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Some Fracking Companies Are Admitting Shale Was a Bad Bet — Others Are Not, DeSmog, 3/5/21
Oil Driller Took $9.7 Million Bailout, Declared Bankruptcy, Gave Execs $9.7 Million, Laid Off Staff, Daily Kos, 2/25/21
Climate Point: Could Biden really push oil companies into the red?, USA Today, 2/5/21
Pandemic Watchdog Is Probing Mnuchin, Cruz Roles in Fed Lending, Bloomberg, 2/1/21
Ted Cruz Got $35 Million For Billionaire Fracking Donors In Last COVID-19 Aid, HuffPost, 12/31/20
Senator Ted Cruz got $35 million for billionaire fracking donors in last COVID-19 relief aid, Chron, 12/30/20
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz defends pandemic relief funding that helped two billionaire donors land $35M, San Antonio Current, 12/29/20
Texas fracking billionaires received COVID-19 loans, report says, KVUE, 12/28/20
Ted Cruz defends effort to secure pandemic relief for oil and gas companies, including one run by major donors, The Dallas Morning News, 12/28/20
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz helped donors' Texas fracking company get pandemic relief money, Austin American-Statesman, 12/28/20
Texas Fracking Billionaires Drew Covid-19 Aid While Investing in Rivals, Wall Street Journal, 12/27/20
UN Report: Despite Falling Energy Demand, Governments Set on Increasing Fossil Fuel Production, InsideClimate News, 12/2/20
U.S. Shale Bankruptcies Accelerate Despite Pandemic Protection, OilPrice, 11/25/20
Fossil Fuel Industry Feasted on COVID-19 Relief Programs, Report Reveals, EcoWatch, 11/24/20
$15 Billion of Covid Relief Funding Went to Propping Up Fossil Fuels, Our Daily Planet, 11/24/20
The US oil industry is flailing despite a $10 billion pandemic lifeline, Quartz, 11/23/20
Fossil fuels win big in stimulus, Politico's Morning Energy, 11/23/20
Follow the $$ trail, Washington Examiner's Daily on Energy, 11/23/20
Fossil fuel industry received $110 billion in direct and indirect COVID-19 relief, Nation of Change, 11/23/20
"Time to Cut Dirty Energy's Lifeline": Report Details How Fossil Fuel Industry Feasted on Covid-19 Relief Programs, Common Dreams, 11/23/20
'Finally': In Potential Nod to Biden Win, Federal Reserve Applies to Join Climate Network for Central Banks, Common Dreams, 11/11/20
The $16 million was supposed to clean up old oil wells; instead, it’s going to frack new ones, InsideClimate News, 10/28/20
Fed’s purchase of energy company debt continues to raise questions, Wall Street Journal, 10/26/20
The oil lobby’s COVID-19 wish list, HuffPost, 10/22/20
Biden’s climate buy-in, Grist's The Beacon, 10/21/20
Fossil fuel winnings from pandemic relief program, Washington Examiner's Daily on Energy, 10/21/20
Permian scramble, Politico's Morning Energy, 10/21/20
States faces billions in well plugging costs as Fed buys millions in oil and gas bonds, NM Political Report, 10/15/20
US gov’t provides billions in relief to oil and gas companies during pandemic, Shale Gas Reporter, 10/12/20
Study shows billions of government relief dollars to oil and gas amid COVID-19, Carlsbad Current-Argus, 10/8/20
Oil, gas sector sold about $100B in bonds under Federal Reserve program, S&P Global, 10/5/20
Wall Street sees Biden win speeding U.S. shift to clean energy, MarketWatch, 10/5/20
Corporate polluters have received tens of millions in PPP loans, EcoWatch, 10/5/20
Tens of Millions in PPP Loans Went to Corporate Polluters After Companies Were Fined $52 Million, Analysis Shows, Common Dreams, 10/4/20
Oil, Natural Gas Industry Said ‘Exploiting’ Federal Relief through Historic Borrowing Spree, Natural Gas Intelligence, 10/2/20
Fossil fuel companies profited, now we owe billions, The Daily Poster, 10/1/20
The pandemic prop-up of fossil fuel companies, The American Prospect's Unsanitized, 10/1/20
What to Know in Washington, Bloomberg Government, 9/30/20
Critics see bailout in federal purchase of oil companies’ debt, Bloomberg, 9/30/20
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