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\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nCochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nCole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nF Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nMeanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nHarvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nHarvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nBrowning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nBrowning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nTremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nWe apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nF Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nClimate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nBank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nNeither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nNaturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nAs opposed to Tether, which has a recorded past of being a target of regulatory action, Bank of America lobbyists are arguing that it will always remain open and subject to US regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nOf course, Circle is also engaging in its own lobbying activities. The firm's largest stablecoin, USDC, boasts a $60 billion market cap that is second only to Tether's $144 billion USDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As opposed to Tether, which has a recorded past of being a target of regulatory action, Bank of America lobbyists are arguing that it will always remain open and subject to US regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nBank of America wants to compete with Circle, Tether<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Of course, Circle is also engaging in its own lobbying activities. The firm's largest stablecoin, USDC, boasts a $60 billion market cap that is second only to Tether's $144 billion USDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As opposed to Tether, which has a recorded past of being a target of regulatory action, Bank of America lobbyists are arguing that it will always remain open and subject to US regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nCEO Brian Moynihan this year has been collaborating with lobbying organizations such as the American Bankers Association and Bank Policy Institute, according to reports. He would like to release a fully reserved, 1:1 backed \"Bank of America coin.\" If the bank succeeds, it could restrict the stablecoin initiatives of non-banks such as Coinbase, Circle, Amazon, Meta, Tether, and numerous others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America wants to compete with Circle, Tether<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Of course, Circle is also engaging in its own lobbying activities. The firm's largest stablecoin, USDC, boasts a $60 billion market cap that is second only to Tether's $144 billion USDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As opposed to Tether, which has a recorded past of being a target of regulatory action, Bank of America lobbyists are arguing that it will always remain open and subject to US regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nBank of America is lobbying Congress to enact legislation that will benefit banks when deciding who can issue stablecoins. The $284 billion Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) will seek to restrict the legal capabilities of non-banks to create stablecoins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CEO Brian Moynihan this year has been collaborating with lobbying organizations such as the American Bankers Association and Bank Policy Institute, according to reports. He would like to release a fully reserved, 1:1 backed \"Bank of America coin.\" If the bank succeeds, it could restrict the stablecoin initiatives of non-banks such as Coinbase, Circle, Amazon, Meta, Tether, and numerous others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America wants to compete with Circle, Tether<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Of course, Circle is also engaging in its own lobbying activities. The firm's largest stablecoin, USDC, boasts a $60 billion market cap that is second only to Tether's $144 billion USDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As opposed to Tether, which has a recorded past of being a target of regulatory action, Bank of America lobbyists are arguing that it will always remain open and subject to US regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nLouisiana state officials have been lobbying the U.S. Department of Energy and the state congressional delegation in the past few days to persuade them to preserve federal funding to facilitate the state's proposed Direct Air Capture facility in Calcasieu Parish, as well as the 45Q tax credit. The plant would be constructed starting from 2026, and commercial operations would be initiated in 2029.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Lobbying game behind Microsoft\u2019s $800 million carbon capture deal","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"lobbying-game-behind-microsofts-800-million-carbon-capture-deal","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-22 08:37:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-22 08:37:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7576","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7568,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content":"\n
Bank of America is lobbying Congress to enact legislation that will benefit banks when deciding who can issue stablecoins. The $284 billion Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) will seek to restrict the legal capabilities of non-banks to create stablecoins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CEO Brian Moynihan this year has been collaborating with lobbying organizations such as the American Bankers Association and Bank Policy Institute, according to reports. He would like to release a fully reserved, 1:1 backed \"Bank of America coin.\" If the bank succeeds, it could restrict the stablecoin initiatives of non-banks such as Coinbase, Circle, Amazon, Meta, Tether, and numerous others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America wants to compete with Circle, Tether<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Of course, Circle is also engaging in its own lobbying activities. The firm's largest stablecoin, USDC, boasts a $60 billion market cap that is second only to Tether's $144 billion USDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As opposed to Tether, which has a recorded past of being a target of regulatory action, Bank of America lobbyists are arguing that it will always remain open and subject to US regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nBrian Marrs, Microsoft's senior director of energy and carbon, stated in a release the technology company appreciated the focus of the deal on jobs in local agricultural communities. It would also demonstrate Louisiana's leadership in becoming a center for carbon management research and applied technology, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louisiana state officials have been lobbying the U.S. Department of Energy and the state congressional delegation in the past few days to persuade them to preserve federal funding to facilitate the state's proposed Direct Air Capture facility in Calcasieu Parish, as well as the 45Q tax credit. The plant would be constructed starting from 2026, and commercial operations would be initiated in 2029.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Lobbying game behind Microsoft\u2019s $800 million carbon capture deal","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"lobbying-game-behind-microsofts-800-million-carbon-capture-deal","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-22 08:37:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-22 08:37:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7576","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7568,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content":"\n
