Climate Change and the Fuel of Denial
Explore climate change and the fuel of denial: atmospheric carbon dioxide, global warming, fossil fuel funding and political influence. Examine politicians’ climate statements, oil industry campaign contributions, Donald Trump’s fossil fuel stocks and bonds, and administration policy. Read the scientific evidence and financial records alongside the report. The report connects the greenhouse effect and scientific observations with campaign committee funding, public statements and fossil fuel interests across oil, natural gas and coal. Financial tables and original sources let readers examine the amounts, recipients and dates.
Climate Change and the Fuel of Denial
The physical reality
Carbon dioxide traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere. Adding more carbon dioxide causes warming. Burning coal, oil and natural gas increases atmospheric carbon dioxide. Climate change is measurable, and the public argument over its causes and consequences has a documented political and financial history. This review brings the scientific observations together with public statements, changes to federal information services, budget proposals and disclosed investments.
NASA identifies rising temperatures, increasing ocean heat, shrinking ice sheets, retreating glaciers and rising seas as independent observations of a warming planet. Human activity has increased atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping gases. Measurements across the atmosphere, oceans and land establish a global trend that cannot be evaluated from a single cold day or local snowfall.
In January 2026, the Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that 2025 was the third-warmest year in its ERA5 record: 1.47°C above the 1850–1900 average, compared with 1.60°C in 2024. The last eleven years were the eleven warmest. Its estimate of long-term warming was about 1.4°C; an individual annual temperature and the long-term warming level are different measures.
Denial and the administration’s public position
At the United Nations on September 23, 2025, President Donald Trump called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” In the same address, he promoted expanded oil and gas production, criticized wind and solar development, and defended withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. The transcript records his rejection of the climate-policy agenda in his own words.
Other administration officials have expressed different forms of opposition. In his February 5, 2025 remarks to Department of Energy staff, Energy Secretary Chris Wright acknowledged that climate change is real and that burning hydrocarbons is the dominant cause of the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. He nevertheless argued that the subject had been politicized and criticized rapid, government-directed energy transitions. His stated position accepts the physical change while opposing those policy responses.
Removed and altered public information
The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative’s website comparisons documented the removal of at least 80 EPA climate webpages in early December 2025. These included the Climate Change Impacts and Risk Analysis project and pages about climate indicators, health effects, coastal flooding and glaciers. EDGI also documented removal of the human-causes discussion from EPA’s Causes of Climate Change page while material about natural variation remained.
EDGI’s 2025 review also recorded removal of globalchange.gov and redirection of Climate.gov to a different NOAA page. These changes affected access to federal assessments and explanatory material. They do not amount to removal of all climate information from the internet: NASA’s climate science pages and independent scientific archives remained accessible when reviewed for this article.
On August 25, 2026, the administration proposed amending the Fifth National Climate Assessment with caveats about its highest-emissions projections. EDGI’s September review links the proposal and identifies the scenarios affected. This was a proposed change to how the assessment is presented and used, rather than a new measurement of global temperature.
Monitoring and research under pressure
The administration’s FY2026 NOAA budget request proposed ending funding for climate, weather and ocean laboratories and cooperative institutes, along with regional climate data and competitive climate research. Those proposed eliminations targeted the research infrastructure behind climate analysis and monitoring. A budget request describes what the administration sought; it is not itself proof that every laboratory or observing station closed.
The FY2027 presidential budget continued the proposed reductions: $1.6 billion from NOAA operations, research and grants, and $1.1 billion from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The DOE proposal specifically sought to end funding for climate-change research within that office. The same budget proposed eliminating EPA’s Atmospheric Protection Program. These are requested funding changes, separately identifiable from the webpage removals already documented.
Funding the organized opposition
Robert Brulle’s study, Institutionalizing delay, examined U.S. organizations opposing climate action using tax and foundation records for 2003–2010. It analyzed 91 organizations supported by 140 foundations, including advocacy groups, think tanks and trade associations.
The organizations’ combined annual income was just over $900 million, with an average of $64 million a year in identifiable foundation support. The larger number was total organizational income, not a measured sum spent exclusively on climate communications. Brulle also found a growing role for donor-directed philanthropy, which limited visibility into the original funding sources.
Trump’s disclosed oil investments
Trump’s annual financial disclosure for 2025, received by the Office of Government Ethics on June 29, 2026, lists securities issued by major oil companies. Adding the disclosed value bands across the identified Part 6 entries gives Chevron $2,595,010–$11,350,000; Exxon Mobil $3,180,009–$12,450,000; and ConocoPhillips $647,008–$1,430,000. These are calculated totals of reported ranges for those issuers, not exact valuations.
The same filing records purchases and sales as separate transactions and includes additional holdings in Halliburton, Kinder Morgan and Williams Companies. The amounts above describe reported assets for the 2025 disclosure period, not their current market prices, the original purchase cost or campaign contributions. The underlying disclosure and the issuer-by-issuer extraction are retained with this research.
National security and public access
The CNA Military Advisory Board’s 2014 report, National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change, connected environmental changes with existing social and institutional pressures. Its analysis addressed risks to military readiness, coastal infrastructure and the communities on which installations depend, and called for climate risks to be incorporated into security planning.
The scientific record, the public statements, the changes to information access and the financial disclosures address different parts of the same public debate. The linked records preserve their dates, scope and authorship so that readers can examine both the reality of climate change and the documented opposition to acting on it.
Article sources
- NASA — Observations of a warming planet
- Copernicus — 2025 global climate results, January 2026
- Trump — United Nations address, September 23, 2025 (transcript)
- DOE — Chris Wright’s remarks to staff, February 5, 2025
- EDGI — Before/after record of EPA climate webpage removals, December 2025
- EDGI — Climate of Suppression, federal website review (2025)
- EDGI — National Climate Assessment amendment proposal, September 2026
- NOAA — FY2026 Congressional Budget Justification (proposal)
- White House — FY2027 budget request, Commerce / Energy / EPA
- Brulle — Institutionalizing delay, Climatic Change (2014)
- OGE — Trump 2025 annual disclosure, received June 29, 2026; Part 6
- CNA Military Advisory Board — National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change (2014)
Climate evidence and the funding behind denial
Explore climate science, political funding, disclosed financial interests and government decisions. Dated records distinguish observed changes from modeled future effects.
Financial interests and climate policy
Trump’s disclosures show investments in oil producers, pipelines and drilling suppliers. His administration’s policies affect those businesses and future emissions. Ownership, government action, modeled climate effects and personal returns are separate parts of the evidence.
