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ICYMI: @fieldnotes.co + @drilledmedia.bsky.social teamed up for a new investigation into Energy Transfer, the DCI Group, and a decade-old front group that went from manipulating the press to trying to influence the ND Supreme Court: open.substack.com/pub/fieldnot...
Energy Transfer Has a Make-Believe 'Friend'
A new investigation reveals the pipeline giant is using an astroturf group run by a powerful DC shadow lobbying firm in a bid to block Greenpeace's first-of-its-kind countersuit in the Netherlands.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
ICYMI: @fieldnotes.co + @drilledmedia.bsky.social teamed up for a new investigation into Energy Transfer, the DCI Group, and a decade-old front group that went from manipulating the press to trying to influence the ND Supreme Court: open.substack.com/pub/fieldnot...
One man that keeps showing up in Energy Transfer’s pipeline: Craig Stevens. He appears on panels, writes op-eds and even shows up in sponsored content. What’s missing?
👉He’s a VP at DCI Group
👉DCI was hired by Energy Transfer
👉Energy Transfer funds the group he speaks for
👉He’s a VP at DCI Group
👉DCI was hired by Energy Transfer
👉Energy Transfer funds the group he speaks for
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
One man that keeps showing up in Energy Transfer’s pipeline: Craig Stevens. He appears on panels, writes op-eds and even shows up in sponsored content. What’s missing?
👉He’s a VP at DCI Group
👉DCI was hired by Energy Transfer
👉Energy Transfer funds the group he speaks for
👉He’s a VP at DCI Group
👉DCI was hired by Energy Transfer
👉Energy Transfer funds the group he speaks for
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Energy Transfer has its own make-believe “friend":
New from the @nytimes.com w/ a little help from @fieldnotes.co: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
New from the @nytimes.com w/ a little help from @fieldnotes.co: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Greenpeace’s Fight With Pipeline Giant Exposes a Legal Loophole
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Energy Transfer has its own make-believe “friend":
New from the @nytimes.com w/ a little help from @fieldnotes.co: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
New from the @nytimes.com w/ a little help from @fieldnotes.co: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
🚨New from the @nytimes.com, with research from @fieldnotes.co: Energy Transfer is using an astroturf group run by a powerful DC shadow lobbying firm to block a first-of-its-kind countersuit in the Netherlands. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Greenpeace’s Fight With Pipeline Giant Exposes a Legal Loophole
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🚨New from the @nytimes.com, with research from @fieldnotes.co: Energy Transfer is using an astroturf group run by a powerful DC shadow lobbying firm to block a first-of-its-kind countersuit in the Netherlands. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
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In his own words, here’s how oil billionaire Harold Hamm orchestrated fracking exec Chris Wright’s rise to lead the Dept of Energy.
As Energy Sec, Wright has published a report denying climate science (which EPA is using to axe climate regs), boosted fossil fuels, & slashed funding for renewables.
As Energy Sec, Wright has published a report denying climate science (which EPA is using to axe climate regs), boosted fossil fuels, & slashed funding for renewables.
And Hamm’s ties to Wright? Tight. So tight he brought him to Trump’s now-infamous Mar-a-Lago oil exec dinner where Trump casually floated making Wright Energy Secretary. Here’s Hamm bragging about it at an industry conference:
December 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In his own words, here’s how oil billionaire Harold Hamm orchestrated fracking exec Chris Wright’s rise to lead the Dept of Energy.
As Energy Sec, Wright has published a report denying climate science (which EPA is using to axe climate regs), boosted fossil fuels, & slashed funding for renewables.
As Energy Sec, Wright has published a report denying climate science (which EPA is using to axe climate regs), boosted fossil fuels, & slashed funding for renewables.
Harold Hamm—the billionaire behind Continental Resources and one of Trump’s biggest supporters—has gotten major favors from the Trump administration. Here’s our analysis of this great story by @ericlipton.nytimes.com and @nytimes.com. nyti.ms/4pApnYY
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December 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Harold Hamm—the billionaire behind Continental Resources and one of Trump’s biggest supporters—has gotten major favors from the Trump administration. Here’s our analysis of this great story by @ericlipton.nytimes.com and @nytimes.com. nyti.ms/4pApnYY
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Have you ever had a bad neighbor? The kind that makes you sick, literally?
Big Oil company Energy Transfer is all of our neighbors. Their long history of spills, explosions, emissions, and safety violations proves that they’re harming communities.
Read More:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/bad-neig...
Big Oil company Energy Transfer is all of our neighbors. Their long history of spills, explosions, emissions, and safety violations proves that they’re harming communities.
