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Interior Stonewalling Media on Sec. Haaland’s Ethics Controversies

3/6/2023

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​​Interior Sec. Deb Haaland and officials at the Department of the Interior are not upholding their promise of transparency, and for three months they’ve dodged mounting ethics questions about the Biden cabinet member’s conflicts of interest.
 
At issue is the connection between Sec. Haaland and her daughter’s activism on agency-related issues. As an employee of a New Mexico indigenous and climate action group, Somah Haaland’s focus includes lobbying Congress and leading community organizing campaigns on policies in which Sec. Haaland has sole decision-making authority. In addition, according to recently obtained agency documents, Somah’s climate group was part of a coalition that organized a violent protest at Interior’s headquarters.
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When asked about coordination that’s taken place behind the scenes between Sec. Haaland and her daughter, agency officials have repeatedly refused to comment.

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Sec. Haaland’s Conflicts of Interest Over Chaco

2/23/2023

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Recently the federal watchdog group Protect the People’s Trust released open records documents showing the Interior Secretary had alarming connections with organizers of a violent protest in 2021 at the department. The group found that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s own daughter was one of the organizers.
 
On October 14, 2021, a protest at Interior headquarters in D.C. featured rallies of indigenous people opposed to leasing around the Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Protesters breached the building, handcuffed themselves in place, and staged a sit-in. When security personnel attempted to remove the protesters, things turned violent. Multiple police officers were injured and 55 protesters were arrested.


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Journalist Society Weaponizing Disinformation

2/14/2023

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Climate Reporters Push Prohibition of Oil and Natural Gas Voices

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​A leading group of climate journalists is campaigning in 2023 to weaponize claims of “disinformation” and bar voices supporting oil and natural gas from news stories. Ironically, based on their own standards these reporters are advancing disinformation of their own.
 
The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), an association of 1,400 reporters that’s funded in large part by billion-dollar, anti-fossil fuel philanthropies, recently kicked off a campaign to promote its “2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment.” As an extension of the campaign, SEJ and its leaders are pushing reporters across the country to exclude views that run counter to theirs in climate stories.
 
The following highlights several recent comments by SEJ leadership and its members.


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Coordinated Campaign to Ban Gas Stoves

1/24/2023

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Two weeks ago, Bloomberg published an article stating that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is considering a ban on natural gas stoves based on the comments of one commissioner. A firestorm ensued because, let’s face it, just about anybody who’s halfway competent in the kitchen knows gas stoves are far superior to electric. I almost didn’t buy my condo because it doesn’t have gas hookups and am still somewhat bitter about being forced to an electric stove.
 
Two days later, the Administration went into clean-up mode with the White House stating that President Biden doesn’t support a ban and the Chairman of the commission clarified that CPSC is not looking to ban gas stoves and has no proceeding to do so. Phew! Escaped that one. 
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"Two Things Changed Everything: Human Liberty and Energy from Hydrocarbons," Remarks by Chris Wright

11/15/2022

 
Western Energy Alliance recently honored Chris Wright of Liberty Energy, Inc., with the Wildcatter of the Year award in recognition of his achievements in community service and business. Wright has demonstrated success as a data-driven, technology-focused energy entrepreneur and dedicated humanitarian who has educated policy and community leaders around the world on the benefits of energy.

The following are Chris's comments as he accepted the Wildcatter award:

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Chris Wright, CEO and Chairman of Liberty Energy, Inc.
Thank you for this flattering and humbling recognition.

​What else I am thankful for is THIS, and what I mean by “this” is actually quite a lot. 


History shows that for nearly everyone, every year, every season, every day was an uncertain struggle to survive. Humans were far smaller just a few generations ago, not because their genetics were any different, but because they simply lived in a constant state of malnutrition kicking starvation down the road one day at a time. 

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Supplying Environmental Justice for Over 150 Years

11/2/2022

 
​The White House Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) is working on a scorecard intended to assess federal agencies’ efforts to advance “environmental justice.” The initiative is designed to address the president’s Executive Order Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad which orders agencies to make achieving environmental justice part of their missions. The scorecard is intended to assess how well agency programs and policies address the “disproportionately high and adverse human health, environmental, climate-related, and other cumulative impacts on disadvantaged communities.”
 