Climate policy, financial interests and effects →- Donald Trump annual financial disclosure for reporting year 2025
- NASA explanation of the causes of climate change
- DOE extends Golden Pass LNG export deadline
- EPA repeal of vehicle greenhouse gas standards
- EPA power plant repeal and separate proposal
- EPA estimate of power plant repeal impacts
- NASA explanation of climate impacts
Projected emissions and warming
EPA’s analysis projects higher annual power plant carbon dioxide emissions under the partial repeal than under the standards being repealed.
EPA projected emissions after the repeal →- EPA estimate of power plant repeal impacts
- NASA explanation of the causes of climate change
- NASA explanation of climate impacts
Public climate information
EDGI documented removal, redirection or loss of updates for federal climate resources, including screening tools and the USGCRP portal.
Government climate information access →- Federal climate website changes and archive comparisons
- Archived NOAA Climate gov maps and data
- NOAA Climate Data Online
NASA monitoring
A 2025 proposal to end funding for OCO-2 and OCO-3 was followed by August 2026 agreements for Caltech to operate the missions and data systems. NASA says both continue collecting data.
NASA carbon monitoring missions →- Proposed closure of NASA carbon monitoring missions
- NASA and Caltech continue OCO missions
Industry climate messaging
An April 2024 congressional staff report described differences between public climate commitments and private planning or lobbying at Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell and industry associations.
Industry climate messaging investigation →- Denial Disinformation and Doublespeak
NASA’s scientific assessment
NASA’s scientific assessment identifies human activities as the principal cause of recent warming.
Human-caused warming →- NASA: Evidence
- NASA: Scientific consensus
Copernicus annual temperature figures
Copernicus ranks 2025 third in ERA5, at 1.47°C above 1850–1900, compared with 1.60°C for 2024.
2025 was ERA5’s third-warmest year, 1.47°C above 1850-1900. →- Copernicus: 2025 was the third hottest year on record
Follow the funding links
Brulle’s study maps 5,299 grants totaling $558 million from 140 foundations to 91 organizations during 2003–2010. The recipients carried out multiple activities.
Study-mapped funding network →ExxonMobil Foundation →Koch-affiliated foundations →DonorsTrust →- Drexel: Brulle funding study, 2003–2010
January 2015 Senate votes
The Senate held separate votes in January 2015 on acknowledging climate change and on acknowledging its human causes. The roll calls record the amendment wording and each senator’s vote.
Senate acknowledged climate change, 98–1 →- Senate roll call 10, Whitehouse amendment 29
The findings of the CRU inquiry
The parliamentary CRU inquiry reported that it had not found systematic scientific deception in the evidence it examined. It also criticized disclosure practices.
CRU inquiry: scientific-deception allegation →- UK Parliament: CRU inquiry summary
Funding records: 2023–2024
The comparison uses 2023–2024 FEC committee summaries and transaction records retrieved September 12, 2026. The selected committees include oil-company PACs, API PAC, First Solar PAC, ACP CLEANPOWER PAC, NextEra Energy PAC, environmental super PACs and Senate Leadership Fund. Each table identifies its reporting period and financial measure.
Political funding · 2023–2024 →- FEC: 2023–2024 committee summary data
- FEC: committee summary field definitions
- NASA: evidence for human-caused climate change
Company and trade-association PACs
During 2023–2024, Chevron Employees PAC reported $1,514,146.50 in disbursements, ExxonMobil PAC $1,019,635 and ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC $470,175. First Solar PAC reported $164,512 and ACP CLEANPOWER PAC $469,575.55. NextEra Energy PAC reported $2,480,485.19. NextEra’s business includes renewable generation, gas and other utility operations. The table compares these selected company and trade-association PACs over the same two years.
Chevron Employees PAC →First Solar PAC →ACP CLEANPOWER PAC →NextEra Energy PAC →- FEC: 2023–2024 committee summary data
- NextEra Energy: company overview
- First Solar: company overview
- American Clean Power Association: represented industries
Advocacy and super-PAC spending
LCV Victory Fund reported $84,289,736.28 in disbursements, including $46,685,018.06 in independent expenditures. EDF Action Votes reported $19,061,705.69 and $10,871,401.77 respectively. Climate Power Action reported $10,389,906.13 in disbursements and zero in its own independent-expenditure field, alongside the transfers listed below. Senate Leadership Fund is a multipurpose Republican super PAC. The table shows each committee’s full reported activity.
LCV Victory Fund →EDF Action Votes →Climate Power Action →Senate Leadership Fund →- FEC: 2023–2024 committee summary data
- FEC: committee summary field definitions
Both parties receive funding: a defined candidate-cash subset
The table sums non-memo type-24K cash records dated in 2023–2024, including negative adjustments, joined by candidate ID to the FEC cycle master. Republican, Democratic, Independent and unmatched entries are shown. FEC bulk amounts are whole dollars. Party affiliation comes from the cycle-master snapshot. Party-committee transfers, other PAC transfers, in-kind contributions and independent expenditures appear in their respective channels.
Political funding · 2023–2024 →- FEC: 2023–2024 committee-to-candidate records
- FEC: 2024 candidate master and party codes
- FEC: transaction type definitions
Recorded payer-to-recipient routes
FEC recipient filings record $4.5 million from Chevron Corporation and $3.5 million from the American Petroleum Institute at Senate Leadership Fund during 2023–2024. LCV Inc. contributed $48.675 million to LCV Victory Fund. The selected onward transfers include $120,000 from Climate Power Action to LCV Victory Fund. Each route below lists one payer, one recipient and its recorded amount. A transfer is recorded at both ends of the same flow.
- FEC: 2023–2024 committee transaction records
- FEC: 2023–2024 committee summary data
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Campaign payments and dated climate statements
API PAC contributed $5,000 to Ted Cruz’s committee on November 10, 2023 and $5,000 on September 19, 2024. In a December 8, 2015 hearing statement, Cruz asserted that satellite data showed no significant warming for 18 years. The same FEC scan records oil PAC contributions to Lizzie Fletcher’s committee. Her February 27, 2019 opening statement recognized climate change and primarily human causation. The campaign transactions and public statements retain their respective dates and sources.
Ted Cruz campaign (R) →Cruz climate statement · 2015 →Lizzie Fletcher campaign (D) →Fletcher climate statement · 2019 →- FEC: 2023–2024 committee-to-candidate records
- Ted Cruz: December 8, 2015 climate hearing statement
- Lizzie Fletcher: February 27, 2019 climate hearing opening statement
- NASA: evidence for human-caused climate change
Heartland’s account of Exxon funding
Heartland acknowledged Exxon support during 1998–2006 in its July 23, 2021 response. It described contributions of about $50,000 and a share below 5% of its annual budget. Heartland also stated that Exxon’s support did not fund its later NIPCC publications and conferences. Its publications challenge mainstream climate assessments. The earlier Brulle funding study and NASA’s scientific evidence remain linked separately.
