corporations and their puppet, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, spending over $100 million annually on lobbying ads and buying the votes of Washington politicians to push a narrow Big Oil agenda. With most of the money coming secretly from just 15-20 Super Rich billionaires and mega corporations.

• Millions Spent in Albany Fight to Drill for Gas

  Energy companies have been pouring millions of dollars into television advertising, lobbying and campaign contributions as the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo enters the final phase of deciding when and where to allow a controversial form of natural gas extraction that is opposed by environmental groups.

• No Fracking Way: Ban Hydrofracking in NY

  The NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) addressed the issue with possibly the worst document it has ever written: the Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DSGEIS). This document was contracted out by the DEC, and one could make the argument that it was practically written by gas company lobbyists.