Bank of America is lobbying Congress to enact legislation that will benefit banks when deciding who can issue stablecoins. The $284 billion Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) will seek to restrict the legal capabilities of non-banks to create stablecoins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CEO Brian Moynihan this year has been collaborating with lobbying organizations such as the American Bankers Association and Bank Policy Institute, according to reports. He would like to release a fully reserved, 1:1 backed \"Bank of America coin.\" If the bank succeeds, it could restrict the stablecoin initiatives of non-banks such as Coinbase, Circle, Amazon, Meta, Tether, and numerous others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America wants to compete with Circle, Tether<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Of course, Circle is also engaging in its own lobbying activities. The firm's largest stablecoin, USDC, boasts a $60 billion market cap that is second only to Tether's $144 billion USDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As opposed to Tether, which has a recorded past of being a target of regulatory action, Bank of America lobbyists are arguing that it will always remain open and subject to US regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nFidelis has put the project at over $800 million of investment and approximately 75 permanent and 600 construction positions, and potentially bring back forestry management employment in the area that had been affected by recent mill shutdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brian Marrs, Microsoft's senior director of energy and carbon, stated in a release the technology company appreciated the focus of the deal on jobs in local agricultural communities. It would also demonstrate Louisiana's leadership in becoming a center for carbon management research and applied technology, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louisiana state officials have been lobbying the U.S. Department of Energy and the state congressional delegation in the past few days to persuade them to preserve federal funding to facilitate the state's proposed Direct Air Capture facility in Calcasieu Parish, as well as the 45Q tax credit. The plant would be constructed starting from 2026, and commercial operations would be initiated in 2029.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Lobbying game behind Microsoft\u2019s $800 million carbon capture deal","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"lobbying-game-behind-microsofts-800-million-carbon-capture-deal","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-22 08:37:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-22 08:37:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7576","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7568,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content":"\n
Bank of America is lobbying Congress to enact legislation that will benefit banks when deciding who can issue stablecoins. The $284 billion Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) will seek to restrict the legal capabilities of non-banks to create stablecoins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CEO Brian Moynihan this year has been collaborating with lobbying organizations such as the American Bankers Association and Bank Policy Institute, according to reports. He would like to release a fully reserved, 1:1 backed \"Bank of America coin.\" If the bank succeeds, it could restrict the stablecoin initiatives of non-banks such as Coinbase, Circle, Amazon, Meta, Tether, and numerous others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America wants to compete with Circle, Tether<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Of course, Circle is also engaging in its own lobbying activities. The firm's largest stablecoin, USDC, boasts a $60 billion market cap that is second only to Tether's $144 billion USDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As opposed to Tether, which has a recorded past of being a target of regulatory action, Bank of America lobbyists are arguing that it will always remain open and subject to US regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We apply all those tags in order to begin to tell the story of the ways in which the fossil fuel<\/a> lobbying these companies are doing is hurting some of their other clients, or working against what their other clients are attempting to achieve on climate,\" James Browning, director and founder of F Minus, explained. \"Then there's also an advocacy piece where we call on these other clients to drop these fossil fuel lobbying firms,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tremont Strategies did not comment on requests. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, also leads the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has eliminated over $60 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget since Trump was sworn in in January, and cancelled over 400 grants aimed at air and water quality and extreme weather resilience of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated that in collaborating with lobbyist companies affiliated with Tesla, Harvard and other institutions are sanctioned the company's work with Musk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're kind of normalizing and empowering this company to do business with Musk and DOGE who are among the largest threats on climate in general today,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Browning stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard representative Amy Kamosa did not respond to Harvard's collaboration with Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvard is working<\/a> in association with Tremont Strategies presently on the Allston I-90 Multimodal Project, an infrastructure development project to replace existing highway ramps with a new grid system permitting development on University-owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Harvard has made its own climate commitments. Harvard aims to be fossil fuel neutral by 2026, according to the University's Sustainability Office. Browning indicated that he thinks it's \"incompatible with Harvard's values\" to hire Tremont Strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus has effectively pushed universities to sever their relationships with lobbying companies previously. They pushed John Hopkins University out of its relationship with a \"coal lobbyist,\" Browning reports. But he acknowledged Harvard might be reluctant to switch lobbying companies since the I-90 project is still in planning stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cole A. Cochrane '27, Policy Director of the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group, added that he wishes Harvard would sever its ties with Tremont Strategies to make a statement regarding their top \"interests, priorities, and principles.