The Heartland Institute →Study-mapped funding network →- Heartland’s response about Exxon funding, July 23, 2021
- Climate Change Reconsidered II: Biological Impacts
- NASA: evidence for human-caused climate change
Trump’s disclosed purchases and sales
Donald Trump’s annual disclosure covers reporting year 2025 and was received by OGE on June 29, 2026. The selected entries below record purchases and sales of securities in energy producers, pipeline companies and an oilfield-services company. Amounts retain the filing’s dollar bands. Page, investment-account and row references identify each entry.
Trump’s energy investments →- Donald Trump: 2025 reporting-year annual disclosure, received June 29, 2026
Reported oil-related holdings
The JEC Minority’s August 2026 paper reports an overall oil/gas holding range of about $12.5 million–$45.6 million. Its nine issuer rows reproduced below sum to $10,110,067–$39,155,000; the paper also names additional companies. The table reproduces the staff’s issuer estimates, with the source attribution and disclosed bounds retained.
Trump’s energy investments →- JEC Minority: August 2026 oil-stock analysis, table on page 2
- Donald Trump: 2025 reporting-year annual disclosure, received June 29, 2026
What 31,400 MBOE means
31,400 million barrels of oil equivalent means about 31.4 billion barrels of combined oil-equivalent energy. In the East Greenland table, oil alone is 8,902.13 million barrels, about 8.9 billion; gas is about 86.2 trillion cubic feet, and natural-gas liquids about 8.1 billion barrels. These are mean undiscovered conventional resources. The 2019 geological account says Jameson Land and its subvolcanic extension were not quantitatively assessed in this regional total.
USGS offshore petroleum assessment →- USGS: East Greenland Rift Basins, 2007 assessment
- USGS: Circum-Arctic appraisal, Fact Sheet 2008-3049, table 1
- USGS: East Greenland geology and assessment, 2019
Greenland petroleum-system studies
The Hareelv study examines source rocks from a 233.8-metre cored succession at Blokelv-1 in Jameson Land. The GEUS seep inventory records natural hydrocarbon occurrences and their geological context. A separate USGS West Greenland–East Canada assessment, published in 2025, estimates 7.8 billion barrels of undiscovered oil across that shared province.
Hareelv Formation · scientific paper →Greenland petroleum seeps · inventory →West Greenland–East Canada assessment →- GEUS Bulletin: Hareelv Formation petroleum geochemistry, 2018
- GEUS Bulletin: Greenland petroleum seep inventory, 2021
- USGS: West Greenland–East Canada, 2023 assessment published July 9, 2025
Minerals and dated strategic statements
GEUS identifies 24 of the EU’s 34 critical raw materials in Greenland. Its review covers rare-earth minerals, graphite, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc, titanium, vanadium and other commodities. About 80% of Greenland is ice-covered. On January 7, 2025, Trump declined to rule out military force over Greenland. At Davos on January 21, 2026, he said he would not use force, while stating a national-security interest.
Minerals and the ice sheet →Trump’s stated strategic interest →Rare-earth minerals →Molybdenum · Malmbjerg →Graphite →Nickel, cobalt and copper →Zinc, lead and associated metals →Titanium, vanadium and platinum-group metals →- GEUS: Review of critical raw-material resource potential in Greenland, MiMa 2023/1
- GEUS: Mineral resources in Greenland, overview
- TIME: Trump declines to rule out force, January 7, 2025
- Trump Davos speech transcript, January 21, 2026
Greenland project agreements and corporate roles
Greenland Energy describes an agreement to fund two exploration wells and earn up to a 70% interest in the Jameson Land project. Its account identifies 80 Mile and subsidiary White Flame as licence owners and Halliburton as a contractor. September 2026 documents announce indicative merger terms between Greenland Energy and 80 Mile, subject to conditions. The Guardian reported an August 2026 drilling delay.
Greenland Energy Company →80 Mile plc →White Flame Energy A/S →Jameson Land exploration →- Greenland Energy: Jameson Land agreement, contractor and licence structure
- 80 Mile / Greenland Energy: September 2026 possible merger announcement
- The Guardian, August 12, 2026: Greenland drilling delay
Disclosed holdings and the filed consulting contract
Trump’s 2025 disclosure lists Halliburton in investment account 1, row 216, at $15,001–$50,000, with dividends of $201–$1,000. It separately lists purchases on October 10, October 29 and December 17, 2025, each at $1,001–$15,000. Halliburton Energy Services and March GL signed a consulting agreement on April 11, 2025. Greenland Energy’s Q1 2026 filing identifies March GL as a wholly owned subsidiary after the March 25 corporate combination.
Halliburton · securities →March GL Company →Halliburton consulting agreement →- OGE: Trump annual financial disclosure for 2025, received June 29, 2026
- Halliburton Energy Services–March GL consulting agreement, April 11, 2025
- Greenland Energy: Q1 2026 Form 10-Q, completed corporate combination
Equipment, permission and drilling plans
Greenland’s July 30 notice names White Flame Energy as the licence holder responsible for moving equipment to Nerlerit Inaat without the required approval. A former approval had expired. The government issued a formal warning and allowed the equipment to remain in agreed airport storage. On August 12, it said the required assessments and consultation could not be completed for winter 2026/2027. Greenland Energy’s SEC-filed response describes a targeted winter-2027 permitting timeline.
White Flame Energy A/S →Equipment movement · July 2026 →Drilling timetable · August 2026 →Permagreen · logistics →- Government of Greenland: 80 Mile camp moved to Nerlerit Inaat, July 30, 2026
- Government of Greenland: assessment of drilling timetable, August 12, 2026
- Greenland Energy: permitting update, August 11, 2026, SEC exhibit
Energy holdings by account and reported income
The table records all 49 matching Part 6 entries for these six issuers in Trump’s 2025 annual disclosure. Each entry retains its account label, row number, printed page, value category and reported income. The filing was received June 29, 2026.
Chevron · securities →Exxon Mobil · securities →Kinder Morgan · securities →Williams Companies · securities →ConocoPhillips · securities →Halliburton · securities →- OGE: Trump annual financial disclosure for 2025, received June 29, 2026
Purchases and sales during 2025
The six-issuer extraction contains 251 transaction entries in Part 7. Purchase and sale columns sum the lower and upper bounds of the disclosed transactions. They describe transaction amounts; acquisition cost for positions still held, dividends and realized gains are separate disclosure measures.
Chevron · securities →Exxon Mobil · securities →Halliburton · securities →Kinder Morgan · securities →Williams Companies · securities →ConocoPhillips · securities →- OGE: Trump annual financial disclosure for 2025, received June 29, 2026
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Climate policy, financial interests and effects
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingClimate policy, financial interests and effects
documented
Trump’s disclosures show investments in oil producers, pipelines and drilling suppliers. His administration’s policies affect those businesses and future emissions. Ownership, government action, modeled climate effects and personal returns are separate parts of the evidence.
