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(Office of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.))  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) together with Sen. Merkley (D-Ore.), Sen. Markey (D- Mass.) and Rep. Barragan (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to close tax loopholes and eliminate other federal subsidies for the oil, gas, and coal industries. Right now, American taxpayers are on the hook for about $15 billion in direct federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. In 2019 alone, the oil, gas, and coal companies that receive these handouts spent $190 million lobbying Congress – for an over 11,000 percent return on investment...

Print this article Subscribe today to the Washington Examiner magazine and get Washington Briefing: politics and policy stories that will keep you up to date with what's going on in Washington. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Just $1.00 an issue! LET’S GET LEGISLATION STARTED: This week will provide the first evidence of how Democrats plan to transform President Joe Biden’s lofty green infrastructure proposals into actual legislation. Biden kicks things off today by hosting lawmakers from both parties at the White House. Hearings later in the week will give us a sense if Republicans are prepared to eng...

Print this article The Biden administration has decided not to order the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline to shut down while it completes an environmental review, dealing a blow to green groups and Native American tribes who had sought to stop it from operating. Lawyers representing multiple tribes challenging the Dakota Access pipeline, along with the Justice Department and pipeline operator Energy Transfer, held a status call with U.S. District Judge Brian Boasberg on Friday, in which government lawyers announced that it would not order a shutdown. Ben Shifman, an attorney for the ...

The St Kitts Nevis Observer Photo: US Coastguard. When dreams of oil weath go up in smoke. This photo is of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, but hopefully lessons have been learned and Guyana will prosper with its offshore oil. US banks are pledging to help fight the climate crisis alongside the Biden administration, but their boards are dominated by people with climate-related conflicts of interest, and they continue to invest deeply in fossil fuel projects. Three out of every four board members at seven major US banks (77%) have current or past ties to climate-conflic...

Oil Change International FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oil Change International Response to Deb Haaland’s historic confirmation as Secretary of the Interior WASHINGTON, DC — This evening, Deb Haaland is expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Secretary of the Interior, becoming the first Native American cabinet secretary in U.S. history. In response, David Turnbull, Strategic Communications Director at Oil Change International, released the following statement: “The confirmation of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior is a tremendous win for Indigenous communities, the waters, parks...