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The fossil fuel industry is getting a massive bailout. Now's the time to pay attention.
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A series of reports on the utility shutoff crisis since the COVID-19 pandemic
Reports, news, and analysis on how the fossil fuel industry is using federal bailout money.
Analysis
Industry executives complain workers are abandoning oil and gas because of public criticism. Falling worker pay is a likelier culprit
Oil and gas firms, trade groups argued nonsensically that it’s worth preventing derailments — but not limiting the damage when they happen
Report
How Methane Exports Reverse Climate Progress, Harm Consumers, and Endanger Communities
Fresh analysis from BailoutWatch and Friends of the Earth finds oil CEOs are billions of dollars richer than they were at the start of the Biden Administration, and have sold shares in their companies worth tens of millions of dollars in the weeks since the war became inevitable.
Oil and gas companies that got billions in direct government bailouts are minting money faster than the industry overall, a new BailoutWatch analysis has found, as fossil fuel companies post record-high profits driven by punishing gas prices and the war in Ukraine.
