Occidental Petroleum

Trump's Inaugural Fund Received $19M from Fossil Fuel Industry

| Importance: 8/10

Donald Trump’s second inaugural fund received over $19 million from fossil fuel companies, including $2 million from Chevron and $1 million donations from ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Occidental Petroleum. These donations came after Trump promised oil executives at a Mar-a-Lago meeting …

Donald Trump Trump Administration Chevron ExxonMobil ConocoPhillips +1 more regulatory-capture government-contracts fossil-fuels campaign-finance
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Love Canal Disaster Exposes Decades of Corporate Toxic Dumping Cover-Up

| Importance: 9/10

On August 7, 1978, President Jimmy Carter declared a federal health emergency at Love Canal, a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York built atop a toxic waste dump. The disaster exposed how Hooker Chemical Company had knowingly sold contaminated land for housing development while concealing the …

Hooker Chemical Company Occidental Petroleum Niagara Falls Board of Education Lois Gibbs Jimmy Carter +1 more environmental pollution corporate-coverup toxic-waste public-health +1 more
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