Koch's web of influence

By John Aloysius Farrell

The Koch Industries web of influence

Excerpts from this story referencing "chemical plants":

"… cancer risk for humans.When members of Congress sought higher security at chemical plants to guard against terrorist attacks, Koch Industries lobbyists prowled Capi …"

"… ti, Texas; Rosemount, Minn., and Rotterdam in the Netherlands; an array of chemical plants; a coal subsidiary (the C. Reiss Coal Co.) and 4,000 miles of pipelines.So …"

Fact Watch: Playing politics with gasoline prices; both parties make questionable claims

By FactCheck.Org

Democrats and Republicans both demagogue the gasoline price issue

Excerpts from this story referencing "oil and gas":

"… voted down a Democratic bill that would have repealed tax breaks for major oil and gas companies to the tune of $21 billion over 10 years. But with the price of …"

"… ts on a Gallon of Gas?In opposing the Senate bill to repeal tax breaks for oil and gas companies, Paul claimed that the federal government makes more money in ta …"

"… ith Gas Prices?" the American Petroleum Institute reported that on average oil and gas companies earned about "6 cents for every dollar of sales" — not every g …"

Big break for big oil, larger burden for taxpayers

By Aaron Mehta

Whistleblowers help recover half-billion in energy revenues - but billions more owed taxpayers on public lands use

Excerpts from this story referencing "oil and gas":

"… taxpayers.Since 2000, there have been 19 such moments – settlements with oil and gas companies in which the government has been able to recapture more than a h …"

"… on system is in such disarray and so reliant on voluntary information from oil and gas companies that investigators can’t even determine how much the energy in …"

"… .By law, energy companies must pay one-sixth to one-eighth of the value of oil and gas obtained on public lands and in federal waters off the nation’s coasts. …"

"… real-time data is critical because royalties are based in part on current oil and gas prices. Without information on industry revenue, the Interior Department h …"

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Fact Check: Permitting some fudging on oil stats

By Margaret L. Ryan

Obama official defends slow drilling record with selective use of data

Excerpts from this story referencing "oil and gas":

"… mputing – while telling the truth, neither told the whole story.Offshore oil and gas drilling permit applications boomed between 2005 and 2008, along with oil …"

"… gas drilling permit applications boomed between 2005 and 2008, along with oil and gas prices – and cratered nearly as fast in 2008-09.Through the 1990s and to …"

The politics of energy: Oil and gas

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2003 — The sweeping energy bill now pending in Congress offers a geyser of new tax breaks and other government good

Excerpts from this story referencing "oil and gas":

"… early in the 2004 session of Congress.Not surprisingly, the well-connected oil and gas industry—which has been among the leading contributors to the presidenti …"

"… ld up to six new nuclear power plants.But no group would get more than the oil and gas industry, which secured everything from the elimination of royalty payment …"

"… ket items, the legislation contains dozens of lesser provisions benefiting oil and gas companies, large and small—many inserted by legislators at the behest of …"

"… he has raised so far, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The oil and gas industry as a whole has given DeLay $48,575, or about six percent of his t …"

Chamber of Commerce, other biz lobbies drill big oil for new cash gusher

By Peter H. Stone

What do the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), and the new American Crossroads group have i

Excerpts from this story referencing "oil and gas":

"… BP oil disaster.Here’s the impeccable logic. “Everybody knows that the oil and gas industry has a big target on its back resulting from the Gulf oil spill an …"

"… formation about which candidates’ have the most pro business records.The oil and gas industry has been a major patron of BIPAC for several election cycles. Oil …"

"… ix-figure checks.BIPAC’s prosperity project has “deep roots within the oil and gas industry,” explains a veteran oil lobbyist familiar with the group’s f …"

"… back to long time donors for more dough this year. Casey acknowledges that oil and gas companies have long been key sources of funding for BIPAC but stresses tha …"

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Taxpayers foot bill for oil and gas well cleanup on federal land

By Laurel Adams

Oil and gas companies producing on federal land are required to pay a bond to the Bureau of Land Management, which serves as an incentive fo

Where are the watchdogs?

By John Solomon

Faced with record deficits and expanding federal responsibilities, politicians from President Barack Obama on down routinely talk about the

Excerpts from this story referencing "oil and gas":

"… olving oil, sex, and gifts inside the agency that leases federal lands for oil and gas drilling.Devaney took over fulltime as chairman of the Recovery Accountabi …"

Outsiders target Indian land for risky business

By Joe Eaton

Outsiders target Indian land for risky business

Excerpts from this story referencing "oil and gas":

"… . In October, Dorgan asked the Interior Department to expedite permits for oil and gas drilling on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.Critics s …"

Congress ponders corn ethanol tax credit as production of plant waste ethanol lags

By Jim Morris

A 2007 federal law envisioned a bright future for cellulosic ethanol, an environment-friendly fuel made of wood chips, switch grass, corn st

Excerpts from this story referencing "oil and gas":

"… ndustry receives.” Corn ethanol is also less damaging to the planet than oil and gas drilling, Hartwig said. “It all has to be taken in context,” he said. …"

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