Think Progress: Chevron Bankrolling Opposition to California Clean Energy Initiative
Where am I supposed to buy gasoline?
From ThinkProgress:
On Sunday, Chevron CEO David O’Reilly appeared on Meet the Press and emphasized the importance of promoting alternatives to fossil fuels. Most of our companies are involved in this. I know we are.Shell CEO John Hofmeister agreed: There’s so much we can do in this country on the alternatives of wind, solar, biofuels, hydrogen.
Chevron has a strange way of getting involved.
Californians will vote this November on a landmark ballot initiative, called the Clean Alternative Energy Initiative, which would impose a wellhead tax on oil companies operating in California to finance $4 billion towards alternative-fuel vehicles and renewable energy and conservation research.
The #1 donor to the group opposing the clean energy initiative: Chevron, which has given a whopping $3,740,000, more than three times the amount of the next 14 donors combined.
Source: Think Progress � Chevron Bankrolling Opposition to California Clean Energy Initiative
