Trump gives a backdoor bailout to major polluter with a shady past

Chesapeake Energy, Main Beneficiary of BLM’s Lease Suspensions, Has Been Fined Nearly $14 Million In Environmental Penalties and $25 Million For RacketeeringQ1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreWASHINGTON, D.C. –One of the largest beneficiaries of a new pro-industry Interior Department policy is an energy company with a long list of environmental violations and has been penalized for racketeering, according to a new report from Politico.The new policy allows oil and gas companies to pause their leases without paying rent to the government, which amounts to a massive give away to ind...

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