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American Petroleum Institute

New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

By Aidan Hughes, Martha Pskowski

 Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (left) and Energy Secretary Chris Wright deliver remarks outside the White House on March 19 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Working from the bucket of a boom truck linemen finish up work on large transmission structures that are part of an Xcel Energy project just south of Brush, Colo., on Jan. 8, 2024. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

As Congress Takes a New Swing at Bipartisan Permitting Reform, Environmental Groups Are Calling Foul

By Aidan Hughes
Discarded plastic and other material overflow in a garbage bin in Los Angeles. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Consumerism—and the Chemicals in All of Our Stuff—Is Thwarting the Transition From Fossil Fuels

By Liza Gross
A person walks down a flooded Main Street after two days of heavy rain in Montpelier, Vt. on July 11, 2023. Credit: Kylie Cooper/Getty Images

Vermont’s Climate Superfund Faces First Legal Challenge from Fossil Fuel Interests

By Olivia Gieger
Donald Trump speaks to city officials and employees of Double Eagle Energy on the site of an active oil rig on July 29, 2020 in Midland, Texas. Credit: Montinique Monroe/Getty Images

Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Sounds Like a Petrostate Plan to Some

By Marianne Lavelle
A view of traffic on California State Route 91 in Yorba Linda on Aug. 28. In its wish list for the incoming Trump administration, API asked to repeal the tailpipe and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. Credit: Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies

By Nicholas Kusnetz
John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, speaks at the roll-out of the Biden administration's vehicle pollution standards in March in Washington, D.C. Credit: EPA

Electric Vehicles Strain the Automaker-Big Oil Alliance

By Marianne Lavelle
An injection well pumps oilfield wastewater into the ground in Coyle, Oklahoma. Credit: J Pat Carter/Getty Images

Peering Inside the Pandora’s Box of Oil and Gas Waste

By Kiley Bense
Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, at the National Clean Energy Summit in 2017. Credit: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images

Academics and Lawmakers Slam an Industry-Funded Report by a Former Energy Secretary Promoting Natural Gas and LNG

By Phil McKenna
An Equitrans compressor station in Washington County. Last month, EQT announced it would acquire the pipeline operator to better compete “in a global era of natural gas.” Credit: Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource

EQT Says Fracked Gas Is a Climate Solution, but Scientists Call That Deceptive Greenwashing

By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource
Former Vice President Al Gore presents the Climate TRACE global greenhouse gases emissions database during COP28 in Dubai. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

‘Pathetic, Really, and Dangerous’: Al Gore Reflects on Fraudulent Fossil Fuel Claims, Climate Voters and Clean Energy

By Kristoffer Tigue
An aerial view of Doylestown, the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A Pennsylvania County Is Suing the Fossil Fuel Industry for Damages Linked to Climate Change

By Kiley Bense
A view of the Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery in Wilmington, Calif. According to the Carbon Majors database, 72 percent of global fossil fuel and cement emissions can be traced to 122 producers. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Should Big Oil Be Tried for Homicide?

By Nicholas Kusnetz
An oil pumpjack stands idle near homes in February 2023 in Signal Hill, California. The production of oil and natural gas in the U.S. soared to record heights within the past year. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

American Petroleum Institute Plans Election-Year Blitz in the Face of Climate Policy Pressure

By Marianne Lavelle
A man walks through a flooded street the morning after the remnants of Hurricane Ida drenched the New York City and New Jersey area on Sept. 2, 2021 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

New Jersey Joins Other States in Suing Fossil Fuel Industry, Claiming Links to Climate Change

By Jon Hurdle
An oil pumpjack works on Jan. 19, 2016 in Sweetwater, Texas. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

On the Defensive a Year Ago, the American Petroleum Institute Is Back With Bravado

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Pump jacks operate at dusk near Loco Hills on April 23, 2020 in Eddy County, New Mexico. Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

American Petroleum Institute Chief Promises to Fight Biden and the Democrats on Drilling, Tax Policy

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Gas Drilling Ban in NY Still a Possibility in 2010

By Stacy Feldman

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