Lobbyist oil and gas

WASHINGTON—The top lobbyist for the U.S. oil-and-gas industry is stepping down after 10 years on the job. Jack Gerard, the president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, sent an email to his staff on Wednesday morning saying that he decided not to seek another five-year "Fossil fuels lobby" is a term used to label the paid representatives of large fossil fuel (oil, gas, coal) and electric utilities corporations who attempt to influence governmental policy.

1 Jul 2015 NEWS: Civil society and governments need assurance fossil fuel companies will act responsibly ahead of Paris deal. The UN's top climate official has called on oil and gas companies to quit lobbying against efforts to tackle  7 Oct 2019 This follows three decades during which emissions from the oil and gas sector have grown in total and per barrel, and a decade of lobbying by industry that has derailed significant pieces of federal climate legislation. 15 Oct 2019 When a company is a member of trade associations that are active lobbyists, we look assess how that lobbying activity is aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement commitments. Royal Dutch Shell recently released an  2 May 2017 But increased oil and gas industry lobbying is a sign the industry executives expect the Trump administration to act on matters that could affect their companies' fortunes. So far, that's exactly what's happened. During his first 100  8 Feb 2018 Other bills carved out tax loopholes for the industry and promoted natural gas vehicles over electric cars. Sebree lobbied on behalf of Chevron, Marathon Petroleum, and the Texas Water Recycling Association in 2017. 4 Sep 2019 Green groups have criticised the UK's offshore oil and gas industry's blueprint to contribute to net-zero emissions by 2035, claiming that the accompanying evidence fails to "leave fossil fuels in the ground". 27 Mar 2019 In the past decade, the world's most powerful oil and gas corporations have significantly changed their rhetoric surrounding climate change. Most now recognize that climate change is occurring due to human activity, with their 

10 Jan 2020 Oil and gas lobbyists are finally feeling the heat on climate change, but sadly, they remain committed to misleading the American people. The American Petroleum Institute, the premier industry organization that establishes 

22 Mar 2019 The largest five stock market listed oil and gas companies spend nearly $200m ( £153m) a year lobbying to delay, control or block policies to tackle climate change, according to a new report. Chevron, BP and ExxonMobil  25 Mar 2019 Every year, the world's five largest publicly owned oil and gas companies spend approximately $200 million on lobbying designed to control, delay or block binding climate-motivated policy. This has caused problems for  24 Oct 2019 The five biggest oil and gas companies, and their industry groups, have spent at least €251m (£217m) lobbying the European Union over climate policies since 2010, research has revealed. The data on the scale of lobbying  24 Oct 2019 The world's five big oil and gas majors and their lobbyists have spent at least 251 million euros lobbying the EU since 2010. Almost 200 civil society organisations demand fossil free politics. Two pro-business energy leaders said Wednesday that federal regulations and taxes are putting the U.S. oil and gas industry at risk, delaying the creation of jobs and technological innovation. 23 Oct 2019 The five biggest publicly listed oil and gas companies and trade groups representing them spent more than 250 million euros lobbying the European Union to influence climate action since  5 Nov 2019 The report, “Big Oil's Political Reach: Mapping fossil fuel lobbying from Harper to Trudeau,” dubs this a shift to “deep state” lobbying, “whereby key government institutions and actors become integrated with private firms and 

22 Mar 2019 The largest five stock market listed oil and gas companies spend nearly $200m ( £153m) a year lobbying to delay, control or block policies to tackle climate change, according to a new report. Chevron, BP and ExxonMobil 

WASHINGTON—The top lobbyist for the U.S. oil-and-gas industry is stepping down after 10 years on the job. Jack Gerard, the president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, sent an email to his staff on Wednesday morning saying that he decided not to seek another five-year

27 Mar 2019 In the past decade, the world's most powerful oil and gas corporations have significantly changed their rhetoric surrounding climate change. Most now recognize that climate change is occurring due to human activity, with their 

"Fossil fuels lobby" is a term used to label the paid representatives of large fossil fuel (oil, gas, coal) and electric utilities corporations who Lobbying continued after the Bush administration. In June 2005, documents emerged that revealed  Oil & Gas: Lobbying, 2019. Loading Chart. Total for Oil & Gas: $124,697,322. Total Number of Clients Reported: 190. Total Number of Lobbyists Reported: 699 . Total Number of Revolvers: 466 (66.7%)  total was spent lobbying in the Oil & Gas industry in 2019. See the details. 22 Mar 2019 The largest five stock market listed oil and gas companies spend nearly $200m ( £153m) a year lobbying to delay, control or block policies to tackle climate change, according to a new report. Chevron, BP and ExxonMobil  25 Mar 2019 Every year, the world's five largest publicly owned oil and gas companies spend approximately $200 million on lobbying designed to control, delay or block binding climate-motivated policy. This has caused problems for  24 Oct 2019 The five biggest oil and gas companies, and their industry groups, have spent at least €251m (£217m) lobbying the European Union over climate policies since 2010, research has revealed. The data on the scale of lobbying 

total was spent lobbying in the Oil & Gas industry in 2019. See the details.

David Bernhardt, a former oil and gas and water lobbyist, will be nominated to run the interior department, Donald Trump tweeted. Oil and Gas Lobbyist Claims Texas Drone Law Meant to Deter ‘Bad Journalists’ A recording of a prominent Texas energy lobbyist’s recent speech to insiders provides an unvarnished look at what Big

Australia's peak oil and gas industry lobby group spent almost $4 million last year trying to "obstruct" more ambitious climate The report cited APPEA's support for less-stringent emissions targets, lobbying to remove Australia's renewable  20 Feb 2020 The mailers were funded and shipped by the American Petroleum Institute, the lobbying champion for oil and natural-gas companies in national politics. The return address on the mailers was one of the group's offices in  27 Mar 2019 A news report by Reveal/Politico showed that the oil and gas executives who make up an influential oil industry lobbying group called the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) were recorded bragging about  15 Nov 2019 Countries have called California's cap-and-trade program the answer to climate change. But it is just as vulnerable to lobbying as any other legislation. The result: The state's biggest oil and gas companies have actually