"Drill Here, Drill Now" Hits the Jackpot!

onSep 25, 2008 @ 14:21 PDT

Las Vegas casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson upped his ante in former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s unregulated issues-advocacy group in August, with a $750,000 donation that helped propel the organization to the No. 2 fundraising spot among so-called 527 political groups this election season.

Amid new signs that its signature “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” campaign was reaping success on Capitol Hill, American Solutions for Winning the Future reported a total of $1.9 million in contributions for August, its second-best fundraising month.

(Its best was a $2.1 million showing in June, when the group rolled out its campaign to end the 27-year-old U.S. moratorium on offshore drilling, and Republican presidential candidate John McCain took up the cause.)

By Ross Gelbspan

Aviation Industry Awarded £18 Billion of Public Finance Since Paris Agreement

ByRich Collett-White

onApr 6, 2023 @ 04:04 PDT

The UK has been accused of “locking us all into more carbon emissions for decades to come” by giving so much assistance to the sector.

us/Oil and Gas Worker Survey Sheds Light on Unstable and Unsafe Working Conditions

BySara Sneath

onApr 6, 2023 @ 03:00 PDT

The survey contradicts industry claims and indicates continued job cuts amid high profits.

International Courts Take on Climate with Historic Hearings and Resolution

ByDana Drugmand

onApr 5, 2023 @ 16:24 PDT

European Court of Human Rights holds first-ever hearings on climate, while the UN adopts a landmark resolution asking the International Court of Justice to weigh in on countries’ legal responsibility to safeguard the climate system.

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