Hillary Takes Millions From Fossil Fuel Industry, Lies About It

Hillary Clinton says she’s tired of Bernie Sanders’s campaign lying about her. The only problem is he’s not lying, she is. She’s taken millions from the fossil fuel industry. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"But Clinton’s family foundation has accepted millions of dollars directly from major fossil fuel companies — including from those that lobbied her State Department just before the agency approved a controversial pipeline delivering what environmentalists call one of the world’s dirtiest sources of energy. The Clinton Foundation did not respond to International Business Times’ request for comment.

In 2009, the Clinton-led State Department approved a permit for the 400-mile Alberta Clipper pipeline, which is designed to pump up to 450,000 barrels of oil per day from the Canadian oil sands to Wisconsin (where recentpolls show Democratic primary voters are concerned about its impact). According to federal lobbying records reviewed by the IBT, Chevron and ConocoPhillips both lobbied the State Department specifically on the issue of “oil sands” in the immediate months prior to the department's approval, as did a trade association funded by ExxonMobil.”*

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