Democracy Now! (April 4): How Much Has Hillary Clinton's Campaign Taken from Fossil Fuel Companies?

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From Greenpeace.org
Last updated Sunday, April 3

Hillary Clinton’s Connections to the Oil and Gas Industry
By Jesse Coleman

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been backed by the fossil fuel industry in a number of ways.

First, there are the direct contributions from people working for fossil fuel companies to Clinton’s campaign committee. According to the most recent filings, the committee has received $309,107 (as of March 21, 2016; source: Center for Responsive Politics) from such donors.

Next are the fossil fuel lobbyists, many of whom have also bundled contributions. These donations also flow to Clinton’s campaign committee. Greenpeace has tracked $1,465,610 in bundled and direct donations from lobbyists currently registered as lobbying for the fossil fuel industry.

Last are contributions from fossil fuel interests to Super PACs supporting Hillary Clinton. Greenpeace has found $3,250,000 in donations from large donors connected to the fossil fuel industry to Priorities Action USA, a Super PAC supporting Secretary Clinton’s campaign.

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Fossil Fuel Funding of 2016 Presidential Candidates
How much money have the presidential candidates taken from the fossil fuel industry?
By Jesse Coleman

These data were provided by the Center for Responsive Politics, based on filings made available on January 31, 2016.

These totals do not include funding from the fossil fuel industry to groups that support individual candidates but are outside of the campaign committees.

Because of lax regulation of political donations — due in part to the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC — it is impossible to track all of the support provided to candidates from the oil and gas and coal industries. Private foundations like Hillary Clinton’s Clinton Foundation and SuperPACS like Jeb Bush’s Right to Rise PAC have received millions of dollars from fossil fuel sources, but are not included in this list.

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Fossil Fuel Lobbyists’ Contributions to the Clinton Campaign
Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Super PAC supporting her have received $138,400 from fossil fuel lobbyists and $1,327,210 from bundlers.
By Charlie Cray
Last updated: April 4, 2016

All told, the campaign to elect Hillary Clinton for president in 2016 has received more than $4.5 million from lobbyists, bundlers, and large donors connected the fossil fuel industry.

But who exactly are these lobbyists and bundlers, and who do they represent? Some of them work in-house for some of the biggest names in the fossil fuel industry (think ExxonMobil and Chevron to name a few). Others are hired hands.

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