Democrats Backtrack on Big Oil Campaign Contribution Embargo

Guest essay by Eric Worrall

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Democratic National Committee Backtracks On Its Ban Of Fossil Fuel Donations

The move comes just two months after the party adopted a resolution to prohibit oil, gas and coal company contributions.

By Alexander C. Kaufman
11/08/2018 4:59 AM AEST

The Democratic National Committee passed a resolution Friday afternoon that activists say effectively reverses a ban on fossil fuel company donations.

The resolution introduced by DNC Chair Tom Perez states that the party “support[s] fossil fuel workers” and will accept donations from “employers’ political action committees.” It was approved by a 30-2 vote just two months after the committee adopted another resolution prohibiting donations from fossil fuel companies by a unanimous vote.

The new resolution nods to “forward-looking employers” that are “powering America’s all-of-the-above energy economy and moving us towards a future fueled by clean and low-emissions energy technology, from renewables to carbon capture and storage to advanced nuclear technology.”

“I am furious that the DNC would effectively undo a resolution passed just two months ago just as the movement to ban fossil fuel corporate PAC money is growing (and Democrats are winning),” said R.L. Miller, president of the super PAC Climate Hawks Vote, who co-sponsored the original resolution.

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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/dnc-fossil-fuel-donations_us_5b6dddd4e4b0530743c9ca67

A copy of the DNC resolution (obtained from a link in the article above):

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I think it is encouraging that the Democrat establishment have demonstrated, however reluctantly, that they understand renewable energy technology is not ready to power the US economy.