As with many things, the notion of environmental justice comes from good intentions. Often low-income communities are indeed located near industrial areas and closer to pollution sources than those who can afford better-situated real estate. Environmental justice originally focused on ensuring disadvantaged communities aren’t unduly impacted and giving them voice in environmental matters. Of course regulation should focus on reducing pollutants to protect the health of nearby residents and previously marginalized people should have a voice in issues impacting their communities. However, the concept has ballooned since the original conception while at the same time become focused on a fairly narrow range of policy prescriptions, including those aimed at eliminating oil and natural gas. 

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Russian Influence Behind SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule (Part 3)

7/26/2022

 
​Russia’s attempts to influence American politics in recent years is no secret, particularly when it comes to energy production. Which is why you’d expect policymakers to ensure proposed regulations stay clear of any association with the oppressive regime, especially in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
 
However, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) apparently is failing with its proposed climate disclosure rule. The following continues our series reviewing the questionable sources cited within the commission’s rule.
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Our recent analysis conducted in the course of drafting our comment letter shows that significant crossover exists among the organizations funding the seven major climate initiatives cited in the proposed rule. The global network of non-profits that are pushing climate change policies through financial regulation are backed by numerous well-known activist philanthropies and climate groups that have pushed Keep-It-in-the-Ground policies for several years, such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), New Venture Fund (NVF), Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

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World Bank Agrees - U.S. Oil is Cleaner

7/20/2022

 
  • U.S. flaring intensity is down 46% since 2012
  • Russian gas piped into Europe has 41% higher GHG emissions than U.S. LNG, even with the transportation emissions
  • Venezuela’s flaring intensity is 18 times higher than ours
  • Yet Interior Sec. Haaland couldn’t bring herself to admit that American production is more environmentally friendly.
 
A few years ago, France held up a U.S. LNG import project over alleged concerns about methane emissions, as if the alternative of Russian gas was cleaner. France was trying to make a point about Trump methane rules, despite the fact that every molecule of natural gas at the wellpad controlled by the Obama methane rule was captured by the Trump rule. But of course that was not the narrative in the media. We also now know more about how Russia funds antifracking activism in Europe as a means of crowding out U.S. competition and asserting its energy hegemony over the continent. That decision’s aged particularly poorly since the invasion of Ukraine.

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SEC’s Weak Climate Bedrock Includes BlackRock (Part 2)

7/7/2022

 
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says its proposed disclosure rule is necessary to meet a growing demand by investors for information on publicly traded companies’  climate change risk. Yet only a small fraction of American asset managers are interested in such regulations whereas the majority of the pressure is from Europe. Today, we get granular to further show the weakness of SEC’s case.
 
The following continues our series based on our white paper that provides more detail.
 
SEC justifies the proposed rule as necessary to meet “significant investor demand for information about how climate conditions may impact their investments. That demand has been increasing in recent years.” SEC cites to a well-known letter to investors in 2020 from BlackRock Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink as proof of investor demand. Fink wrote that, “BlackRock announced a number of initiatives to place sustainability at the center of our investment approach,” including exiting investments in coal.

​Absent from SEC’s discussion is any reference to the robust public debate and criticism of BlackRock’s letter and its continued investments in the coal and oil sectors. Mr. Fink’s letter is presented by SEC as though it is widely popular and uncontroversial, and that cannot be further from the truth.

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Great American Outdoors Month Reveals Biden’s Threats to Public Lands

6/30/2022

 
​June is Great American Outdoors Month. It’s a great time to go outside and enjoy the incredible parks, forests, and wilderness areas our nation has to offer. It’s also a good time to acknowledge the threats to the health of our public lands. In the past 18 months, the Biden Administration has overseen an expansion in infrastructure deficiencies and threatened conservation funding that puts our protected lands at risk.
 
In the oil and natural gas industry, we’re proud to fund our nation’s largest federal conservation programs. Under the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), our industry almost exclusively funds the $2.8 billion annually provided for infrastructure in national parks, wildlife refuges, and other public lands. GAOA established a new National Park and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund while permanently funding the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund. The former receives over 90% of its funding from onshore oil and natural gas production and the latter receives 100% from offshore production.
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