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amborin

(16,631 posts)
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:48 AM Feb 2016

Bernie Plans to Fight Global Warming: Hillary's Biggest Bundlers Are Fossil Fuel Lobbyists


Hillary Clinton's Biggest Campaign Bundlers Are Fossil Fuel Lobbyists
Clinton's top campaign financiers are linked to Big Oil, natural gas .



Paul Blumenthal
Money in Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post
Kate Sheppard
Senior reporter/Environment and energy editor, The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- Nearly all of the lobbyists bundling contributions for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign have at one time or another worked for the fossil fuel industry.

A list of 40 registered lobbyists that the Clinton camp disclosed to the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday revealed a number of Democratic Party lobbyists who have worked against regulations to curb climate change, advocated for offshore drilling, or sought government approval for natural gas exports.


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Scott Parven and Brian Pomper, lobbyists at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, have been registered to lobby for the Southern California-based oil giant Chevron since 2006, with contracts totaling more than $3 million. The two bundled Clinton contributions of $24,700 and $29,700, respectively. They have helped Chevron over the years resist efforts to eliminate oil and gas tax breaks and to impose regulations to reduce carbon emissions.

The two Clinton bundlers also were part of a much-criticized campaign by Chevron to manipulate Congress into inserting language into the Andean Trade Preferences Act that would require Ecuador to dismiss a longstanding lawsuit against the company for polluting the Amazon jungle.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-bundlers-fossil-fuel_us_55a8335ee4b04740a3df86c5
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Bernie Plans to Fight Global Warming: Hillary's Biggest Bundlers Are Fossil Fuel Lobbyists (Original Post) amborin Feb 2016 OP
What? That can't be right, they're supposed to be banksters. nt Buzz cook Feb 2016 #1
OK, that's IT! I can no longer support such a cockeyed dreamer! dchill Feb 2016 #2
I misread the title as "Hillary's biggest blunders are fossil fuel lobbyists" begin_within Feb 2016 #3
How can anyone trust her? AzDar Feb 2016 #4
relish at the thought of victory (over enemies from either party), training to see any negative MisterP Feb 2016 #7
But I thought Bernie was single issue and stuff. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #5
This is a biggie, Bernie has it right nt flamingdem Feb 2016 #6
 

begin_within

(21,551 posts)
3. I misread the title as "Hillary's biggest blunders are fossil fuel lobbyists"
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:54 AM
Feb 2016

Which I guess is appropriate wording too.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
7. relish at the thought of victory (over enemies from either party), training to see any negative
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:27 PM
Feb 2016

reporting as ultimately a Republican lie, a long history of blaming the left for all losses and minimizing the fact that it represents 70-90% of the country ("so why doesn't it have 70-90% of the SEATS, wiseguy?!" is a perfectly reasonable sentence in their universe)

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