Mary Landrieu Archives

October 1, 2012 | Russ Baker

Tags: BP, campaign contributions, gulf of mexico, Lobbying, Mary Landrieu, oil and gas, oil industry, oil industry profits, oil spill

Oil Companies Bribing Gulf States to Ignore Spill?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is the promise of jobs enough to make people gamble with their health and their lives? Oil companies appear to be betting so—and gulf state legislators are only too happy to help.

Big Money, Threats to Democracy, US Politics

May 23, 2011 | Russ Baker

What They Don’t Tell You About Oil Industry Tax Breaks

Reading Time: 11 minutes Wonder why the Senate couldn’t bring itself to clamp down on oil industry freebies? Because the “black gold” outfits can be one scary bunch. How scary? You have no idea….