47 matched oil and gas issuers across 178 account rows total $11,978,142–$44,131,000 in 2025 disclosed value bands. These are selected holdings, not exact balances or realized profit.
244 identified purchases and sales in six oil and gas companies retain their account, printed page and row references.
People and businesses associated with this location
District of Columbia
Donald Trump →Financial interests and climate decisions
Connection and sources →Documented connections
Additional emissions and global warming
Additional emissions and global warming →Connection and sources →Paris agreement withdrawal directive
Paris agreement withdrawal directive →Connection and sources →Federal wind approval pause
Federal wind approval pause →Connection and sources →Golden Pass LNG export extension
Golden Pass LNG export extension →Connection and sources →Methane charge implementing rule repeal
Methane charge implementing rule repeal →Connection and sources →Challenges to state climate measures
Challenges to state climate measures →Connection and sources →Coal expansion and AI power demand
Coal expansion and AI power demand →Connection and sources →Clean vehicle and home energy credit expirations
Clean vehicle and home energy credit expirations →Connection and sources →International climate body withdrawal directive
International climate body withdrawal directive →Connection and sources →Vehicle greenhouse gas rule rescission
Vehicle greenhouse gas rule rescission →Connection and sources →Power plant carbon rule partial repeal
Power plant carbon rule partial repeal →Connection and sources →US emissions outlook after policy changes
US emissions outlook after policy changes →Connection and sources →USDA climate pages and litigation
USDA climate pages and litigation →Connection and sources →NOAA Climate.gov archive
NOAA Climate.gov archive →Connection and sources →EPA climate causes webpage changes
EPA climate causes webpage changes →Connection and sources →NASA science budget request
NASA science budget request →Connection and sources →Exxon historical climate projections and statements
Exxon historical climate projections and statements →Connection and sources →Trump’s UN climate remarks
Trump’s UN climate remarks →Connection and sources →Financial interests and climate decisions
Donald Trump →Connection and sources →Disclosed holdings in policy-affected industries
Oil and gas →Connection and sources →Environmental policy and drilling access
Related policy evidence; not proof of financial motive.
Greenland environmental policy and resource access →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
EPA projected emissions after the repeal
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingEPA projected emissions after the repeal
documented
EPA’s analysis projects higher annual power plant carbon dioxide emissions under the partial repeal than under the standards being repealed.
EPA Table 3-3 reports annual additions of 20, 406, 533 and 486 million metric tons of CO₂ in 2030, 2035, 2040 and 2045.
These are modeled future differences, not observed emissions, cumulative totals or probabilities.
EPA’s cost comparison does not assign a dollar value to the climate damage from these additional emissions. Compliance savings do not measure the full social effect.
Documented connections
EPA models emissions relative to retaining standards
Power plant carbon rule partial repeal →Connection and sources →Additional greenhouse gases contribute to warming
Additional emissions and global warming →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Government climate information access
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingGovernment climate information access
documented
EDGI documented removal, redirection or loss of updates for federal climate resources, including screening tools and the USGCRP portal.
The report records disappearance of EPA EJScreen and CEQ screening tools in early 2025 and the USGCRP portal in July.
Archive comparisons identify specific changes; they do not establish that all underlying government climate data were destroyed.
NOAA Climate Data Online remains available.
Documented connections
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NASA carbon monitoring missions
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingNASA carbon monitoring missions
documented
A 2025 proposal to end funding for OCO-2 and OCO-3 was followed by August 2026 agreements for Caltech to operate the missions and data systems. NASA says both continue collecting data.
Agreements were signed August 14 and announced August 24, 2026, for up to five years. NASA retains ownership.
The later record does not support describing the two missions as shut down.
Documented connections
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Industry climate messaging investigation
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingIndustry climate messaging investigation
attributed congressional investigation
An April 2024 congressional staff report described differences between public climate commitments and private planning or lobbying at Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell and industry associations.
This is an attributed investigative finding based on cited documents, not a court judgment.
The report also records opposition by some companies to particular methane rollbacks. Industry positions differ across companies and policies.
Documented connections
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Human-caused warming
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingHuman-caused warming
Source record
NASA’s scientific assessment identifies human activities as the principal cause of the recent warming trend.
Category: science
Documented connections
Existing climate evidence
Climate observations →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
2025 was ERA5’s third-warmest year, 1.47°C above 1850-1900.
← Global Warming reportGlobal Warming2025 was ERA5’s third-warmest year, 1.47°C above 1850-1900.
Source record
Copernicus reported 2025 at 1.47°C above 1850–1900 in ERA5, compared with 1.60°C for 2024.
Category: update
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Study-mapped funding network
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingStudy-mapped funding network
Attributed research finding
Brulle studied 5,299 grants: $558 million from 140 foundations to 91 organizations, 2003–2010. The recipients had multiple purposes; this is not climate-only spending.
Documented connections
Study-mapped support; amount not assigned
DonorsTrust →Connection and sources →Study-mapped support; amount not assigned
Donors Capital →Connection and sources →Study-mapped support; amount not assigned
Searle Freedom Trust →Connection and sources →Study-mapped support; amount not assigned
John William Pope Foundation →Connection and sources →Study-mapped support; amount not assigned
Howard Charitable Foundation →Connection and sources →Study-mapped support; amount not assigned
Sarah Scaife Foundation →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
ExxonMobil Foundation
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingExxonMobil Foundation
Attributed funding link
2003–2007 support identified by the study.
Documented connections
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Koch-affiliated foundations
← Global Warming reportKoch-affiliated foundations
2003–2007 support identified by the study.
Drexel’s summary of Robert Brulle’s peer-reviewed study identifies Koch-affiliated foundation funding of climate-change countermovement organizations during 2003–2007. The study covers organizations working on multiple issues.
The published research identifies Koch-affiliated foundations among funders of climate-change countermovement organizations in 2003–2007.
Follow the connections
Study-mapped support; amount not assigned → Study-mapped funding network
Climate funding · 2003–2007 study findings → Climate-funding research
Climate-funding research →Open the interactive map
DonorsTrust
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingDonorsTrust
Attributed funding link
Intermediary identified in the study.
Documented connections
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Senate acknowledged climate change, 98–1
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingSenate acknowledged climate change, 98–1
Source record
On January 21, 2015, the Senate adopted the amendment acknowledging climate change, 98–1. Cruz and Inhofe voted yes.
Separate roll calls record the amendment wording and votes.
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CRU inquiry: scientific-deception allegation
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingCRU inquiry: scientific-deception allegation
Source record
The parliamentary CRU inquiry reported that it had not found systematic scientific deception in the evidence it examined. It also criticized disclosure practices.
