Gas industry megadonor couple Karen Buchwald Wright and Thomas Rastin together contributed at least $2.4 million to political committees that supported Donald Trump and J.D. Vance in the last three ...

After a nearly four-year effort, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) was just days away last November from requiring all investor-owned utilities serving more than 2,000 customers to publicly ...

In its latest assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called out the “vested interests” that stand in the way of climate action. This report documents for the first time the ...

The Empowerment Alliance is a 501(c)(4) dark-money group aligned with the gas industry. The group was launched in September 2019 to promote the gas industry and oppose clean energy policies like the ...

Gas utilities are funding front groups and mobilizing their trade associations to push back against policies that threaten its business model, including local bans on gas hookups in new housing, ...

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) connects lawmakers with corporate lobbyists to produce model bills that are then introduced in legislatures across the country. Model bills can be ...

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization with an operating budget of $4 to $6 million a year. The organization’s website says that it “enjoys the support of ...

Over 70 investor-owned utility holding companies and their subsidiaries have contributed more than $84 million from 2008 through 2024 to the Republican Governors Association, Republican Attorneys ...

Internal American Gas Association (AGA) meeting notes from March 2018 reveal that the industry planned to use RNG advocacy as part of a strategy to “mitigate” stakeholder opposition, specifically from ...

Many reports detail the pitfalls of increasing fossil gas infrastructure investments that use RNG and hydrogen instead of prioritizing electrification for heating and clean energy for electricity ...