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"When you've got an institution like Harvard, say one thing and do another, I think that sends a double standard to the public and to other institutions, corporations or even academic institutions broadly in the United States,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Cochrane said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"They're an example for not just the United States, but the world,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We ought not to have hypocrisy as an institution that is all about being honest.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Harvard faces pressure to drop fossil fuel-linked lobbying firm","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"harvard-faces-pressure-to-drop-fossil-fuel-linked-lobbying-firm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7554","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":10},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nThe firms declined to comment on whether the project will go ahead if the tax credit is reduced or repealed by the Trump administration. Fidelis, the firm based in Texas that owns AtmosClear, said it anticipates utilizing<\/a> the 45Q tax credit for the carbon sequestration part of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fidelis has put the project at over $800 million of investment and approximately 75 permanent and 600 construction positions, and potentially bring back forestry management employment in the area that had been affected by recent mill shutdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brian Marrs, Microsoft's senior director of energy and carbon, stated in a release the technology company appreciated the focus of the deal on jobs in local agricultural communities. It would also demonstrate Louisiana's leadership in becoming a center for carbon management research and applied technology, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louisiana state officials have been lobbying the U.S. Department of Energy and the state congressional delegation in the past few days to persuade them to preserve federal funding to facilitate the state's proposed Direct Air Capture facility in Calcasieu Parish, as well as the 45Q tax credit. The plant would be constructed starting from 2026, and commercial operations would be initiated in 2029.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Lobbying game behind Microsoft\u2019s $800 million carbon capture deal","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"lobbying-game-behind-microsofts-800-million-carbon-capture-deal","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-22 08:37:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-22 08:37:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7576","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7568,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content":"\n
Bank of America is lobbying Congress to enact legislation that will benefit banks when deciding who can issue stablecoins. The $284 billion Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) will seek to restrict the legal capabilities of non-banks to create stablecoins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CEO Brian Moynihan this year has been collaborating with lobbying organizations such as the American Bankers Association and Bank Policy Institute, according to reports. He would like to release a fully reserved, 1:1 backed \"Bank of America coin.\" If the bank succeeds, it could restrict the stablecoin initiatives of non-banks such as Coinbase, Circle, Amazon, Meta, Tether, and numerous others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America wants to compete with Circle, Tether<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Of course, Circle is also engaging in its own lobbying activities. The firm's largest stablecoin, USDC, boasts a $60 billion market cap that is second only to Tether's $144 billion USDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As opposed to Tether, which has a recorded past of being a target of regulatory action, Bank of America lobbyists are arguing that it will always remain open and subject to US regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, Bank of America has not been abiding by US laws at all times, such as underpaying<\/a> for FDIC insurance, charging customers twice, breaking the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and a DoJ financial fraud suit which resulted in a fine of over $16 billion. Both the House and Senate are debating legislation that would control stablecoins. Senators, for instance, presented the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Representatives in the House presented the STABLE Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither bill rules out the fact that a US firm can issue a stablecoin whether or not it is a bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank of America clearly is seeking to have language regarding the bank's special ability to do business or collateralize stablecoins inserted into any final bill presented to Donald Trump<\/a>'s desk for his signature. Bank of America also would like rule-making by US government agencies such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury, and their bureaus to favor or even grant exclusivity to bank-run stablecoins.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Bank of America lobbies Congress to secure monopoly on stablecoins","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bank-of-america-lobbies-congress-to-secure-monopoly-on-stablecoins","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-20 10:59:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7568","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7554,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-18 18:44:07","post_content":"\n
Climate responsibility firm F Minus will publish a report linking Harvard to Tesla <\/a>via a common lobbying firm, Tremont Strategies, and is calling on the University to distance itself from the lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F Minus, a 2023 climate accountability organization, releases lists of lobbying firms that represent both climate advocacy organizations and fossil fuel corporations to highlight the loyalties of these lobbying firms to conflicting client objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n