Category: history
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Political funding · 2023–2024
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingPolitical funding · 2023–2024
Source-linked record
The tables list selected committees by reporting period and financial channel.
Documented connections
Committee in the comparison
ExxonMobil PAC →Connection and sources →Committee in the comparison
ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC →Connection and sources →Committee in the comparison
API PAC →Connection and sources →Energy-sector funding records
Renewable Energy →Connection and sources →Energy-sector funding records
Fossil Fuels →Connection and sources →Recorded candidate party affiliation
Republican recipients →Connection and sources →Recorded candidate party affiliation
Democratic recipients →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Chevron Employees PAC
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingChevron Employees PAC
Source-linked record
Oil company PAC. FEC 2023–2024 receipts: $1,481,006.54; total disbursements: $1,514,146.50; independent expenditures: $0. Contributions to other committees (Form 3X line 23): $1,063,500.
Documented connections
Connected organization of PAC
FEC-recorded organizational connection.
Chevron Corporation →Connection and sources →$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
$10,000, 2023-05-01 through 2024-07-29. PAC cash to candidate committee. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
Lizzie Fletcher campaign (D) →Connection and sources →Connected locations
Lizzie Fletcher campaign (D) →$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
First Solar PAC
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingFirst Solar PAC
Source-linked record
Solar company PAC. FEC 2023–2024 receipts: $145,499.92; total disbursements: $164,512; independent expenditures: $0. Contributions to other committees (Form 3X line 23): $159,500.
Documented connections
Connected organization of PAC
FEC-recorded organizational connection.
First Solar →Connection and sources →$6,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
$6,000, 2023-06-14 through 2024-03-15. PAC cash to candidate committee. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
Jason Smith campaign (R) →Connection and sources →$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
$10,000, 2023-06-14 through 2024-03-15. PAC cash to candidate committee. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
Sherrod Brown campaign (D) →Connection and sources →$15,000 · Committee-to-committee transfer
$15,000, 2024-09-25 through 2024-09-25. Committee-to-committee transfer. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
Senate Majority PAC →Connection and sources →$10,000 · Committee-to-committee transfer
$10,000, 2024-09-11 through 2024-09-11. Committee-to-committee transfer. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
DSCC →Connection and sources →Connected locations
Jason Smith campaign (R) →$6,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
Relationship, dates and sources →Sherrod Brown campaign (D) →$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
ACP CLEANPOWER PAC
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingACP CLEANPOWER PAC
Source-linked record
Clean-energy trade-association PAC. FEC 2023–2024 receipts: $487,929.41; total disbursements: $469,575.55; independent expenditures: $0. Contributions to other committees (Form 3X line 23): $403,800.
Documented connections
Connected organization of PAC
FEC-recorded organizational connection.
American Clean Power Association →Connection and sources →$7,500 · PAC cash to candidate committee
$7,500, 2023-12-21 through 2024-04-23. PAC cash to candidate committee. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
John Curtis House campaign (R) →Connection and sources →$30,000 · Committee-to-committee transfer
$30,000, 2023-02-14 through 2024-01-09. Committee-to-committee transfer. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
NRSC →Connection and sources →$30,000 · Committee-to-committee transfer
$30,000, 2023-02-14 through 2024-01-09. Committee-to-committee transfer. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
DCCC →Connection and sources →Connected locations
John Curtis House campaign (R) →$7,500 · PAC cash to candidate committee
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
NextEra Energy PAC
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingNextEra Energy PAC
Source-linked record
Mixed utility / renewable and gas interests. FEC 2023–2024 receipts: $2,470,057.25; total disbursements: $2,480,485.19; independent expenditures: $0. Contributions to other committees (Form 3X line 23): $1,828,000.
Documented connections
Mixed renewable and natural-gas interests
Renewable Energy →Connection and sources →Mixed renewable and natural-gas interests
Fossil Fuels →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
LCV Victory Fund
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingLCV Victory Fund
Source-linked record
Environmental advocacy super PAC. FEC 2023–2024 receipts: $84,323,632.42; total disbursements: $84,289,736.28; independent expenditures: $46,685,018.06. Contributions to other committees (Form 3X line 23): $27,332,000.
Documented connections
$48,675,000 · Organization/corporation receipt reported by super PAC
$48,675,000, 2023-01-20 through 2024-10-24. Organization/corporation receipt reported by super PAC. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
League of Conservation Voters, Inc. →Connection and sources →$14,660,000 · Committee-to-committee transfer
$14,660,000, 2024-08-16 through 2024-10-11. Committee-to-committee transfer. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
FF PAC →Connection and sources →$120,000 · Committee-to-committee transfer
$120,000, 2024-08-13 through 2024-08-20. Committee-to-committee transfer. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
Climate Power Action →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
EDF Action Votes
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingEDF Action Votes
Source-linked record
Environmental advocacy super PAC. FEC 2023–2024 receipts: $19,347,890.90; total disbursements: $19,061,705.69; independent expenditures: $10,871,401.77. Contributions to other committees (Form 3X line 23): $6,025,000.
Documented connections
Open the interactive map
Climate Power Action
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingClimate Power Action
Source-linked record
Climate advocacy super PAC. FEC 2023–2024 receipts: $10,408,979.71; total disbursements: $10,389,906.13; independent expenditures: $0. Contributions to other committees (Form 3X line 23): $10,060,000.
Documented connections
$9,940,000 · Committee-to-committee transfer
$9,940,000, 2024-08-16 through 2024-09-25. Committee-to-committee transfer. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
FF PAC →Connection and sources →$120,000 · Committee-to-committee transfer
$120,000, 2024-08-13 through 2024-08-20. Committee-to-committee transfer. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
LCV Victory Fund →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Senate Leadership Fund
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingSenate Leadership Fund
Source-linked record
Multipurpose Republican super PAC. FEC 2023–2024 receipts: $298,859,706.60; total disbursements: $296,600,299.09; independent expenditures: $211,093,032.88. Contributions to other committees (Form 3X line 23): $67,437,000.
Documented connections
$4,500,000 · Organization/corporation receipt reported by super PAC
$4,500,000, 2023-09-19 through 2024-08-27. Organization/corporation receipt reported by super PAC. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
Chevron Corporation →Connection and sources →$3,500,000 · Organization/corporation receipt reported by super PAC
$3,500,000, 2023-12-01 through 2024-08-28. Organization/corporation receipt reported by super PAC. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
American Petroleum Institute →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Ted Cruz campaign (R)
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingTed Cruz campaign (R)
Source-linked record
Campaign committee for FEC candidate S2TX00312. Party in the 2024 cycle master: REP. Selected campaign receipts are shown in the connected records.
