Senate Climate Solutions Caucus' Mike Braun (R-IN) Awash In Money From Coal, Oil Interests

Coons also bringing in a fair amount . . .

Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) are launching the first bipartisan climate group in the Senate, the Climate Solutions Caucus, with a goal of finding common ground on efforts to combat worsening climate change. The caucus will first meet with scientists, policy experts, and business leaders and then work on legislation that all caucus members must endorse, according to NBC News.

Both senators, and Braun in particular, have received campaign donations from the corporate PACs of fossil fuel companies, including ExxonMobil, which knew about climate change decades ago and hid the science for years. Since the 2017-18 election cycle, Braun’s campaign and leadership PAC have taken in $118,500 from corporate PACs of companies in the energy and natural resources sector, including $63,500 from oil and gas PACs, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

According to Federal Election Commission data, some of Braun’s campaign donors since 2017 include:

Alliance Coal PAC: $10,000
Koch Industries PAC: $10,000
Marathon Petroleum Employees PAC: $10,000
Murray Energy PAC: $10,000
Chevron Employees PAC: $5,000
CoalPAC (National Mining Association): $5,000
MinePAC (National Mining Association): $5,000
Continental Resources PAC: $5,000
Devon Energy PAC: $5,000
ExxonMobil PAC: $5,000
FirstEnergy PAC: $5,000
Growth Energy PAC: $5,000
Tesoro Petroleum PAC: $5,000
Valero Energy PAC: $5,000

Since 2015, Coons’ campaign and leadership PAC have received $63,000 from corporate PACs in the energy and natural resources sector, including 2019 donations from ExxonMobil PAC ($2,500) and the PACs of seven electric and natural gas utilities, such as Entergy, Exelon, and Pinnacle West Capital.

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https://readsludge.com/2019/10/25/climate-caucus-founder-is-a-fossil-fuel-favorite/