Big Oil spent $450 million to influence Trump and Republicans in 2024 election cycle

Alex Witt, Climate Power senior advisor for oil and gas, said in a statement “That investment is already paying off.”

Big Oil spent $450 million to influence Trump and Republicans in 2024 election cycle
A climate justice march organized by Fridays for Future makes its way through Old Sacramento in September 2024. Photo by Dan Bacher. The activists marched to the CalSTRS office in West Sacramento to demand that the pension fund for retired teachers divest from oil and gas industry investments. Photo by Dan Bacher.