This Week at CMD

 
 

Last week, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) partnered with Grist to publish a bombshell investigation from independent journalist Alleen Brown that exposes how the Canadian pipeline company Enbridge poured a total of $8.6 million into 97 Minnesota public agencies while it was constructing its Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline.

The largest expenses reimbursed from by Enbridge were over $5 million for wages, meals, lodging, mileage, and other contingencies as police and emergency workers responded to protests during construction. More than $700,000 went to pay for crowd control equipment, including riot gear, gas masks, and zip ties.

Indigenous-led opponents of the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline had been participating in acts of civil disobedience to disrupt its construction, arguing that it would pollute water, exacerbate the climate crisis, and violate treaties with the Anishinaabe people.

Here’s the latest on other recent CMD investigations you may have missed:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Koch Industries Still Rides the Tax Subsidy Gravy Train

Koch Industries reaps the benefits of more than $38 million in local and state tax rebates, tax reductions, and grants in 2021 and 2022.

 

Super PAC Ads Unleashed in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Before Heated Primary

Super PACs are jumping into the Wisconsin state Supreme Court race. This week a total of $1.64 million was disclosed to the Wisconsin Ethics Commission for TV and radio ads by outside groups. This is on top of $1.7 million spent by the four contestants.

 
 

ALEC Expands Private Board of Directors with Woke Capitalism Fighters

The American Legislative Exchange Council has expanded its private sector board of directors—or what it calls its "Private Enterprise Advisory Council"—to include operatives in the right-wing's fight against "woke capitalism."

 

Group Linked to Anti-Abortion Activist Leonard Leo Was Top Funder of Republican AG Campaigns in 2022

A group tied to the influential anti-abortion activist Leonard Leo gave $3 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association in the fourth quarter, making it the largest contributor to the organization in 2022.

 

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Koch Industries Hedges Its Bets With Solar

Over the past two years, Koch Industries and its astroturf political arm, Americans for Prosperity, have spent millions lobbying Congress to kill President Biden’s agenda, with the Inflation Reduction Act and its stalled predecessor, Build Back Better, among its top targets.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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