Read More:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/bad-neig...
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Have you ever had a bad neighbor? The kind that makes you sick, literally?
Big Oil company Energy Transfer is all of our neighbors. Their long history of spills, explosions, emissions, and safety violations proves that they’re harming communities.
Read More:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/bad-neig...
Big Oil company Energy Transfer is all of our neighbors. Their long history of spills, explosions, emissions, and safety violations proves that they’re harming communities.
Read More:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/bad-neig...
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@fieldnotes.co found that the oil & gas industry is behind a CCS bill currently moving through the state legislature in Ohio.
Last night I presented our research on a webinar with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Check it out!
Last night I presented our research on a webinar with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Check it out!
The New Wild West: The Oil & Gas Industry’s Push for Carbon Capture and Storage in Ohio
YouTube video by Ohio River Valley Institute
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November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@fieldnotes.co found that the oil & gas industry is behind a CCS bill currently moving through the state legislature in Ohio.
Last night I presented our research on a webinar with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Check it out!
Last night I presented our research on a webinar with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Check it out!
Tune in tonight at 6pm ET to catch our very own @juliakane.bsky.social talk shop with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Be there or be square.
Be there or be square.
"The New Wild West": Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Push for Carbon Capture & Storage in Ohio
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Tune in tonight at 6pm ET to catch our very own @juliakane.bsky.social talk shop with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Be there or be square.
Be there or be square.
"The New Wild West": Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Push for Carbon Capture & Storage in Ohio
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west
October 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The New Wild West": Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Push for Carbon Capture & Storage in Ohio
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west
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What do Big Oil and Big Soda have in common?
"The very short answer: Plastics and the petrochemicals they are made from," finds a new investigation by @theguardian.com and @fieldnotes.co.
"The very short answer: Plastics and the petrochemicals they are made from," finds a new investigation by @theguardian.com and @fieldnotes.co.
Big Soda Wants to Turn MAGA Against MAHA. Here’s How the Oil & Gas…
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What do Big Oil and Big Soda have in common?
"The very short answer: Plastics and the petrochemicals they are made from," finds a new investigation by @theguardian.com and @fieldnotes.co.
"The very short answer: Plastics and the petrochemicals they are made from," finds a new investigation by @theguardian.com and @fieldnotes.co.
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MAGA vs MAHA, brought to you by Coke & Pepsi—and a GOP network of paid influencers, shadowy pollsters, and well-connected money men.🥤🥸💰
A new investigation by me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A new investigation by me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
MAGA vs MAHA, brought to you by Coke & Pepsi—and a GOP network of paid influencers, shadowy pollsters, and well-connected money men.🥤🥸💰
A new investigation by me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A new investigation by me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
🚨A new investigation from @fieldnotes.co + @us.theguardian.com finds that major US soda & snack companies are waging a coordinated campaign to pit Trump’s MAGA against RFK’s MAHA—all in a bid to protect their bottom lines. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨A new investigation from @fieldnotes.co + @us.theguardian.com finds that major US soda & snack companies are waging a coordinated campaign to pit Trump’s MAGA against RFK’s MAHA—all in a bid to protect their bottom lines. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🚨New from me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com → Revealed: The network of GOP hired guns behind Big Soda’s bid to turn MAGA against MAHA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🚨New from me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com → Revealed: The network of GOP hired guns behind Big Soda’s bid to turn MAGA against MAHA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The processed food industry is beating back RFK jr-aligned nutrition policies with the help of Trump’s political machine. Big soda mobilized lobbyists, paid influencer campaigns and pink slime outlets to stop food dye and soda limits in states like Arizona. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The processed food industry is beating back RFK jr-aligned nutrition policies with the help of Trump’s political machine. Big soda mobilized lobbyists, paid influencer campaigns and pink slime outlets to stop food dye and soda limits in states like Arizona. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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At #ClimateWeekNYC, CCI Political Director Iyla Shornstein (@iylas.bsky.social) joined a panel of experts at Columbia University to discuss the state of fossil fuel accountability.
Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵
Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
At #ClimateWeekNYC, CCI Political Director Iyla Shornstein (@iylas.bsky.social) joined a panel of experts at Columbia University to discuss the state of fossil fuel accountability.
Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵
Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵
Be sure to check out this panel happening today if you are attending #ClimateWeekNYC! Our own @kellyemitchell.bsky.social will be there along with these other incredible voices - don't miss it!
