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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
Fossil Fuel Industry Feasted on COVID-19 Relief Programs, Report Reveals, EcoWatch, 11/24/20
The US oil industry is flailing despite a $10 billion pandemic lifeline, Quartz, 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
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
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
Critics see bailout in federal purchase of oil companies’ debt, Bloomberg, 9/30/20
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