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April 10, 2020 by

Big Oil Donations Fueling Lawmakers’ Push For $3 Billion Big Oil Bailout?

New campaign finance research tallied by Western Values Project found that over $2 million in big oil donations have flowed into these members’ campaign coffers over their political careers.

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April 9, 2020 by

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Holds Hearing On The Nomination Of David Bernhardt For Interior Secretary

Trump Makes Quid Pro Quo With Saudis To Limit Production, Raising Gas Prices

President Trump’s quid pro quo with the Saudis to limit oil production in a desperate attempt to bail out his big oil pals may have been derailed by his own Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.

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April 8, 2020 by

Interior Secretary Bernhardt Surfaces to Make Tone-Deaf Announcement

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt prioritized making an announcement not related to the coronavirus pandemic while repeated requests for help by state and local officials have gone unanswered by the Trump Administration.

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April 8, 2020 by

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Trump To Drive Up Gas Prices In Desperate Attempt To Bailout Big Oil

President Trump has made it clear to the American public that bailing out big oil is one of his administration’s top priorities even if that means driving up gas prices for American families.

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April 7, 2020 by

Oil Corporations Begging Trump For Bailout Have Decimated Western Lands

The same oil corporations clamoring for a bailout from President Trump have spilled nearly 10,000 barrels of oil and other toxic petroleum byproducts across the Western United States…

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April 3, 2020 by

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Trump’s Interior Secretary To Redelegate Land Management Authority To Pendley

President Trump’s Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is expected to continue the administration’s tradition of violating the U.S. Constitution today by issuing another memorandum redelegating authority of top-level vacant positions

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April 2, 2020 by

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Multinational Uranium Mining Corporations Pushing Trump Administration For Favors

Not to be outdone by big oil and coal corporations, two multinational uranium mining corporations sent a letter requesting at least $150 million in taxpayer-fund monies from the Trump administration and the release of the long-delayed Nuclear Fuel Working Group report.

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April 2, 2020 by

Senators Requesting Big Oil Bailouts Received Millions in Big Oil Donations

Senators sent a letter to President Trump’s Interior Secretary David Bernhardt asking the former lobbyist to unilaterally lower already outdated and inadequate royalty rates for domestic oil leaseholders. The Senators have raked in over $14 million in oil and gas donations over their political careers.

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April 1, 2020 by

Corporate Coal Favors Would Benefit Trump and McConnell Donors and Allies

Coal lobby has its hand out to administration littered with former mining industry staff and a Senate majority leader who has taken thousands of their dollars Coal corporations asking for […]

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March 31, 2020 by

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Statement: Trump Unleashing Historic Carbon Pollution During Global Pandemic

Not to be distracted by a global pandemic that is now killing hundreds of Americans each day, President Trump is unleashing what may end up being the largest amount of carbon pollution in world history today. Trump’s actions jeopardize human health and the environment when they’re already at historic risk.

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