People and businesses associated with this location
Texas
API PAC →$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
Connection and sources →Documented connections
$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
$10,000, 2023-11-10 through 2024-09-19. PAC cash to candidate committee. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
API PAC →Connection and sources →2024 candidate party affiliation
Republican recipients →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Cruz climate statement · 2015
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingCruz climate statement · 2015
Source-linked record
On December 8, 2015, Cruz asserted that satellite data showed no significant warming for 18 years. His office published the hearing statement.
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Lizzie Fletcher campaign (D)
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingLizzie Fletcher campaign (D)
Source-linked record
Campaign committee for FEC candidate H8TX07140. Party in the 2024 cycle master: DEM. Selected campaign receipts are shown in the connected records.
People and businesses associated with this location
Texas
ExxonMobil PAC →$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
Connection and sources →API PAC →$6,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
Connection and sources →Chevron Employees PAC →$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
Connection and sources →ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC →$5,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
Connection and sources →Documented connections
$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
$10,000, 2023-05-08 through 2024-07-09. PAC cash to candidate committee. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
ExxonMobil PAC →Connection and sources →$6,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
$6,000, 2023-04-17 through 2024-09-12. PAC cash to candidate committee. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
API PAC →Connection and sources →$10,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
$10,000, 2023-05-01 through 2024-07-29. PAC cash to candidate committee. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
Chevron Employees PAC →Connection and sources →$5,000 · PAC cash to candidate committee
$5,000, 2023-06-20 through 2024-02-02. PAC cash to candidate committee. The attached filing records identify the individual transactions.
ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC →Connection and sources →2024 candidate party affiliation
Democratic recipients →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Fletcher climate statement · 2019
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingFletcher climate statement · 2019
Source-linked record
Fletcher’s February 27, 2019 opening statement recognizes climate change and primarily human causation.
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The Heartland Institute
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingThe Heartland Institute
Source-linked record
Heartland acknowledged Exxon support during 1998–2006 in its July 23, 2021 response. It described contributions of about $50,000 and a share below 5% of its annual budget. Heartland also stated that Exxon’s support did not fund its later NIPCC publications and conferences. Its publications challenge mainstream climate assessments. The earlier Brulle funding study and NASA’s scientific evidence remain linked separately.
Documented connections
Historical support · 1998–2006
Heartland acknowledged Exxon support during 1998–2006 in its July 23, 2021 response. It described contributions of about $50,000 and a share below 5% of its annual budget. Heartland also stated that Exxon’s support did not fund its later NIPCC publications and conferences. Its publications challenge mainstream climate assessments. The earlier Brulle funding study and NASA’s scientific evidence remain linked separately.
Exxon Mobil Corporation →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Trump’s energy investments
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingTrump’s energy investments
Source-linked record
Donald Trump’s annual disclosure covers reporting year 2025 and was received by OGE on June 29, 2026. The selected entries below record purchases and sales of securities in energy producers, pipeline companies and an oilfield-services company. Amounts retain the filing’s dollar bands. Page, investment-account and row references identify each entry.
Documented connections
Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-08-18: $500,001–$1,000,000; printed page 368, investment account 6, row 1600.
Chevron · securities →Connection and sources →Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-10-15: $15,001–$50,000; printed page 265, investment account 5, row 69.
Exxon Mobil · securities →Connection and sources →Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-04-17: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 275, investment account 5, row 377.
Kinder Morgan · securities →Connection and sources →Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-04-17: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 275, investment account 5, row 388. Sale on 2025-12-23: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 314, investment account 5, row 1584.
Williams Companies · securities →Connection and sources →Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-10-10: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 176, investment account 1, row 529. Part 6, printed page 12, account 1, row 216 separately reports a $15,001–$50,000 holding and $201–$1,000 dividend band.
Halliburton · securities →Connection and sources →Selected disclosed securities transactions
Sale on 2025-12-23: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 314, investment account 5, row 1586.
ConocoPhillips · securities →Connection and sources →Disclosed energy securities
Fossil Fuels →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
USGS offshore petroleum assessment
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingUSGS offshore petroleum assessment
Source-linked record
The 2007 USGS East Greenland Rift Basins assessment estimated about 31.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent in undiscovered conventional oil, gas and natural-gas liquids. Its oil component is about 8.9 billion barrels. Most assessed potential is offshore. Jameson Land and its subvolcanic extension were not quantitatively assessed in this total.
Oil: 8,902.13 million barrels (about 8.9 billion).
Gas: 86,180.06 billion cubic feet (about 86.2 trillion cubic feet).
Natural-gas liquids: 8,121.57 million barrels (about 8.1 billion).
Combined energy equivalent: 31,387.04 million BOE, rounded to 31,400 MBOE.
Classification: mean undiscovered, technically recoverable conventional resources; assessment did not evaluate project economics.
Documented connections
Research evidence
Greenland resources & interests →Connection and sources →Petroleum resource assessment
Fossil Fuels →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Hareelv Formation · scientific paper
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingHareelv Formation · scientific paper
Source-linked record
A 2018 GEUS paper examines the fully cored, 233.8-metre Blokelv-1 succession in Jameson Land. The Hareelv Formation contains organic-rich source rocks, generally immature to early mature away from igneous intrusions.
Organic carbon reaches nearly 19 weight percent in sampled material.
Measured source-rock characteristics describe petroleum-generation potential in the sampled succession.
Documented connections
Research evidence
Greenland resources & interests →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Greenland petroleum seeps · inventory
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingGreenland petroleum seeps · inventory
Source-linked record
The 2021 GEUS inventory records natural oil and gas seeps, stains, bitumen and related hydrocarbon indicators across Greenland, with locations, samples and geological references. These are observations of hydrocarbon occurrence.
Documented connections
Research evidence
Greenland resources & interests →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
West Greenland–East Canada assessment
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingWest Greenland–East Canada assessment
Geological estimate
The USGS 2023 assessment, published July 9, 2025, estimates mean undiscovered, technically recoverable resources of 7.8 billion barrels of oil and 91.9 trillion cubic feet of gas across the West Greenland–East Canada Province. The province spans both Greenland and Canada.
Documented connections
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Minerals and the ice sheet
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingMinerals and the ice sheet
Source-linked record
GEUS identifies 24 of the EU’s 34 critical raw materials in Greenland. Its 2023 review covers known occurrences, deposit estimates and assessed mineral potential. About 80% of Greenland is ice-covered; its ice-free land exceeds 400,000 square kilometres.
Documented connections
Research evidence
Greenland resources & interests →Connection and sources →Mineral resource study
Graphite →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Trump’s stated strategic interest
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingTrump’s stated strategic interest
Source-linked record
Reuters reported on January 22, 2026 that Trump described prospective long-term U.S. access to Greenland and the Golden Dome missile-defense project.
January 7, 2025: Trump declined to rule out military force in response to a question about Greenland and Panama.
January 21, 2026: Trump said at Davos that he would not use force for Greenland.
