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Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. 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he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8054,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 07:54:25","post_content":"\n As executives and lobbyists faced a shift in energy regulations, the oil and gas sector spent $38 million on lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease from the $44 million spent in the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the Biden administration, when the White House was pushing for alternative energy options despite record-high U.S. oil output, the oil and gas business spent more than $153 million on lobbying the federal government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The oil and gas sector may be poised for another boom now that Republicans control the entire federal government. The exploration of sensitive areas and national energy investments has been boosted nationwide by President Donald Trump's desire for domestic energy. The oil and gas sector has thus invested millions in lobbying to support pro-extraction laws, exploration of fossil fuels, and less regulation. Additionally, there are indications of a possible energy slowdown, which would lead to more lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than $3.2 million spent on influence efforts in the first three months of 2025, ConocoPhillips spent more on lobbying than any other firm in the sector. ConocoPhillips has concentrated its lobbying efforts on promoting liquefied natural gas exploration, much like many other oil and gas behemoths. Nuna and Willow were two projects that started producing oil on Alaska's North Slope for ConocoPhillips, which had spent over $8.4 million on lobbying the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20,000 barrels of oil per day are expected to be produced by the Nuna project, which reached oil at the end of last year. A program that was expected to release 180,000 barrels of oil per day, or 4% of the yearly carbon emissions in the United States, was halted by the ongoing push and pull over approval of the \"Willow Project.\" Additionally, in 2024, ConocoPhillips paid $22.5 billion to purchase Marathon Oil in an effort to strengthen its position in lower-48 oil production, particularly in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After years of rejection from almost all federal agencies involved in the permitting process, the Trump administration swiftly advanced the application for the highly controversial Ambler Road project, a 212-mile mineral access project in Alaska's North Slope. Plans to assist the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline project and Ambler Road were announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. In 2024, Venture Global LNG, a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas, spent $860,000 on lobbying, up from $20,000 in 2023. The Unlocking of Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 was the subject of lobbying by ConocoPhillips and several other oil and gas firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koch Inc. spent more than $2.8 million during the quarter, the second-highest amount, on lobbying the federal government. However, in order to concentrate on less risky markets, the business declared in April that it was abandoning the global oil trade. Among several other measures, Koch Inc. spent more than $11 million in 2024 pushing for the Environmental Protection Agency's emission limits and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared to $7 million the year before, the American Fuel and Petrochem Manufacturers spent over $28 million lobbying the federal government in 2024 on topics pertaining to<\/a> the enforcement of EPA regulations and automobile pollution standards. AFPM spent $1.8 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, far less than the $7.8 million it spent in the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With $880,000 in fees (about the same as the 2024 Q1 total of $870,000), the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck handled the most oil and gas work in the first quarter of the year. The largest rise was for BGR Group, which saw its oil and gas lobbying profits soar from $300,000 in the first quarter of 2024 to $450,000 this year.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Oil & gas industry spent $38\u202fmillion on lobbying in early 2025","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"oil-gas-industry-spent-38-million-on-lobbying-in-early-2025","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:09:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8054","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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