Wednesday at #ClimateWeekNYC: "Fossil Fuel Accountability in the Trump Era"
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
September 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Be sure to check out this panel happening today if you are attending #ClimateWeekNYC! Our own @kellyemitchell.bsky.social will be there along with these other incredible voices - don't miss it!
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Wednesday at #ClimateWeekNYC: "Fossil Fuel Accountability in the Trump Era"
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
September 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wednesday at #ClimateWeekNYC: "Fossil Fuel Accountability in the Trump Era"
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
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"Over 40 months — from May 2021 to September 2024 — oil companies applied for more than 12,000 flaring and venting permits, while the Railroad Commission rejected just 53 of them, a 99.6% approval rate, according to the data."
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
www.propublica.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Over 40 months — from May 2021 to September 2024 — oil companies applied for more than 12,000 flaring and venting permits, while the Railroad Commission rejected just 53 of them, a 99.6% approval rate, according to the data."
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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This is awesome work and such an important story.
Bombshell reporting by @propublica.org & @insideclimatenews.org describes massive flaring and venting from Texas oil wells, discrediting the oil & gas industry’s claim that natural gas and LNG are “clean” energy. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
www.propublica.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is awesome work and such an important story.
Bombshell reporting by @propublica.org & @insideclimatenews.org describes massive flaring and venting from Texas oil wells, discrediting the oil & gas industry’s claim that natural gas and LNG are “clean” energy. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
www.propublica.org
September 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bombshell reporting by @propublica.org & @insideclimatenews.org describes massive flaring and venting from Texas oil wells, discrediting the oil & gas industry’s claim that natural gas and LNG are “clean” energy. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
🚨 from Argus Media: @exxonmobiloil.bsky.social ends its membership with AXPC b/c of the group's "aggressive" opposition to environmental regs.
This comes after @washingtonpost.com reported on internal docs obtained by @fieldnotes.co exposing AXPC 's efforts.
www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
This comes after @washingtonpost.com reported on internal docs obtained by @fieldnotes.co exposing AXPC 's efforts.
www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
Exxon blames oil group exit on climate principles | Latest Market News
ExxonMobil says it has ended its membership with the US oil lobbying group American Exploration and Production Council (AXPC) because of the group's "aggressive" opposition to environmental regulations, though oil industry leaders with knowledge of AXPC's advocacy question that justification.
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August 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🚨 from Argus Media: @exxonmobiloil.bsky.social ends its membership with AXPC b/c of the group's "aggressive" opposition to environmental regs.
This comes after @washingtonpost.com reported on internal docs obtained by @fieldnotes.co exposing AXPC 's efforts.
www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
This comes after @washingtonpost.com reported on internal docs obtained by @fieldnotes.co exposing AXPC 's efforts.
www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
Great reporting from @emdashsanders.bsky.social highlighting the hypocrisy from the oil & gas industry around methane rules. Industry has publicly claimed to support the rules while working behind-the-scenes to weaken measures that would hold them accountable. www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...
With methane rules on the chopping block, where does Big Oil stand?
The Trump EPA could do away with methane regulations that major oil companies and their trade associations have strategically claimed to support.
www.exxonknews.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Great reporting from @emdashsanders.bsky.social highlighting the hypocrisy from the oil & gas industry around methane rules. Industry has publicly claimed to support the rules while working behind-the-scenes to weaken measures that would hold them accountable. www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...
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Great work by @kmkowalski.bsky.social & @canarymedia.com on this story showing just how much the O&G industry is running the show in Ohio on CCS. They wrote the bill, wined + dined sponsors, lined up witnesses, etc—even by lobbying standards, this one stands out.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
In Ohio, oil and gas industry is steering new carbon capture bill
Newly obtained public records show that the industry has worked hard to ensure the legislation prioritizes their interests over climate change concerns.
www.canarymedia.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Great work by @kmkowalski.bsky.social & @canarymedia.com on this story showing just how much the O&G industry is running the show in Ohio on CCS. They wrote the bill, wined + dined sponsors, lined up witnesses, etc—even by lobbying standards, this one stands out.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
A new investigation by @kmkowalski.bsky.social and @canarymedia.com, with documents obtained by Fieldnotes, reveals a coordinated effort by oil lobbyists to write and introduce carbon capture and storage legislation. www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
In Ohio, oil and gas industry is steering new carbon capture bill
Newly obtained public records show that the industry has worked hard to ensure the legislation prioritizes their interests over climate change concerns.
www.canarymedia.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A new investigation by @kmkowalski.bsky.social and @canarymedia.com, with documents obtained by Fieldnotes, reveals a coordinated effort by oil lobbyists to write and introduce carbon capture and storage legislation. www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...