Documented connections
Research evidence
Greenland resources & interests →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Rare-earth minerals
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingRare-earth minerals
Geological research
The Gardar Province in South Greenland includes rare-earth occurrences at Kuannersuit/Kvanefjeld, Kringlerne/Killavaat Alannguat and Motzfeldt. The EURARE research inventory identifies distinct mineral hosts and additional carbonatite occurrences.
Documented connections
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Molybdenum · Malmbjerg
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingMolybdenum · Malmbjerg
Geological research
The 2023 GEUS review describes Malmbjerg in East Greenland. It cites a 2022 measured-and-indicated ore estimate of 315 million tonnes at 0.18% molybdenum disulphide, using a 0.08% cutoff. The tonnage describes ore, not contained molybdenum metal.
Documented connections
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Graphite
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingGraphite
Geological research
GEUS reviews graphite occurrences and deposit potential in Greenland, including West Greenland. Graphite is a separate commodity from the island’s petroleum resources.
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Nickel, cobalt and copper
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingNickel, cobalt and copper
Geological research
GEUS reviews nickel, cobalt and copper mineral systems and exploration potential, including West Greenland. Its occurrence inventories and predictive resource assessments have separately stated evidence categories.
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Zinc, lead and associated metals
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingZinc, lead and associated metals
Geological research
The Franklinian Basin in North Greenland contains zinc–lead mineral potential. GEUS discusses possible associated germanium and gallium; the report identifies no quantified Greenland germanium resources.
Documented connections
Open the interactive map
Titanium, vanadium and platinum-group metals
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingTitanium, vanadium and platinum-group metals
Geological research
The GEUS review describes titanium–vanadium systems and the Skaergaard intrusion in East Greenland, including platinum-group metals. Deposit estimates in the review retain their original dates and resource classifications.
Documented connections
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Greenland Energy Company
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingGreenland Energy Company
Source-linked record
Greenland Energy Company, Nasdaq GLND, completed its business combination on March 25, 2026. Its Q1 filing identifies March GL, Greenland Exploration and Pelican as wholly owned subsidiaries. The company’s Jameson Land exploration project involves White Flame Energy and 80 Mile.
On April 29, 2026 the company announced a $70 million gross public offering, before fees and expenses.
On August 11, 2026 the company reported a targeted winter-2027 permitting timeline, subject to Greenland’s regulatory process.
Connected locations
Jameson Land exploration →Earn-in agreement · up to 70%
Relationship, dates and sources →80 Mile plc →Proposed merger · conditional
Relationship, dates and sources →Permagreen · logistics →Reported logistics engagement
Relationship, dates and sources →March GL Company →Wholly owned subsidiary
Relationship, dates and sources →Greenland Energy · $70 million offering →Company capital raising
Relationship, dates and sources →Documented connections
Earn-in agreement · up to 70%
Greenland Energy describes funding two exploration wells to earn up to a 70% interest in the project.
Jameson Land exploration →Connection and sources →Proposed merger · conditional
September 2026 issuer announcement of indicative merger terms, subject to the listed conditions.
80 Mile plc →Connection and sources →Company-reported services contract
Greenland Energy identifies Halliburton as a contractor for project management, logistics planning and related services.
Halliburton · securities →Connection and sources →Company capital raising
Greenland Energy · $70 million offering →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
80 Mile plc
← Global Warming reportGlobal Warming80 Mile plc
Source-linked record
Venture partner identified in the Jameson Land arrangements. September 2026 documents announce indicative merger terms with Greenland Energy, subject to conditions.
Greenland Energy’s August 11 statement identifies 80 Mile as the partner leading the permitting process.
Connected locations
Greenland Energy Company →Proposed merger · conditional
Relationship, dates and sources →Documented connections
Proposed merger · conditional
September 2026 issuer announcement of indicative merger terms, subject to the listed conditions.
Greenland Energy Company →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
White Flame Energy A/S
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingWhite Flame Energy A/S
Source-linked record
White Flame Energy A/S is the licence holder named in Greenland’s July 30, 2026 notice. The government states that equipment was moved from Tasiilaq to Nerlerit Inaat without the required mineral approval; the earlier approval had expired and a new application was pending.
The equipment remained in agreed airport storage. The government issued a formal warning and did not order its return.
The August 12 notice says the required environmental and social assessments and consultation could not be completed for winter 2026/2027.
Documented connections
Connected locations
Jameson Land exploration →Licence interest described by company
Relationship, dates and sources →80 Mile plc →Subsidiary
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
Jameson Land exploration
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingJameson Land exploration
Source-linked record
Onshore exploration prospect studied in the Hareelv Formation research and described in the Greenland Energy and 80 Mile agreements.
Documented connections
Onshore prospect context
Greenland resources & interests →Connection and sources →Earn-in agreement · up to 70%
Greenland Energy describes funding two exploration wells to earn up to a 70% interest in the project.
Greenland Energy Company →Connection and sources →Open the interactive map
Halliburton · securities
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingHalliburton · securities
Source-linked record
Halliburton securities appear in 6 account rows for reporting year 2025, totaling $18,004–$97,000 in disclosed value bands.
Documented connections
Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-10-10: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 176, investment account 1, row 529. Part 6, printed page 12, account 1, row 216 separately reports a $15,001–$50,000 holding and $201–$1,000 dividend band.
Trump’s energy investments →Connection and sources →Company-reported services contract
Greenland Energy identifies Halliburton as a contractor for project management, logistics planning and related services.
Greenland Energy Company →Connection and sources →Disclosed issuer securities
Investment accounts — disclosed holdings →Connection and sources →Issuer in selected basket
Oil and gas →Connection and sources →Connected locations
Greenland Energy Company →Company-reported services contract
Relationship, dates and sources →Oil and gas →Issuer in selected basket
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
March GL Company
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingMarch GL Company
Corporate filing
Greenland Energy’s Q1 2026 filing identifies March GL as a wholly owned subsidiary following the March 25 business combination. March GL is the customer named in the April 11, 2025 Halliburton Energy Services consulting agreement.
People and businesses associated with this location
Greenland
Greenland Energy Company →Wholly owned subsidiary
Connection and sources →Connected locations
Greenland Energy Company →Wholly owned subsidiary
Relationship, dates and sources →Documented connections
Open the interactive map
Halliburton consulting agreement
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingHalliburton consulting agreement
Filed contract
Halliburton’s April 2025 consulting contract was followed by Greenland Energy’s April 2026 announcement of broader well and drilling services.
The agreement does not establish completed drilling, payment amounts or supplier profit.
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Equipment movement · July 2026
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingEquipment movement · July 2026
Official notice
On July 30, Greenland’s government named White Flame Energy as the licence holder responsible for moving packed equipment from Tasiilaq to Nerlerit Inaat. It states that the required approval was absent, the prior approval had expired and the replacement application was pending.
