Day: May 3, 2012

  The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the biggest oil and gas lobby group in the country, spending millions of dollars each year advocating on behalf of over 400 corporations who work in the petroleum industry. So why is its president, Jack Gerard, speaking on behalf of the Obama administration? The Hill reports that the Interior Department is set…

Tell the SEC to Put Shareholders in Charge of Political Decisions – Common Cause. In America, elected officials are supposed to answer to “we the people.” But as the 2012 campaign heats up, hundreds of corporations are trying to wrest control of our democracy away from the voters. They’re tapping their corporate treasuries to invest…