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Energy Transfer Has a Make-Believe 'Friend'
A new investigation reveals the pipeline giant is using an astroturf group run by a powerful DC shadow lobbying firm in a bid to block Greenpeace's…
Dec 18, 2025
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Big Soda Wants to Turn MAGA Against MAHA. Here’s How the Oil & Gas Industry Fits In.
A Fieldnotes investigation reveals the companies behind the effort are relying on for-hire pollsters, strategists, and political money men with deep…
Oct 20, 2025
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‘The New Wild West:’ Inside the Oil & Gas Industry’s Plan to Profit from Carbon Capture in Ohio
Step one: A behind-the-scenes lobbying blitz that included writing legislation, handpicking lawmakers to introduce it, and lining up witnesses to…
Jul 22, 2025
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The Oil Industry’s Inside Woman Hid Public Records at Trump’s Interior
Kate MacGregor is in line to return to a top job at the department. Public records indicate she concealed information regarding Harold Hamm and other…
Apr 2, 2025
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Big Oil’s Plan for GOP Control
Internal documents from AXPC, a powerful fossil fuel trade group, lay out its strategy for demolishing climate policy and boosting oil & gas production…
Dec 3, 2024
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Paid TikTok Influencers, a Dennis Quaid “Documentary,” and Other Ways the Plastic Industry Tries to Mislead You
A trove of internal industry documents offers an in-depth look inside a multiyear covert campaign to convince Americans single-use plastic bottles are…
Nov 27, 2024
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