1.0国際環境NGO 350 Japanhttps://world.350.org/ja国際環境NGO 350 Japanhttps://world.350.org/jarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JovlqEUyB5"><a href="https://world.350.org/ja/today-blowing-whistle-dirty-energy-money/">TODAY: Blowing the Whistle on Dirty Energy Money</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://world.350.org/ja/today-blowing-whistle-dirty-energy-money/embed/#?secret=JovlqEUyB5" width="600" height="338" title="“TODAY: Blowing the Whistle on Dirty Energy Money” — 国際環境NGO 350 Japan" data-secret="JovlqEUyB5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://world.350.org/ja/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> A guest blog from our friend Steve Kretzmann, cross-posted from our friends at Oil Change International.On Tuesday, January 24, as Washington readies for the annual State of the Union address, more than 500 people in referee outfits are converging on Capitol Hill to “blow the whistle” on Congress. Why? Consider these two facts:1. The American people believe (rightly) that Members of Congress are more responsive to their campaign donors than to their own constituents.2. Americans of all affiliations clearly favor ending fossil fuel industry handouts.Americans are sick of watching Congress receive bribes from the fossil fuel industry to vote for scams like the Keystone XL pipeline and fossil fuel subsidies. We see what’s happening, and we’re declaring it out of bounds and unsportsmanlike from this point forward.The five biggest oil companies alone have made more than $1 trillion in profits over the last decade. It’s absurd that these companies still demand, and still receive, handouts from Congress paid for by taxpayers. This isn’t about energy or jobs – it’s about greed and corruption.Listed below is some useful information about the cycle of dirty energy money corruption going on in Congress.Money In – Campaign Finance(All data is from Oil Change International’s Dirty Energy Money campaign which uses public data made available by the Center for Responsive Politics.)Since 1999, the coal, oil and gas industries have shelled out more than $93 million to current members of Congress.The trend is increasing with each election cycle, and current members of Congress took over $25 million in campaign contributions from the oil, coal and gas industries in 2009-2010.Through October of 2011, dirty energy interests had given this Congress $7.8 million in this cycle alone.Speaker Boehner has received the most money from the fossil fuel industry during this term, with more than $287,000 received from the oil, gas and coal industries.It is worth noting that direct contributions to candidates are only one way that the fossil fuel industry exerts influence. Substantially larger sums of money are mobilized by SuperPacs and other entities.http://priceofoil.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/2012/01/HodingRef.jpg