Fueling Disinformation
Chevron owns this city’s news site. Many stories aren’t told.
The oil and gas company-owned Richmond Standard tells mostly positive stories about the major industry that dominates this California city and its skyline.
Miranda reports on the intersection of dark money, the fossil fuel industrial complex and the manipulation of news to spread misinformation. miranda@floodlightnews.org
Fueling Disinformation
The oil and gas company-owned Richmond Standard tells mostly positive stories about the major industry that dominates this California city and its skyline.
Fueling Disinformation
A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither publishes critical stories about the utility.
Fueling Disinformation
Political strategist Eunic Epstein-Ortiz arrived in Florida from New York in 2017 to help a major labor union turn out voters for the following year. She recalls being pleasantly surprised by the positive coverage the campaign received from Florida Politics.
Fueling Disinformation
Citizens for Responsible Solar is part of a growing backlash against renewable energy in rural communities across the United States.
Power Play
ABC News producer in Florida becomes a corporate operative.
Power Play
Power company money flows to media attacking critics in Florida, Alabama.
Power Play
Leaked: U.S. power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy One industry consulting firm has influenced politics across Florida, Alabama and at least six other states.
Power Play
Political consulting firm Matrix also considered purchasing or creating other news sites, records show.
Utilities
A Los Angeles-area air board faces questions over grant spending amid some of the worst air pollution in the US.
Utilities
Customers saddled with paying 600 times the usual price for energy as regulators are accused of being too close to the industry they monitor.
Greenwashing
Oil companies and the banks that finance them are making empty promises – and getting credit for them too.
Utilities
Residents around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were paid to show support for natural gas trucks at community hearings