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Drilling timetable · August 2026
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingDrilling timetable · August 2026
Official notice and company response
Greenland Energy said on August 11, 2026 that a more extensive review would extend permitting, and targeted winter 2027.
This is the company’s planning target, not a granted permit or completed drilling.
Greenland’s August 12 notice says the necessary assessments, consultation and approvals could not be completed for winter 2026/2027. The company’s target is separate from the government notice.
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Permagreen · logistics
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingPermagreen · logistics
Attributed reporting
Danwatch reports that Permagreen confirmed Greenland Energy hired it to provide the tug Bestla and barge support for equipment transport. Permagreen said it assumed the customer had secured the necessary permission.
People and businesses associated with this location
Greenland
Greenland Energy Company →Reported logistics engagement
Connection and sources →Connected locations
Greenland Energy Company →Reported logistics engagement
Relationship, dates and sources →Documented connections
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Chevron · securities
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingChevron · securities
Source-linked record
Chevron securities appear in 10 account rows for reporting year 2025, totaling $2,595,010–$11,350,000 in disclosed value bands.
Documented connections
Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-08-18: $500,001–$1,000,000; printed page 368, investment account 6, row 1600.
Trump’s energy investments →Connection and sources →Disclosed issuer securities
Investment accounts — disclosed holdings →Connection and sources →Issuer in selected basket
Oil and gas →Connection and sources →Connected locations
Oil and gas →Issuer in selected basket
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
Exxon Mobil · securities
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingExxon Mobil · securities
Source-linked record
Exxon Mobil securities appear in 9 account rows for reporting year 2025, totaling $3,180,009–$12,450,000 in disclosed value bands.
Documented connections
Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-10-15: $15,001–$50,000; printed page 265, investment account 5, row 69.
Trump’s energy investments →Connection and sources →Disclosed issuer securities
Investment accounts — disclosed holdings →Connection and sources →Issuer in selected basket
Oil and gas →Connection and sources →Issuer owns a project granted additional export time
Golden Pass LNG export extension →Connection and sources →Historical research concerns the disclosed issuer
Exxon historical climate projections and statements →Connection and sources →Connected locations
Oil and gas →Issuer in selected basket
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
Kinder Morgan · securities
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingKinder Morgan · securities
Source-linked record
Kinder Morgan securities appear in 9 account rows for reporting year 2025, totaling $1,169,008–$5,461,000 in disclosed value bands.
Documented connections
Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-04-17: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 275, investment account 5, row 377.
Trump’s energy investments →Connection and sources →Disclosed issuer securities
Investment accounts — disclosed holdings →Connection and sources →Issuer in selected basket
Oil and gas →Connection and sources →Connected locations
Oil and gas →Issuer in selected basket
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
Williams Companies · securities
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingWilliams Companies · securities
Source-linked record
Williams securities appear in 7 account rows for reporting year 2025, totaling $418,007–$945,000 in disclosed value bands.
Documented connections
Selected disclosed securities transactions
Purchase on 2025-04-17: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 275, investment account 5, row 388. Sale on 2025-12-23: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 314, investment account 5, row 1584.
Trump’s energy investments →Connection and sources →Disclosed issuer securities
Investment accounts — disclosed holdings →Connection and sources →Issuer in selected basket
Oil and gas →Connection and sources →Connected locations
Oil and gas →Issuer in selected basket
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
ConocoPhillips · securities
← Global Warming reportGlobal WarmingConocoPhillips · securities
Source-linked record
ConocoPhillips securities appear in 8 account rows for reporting year 2025, totaling $647,008–$1,430,000 in disclosed value bands.
Documented connections
Selected disclosed securities transactions
Sale on 2025-12-23: $1,001–$15,000; printed page 314, investment account 5, row 1586.
Trump’s energy investments →Connection and sources →Disclosed issuer securities
Investment accounts — disclosed holdings →Connection and sources →Issuer in selected basket
Oil and gas →Connection and sources →Connected locations
Oil and gas →Issuer in selected basket
Relationship, dates and sources →Open the interactive map
Top 10 oil & gas-funded politicians
Campaign committee contributions from four selected PACs · 2023–2024. The entries below list the politicians, contributions to their campaign committees, and documented climate statements.
Lizzie Fletcher and Roger Wicker each total $31,000 and tie at the tenth-place cutoff. The ten profiles use alphabetical order to break this display tie; Wicker is not a lower-funded recipient.
Vicente Gonzalez — $40,000
TX · Democrat
2022-10-06 — In a signed joint letter, Gonzalez supported urgently addressing the climate crisis while requesting expanded Gulf of Mexico oil-and-gas lease sales.
Chevron Employees PAC: $10,000; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $10,000; ExxonMobil PAC: $10,000; API PAC: $10,000
Steve Scalise — $40,000
LA · Republican
2019-06-14 — Earth’s temperature “goes up and down.”
ExxonMobil PAC: $10,000; Chevron Employees PAC: $10,000; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $10,000; API PAC: $10,000
Bruce Westerman — $35,500
AR · Republican
2022-07-12 — Westerman advocated carbon removal through forestry, other natural processes and new technology, describing these as ways to reduce atmospheric emissions.
ExxonMobil PAC: $9,500; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $10,000; Chevron Employees PAC: $10,000; API PAC: $6,000
Tom Emmer — $35,000
MN · Republican
2017-06-01 — Emmer opposed a uniform carbon-emissions policy while supporting state-led emissions reductions; he pointed to Minnesota’s reductions and a coal-to-gas conversion.
Chevron Employees PAC: $10,000; API PAC: $10,000; ExxonMobil PAC: $10,000; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $5,000
Mary Peltola — $35,000
AK · Democrat
2026-09-15 — Her campaign republished reporting describing her defense of the Willow oil project and her argument that demand, as well as supply, drives the climate problem. Publication date shown; the underlying remarks were earlier.
Chevron Employees PAC: $6,000; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $10,000; ExxonMobil PAC: $9,000; API PAC: $10,000
August Pfluger — $35,000
TX · Republican
2023-06-30 — Pfluger promoted legislation to prevent a president from declaring a national emergency on the basis of climate change, opposing that route to energy restrictions.
Chevron Employees PAC: $10,000; ExxonMobil PAC: $10,000; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $7,500; API PAC: $7,500
John Barrasso — $33,000
WY · Republican
2021-01-20 — Barrasso opposed rejoining the Paris agreement, arguing it would increase U.S. energy costs without resolving climate change and that American innovation offered solutions.
Chevron Employees PAC: $8,000; ExxonMobil PAC: $5,000; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $10,000; API PAC: $10,000
Deb Fischer — $32,500
NE · Republican
2024-01-17 — Fischer criticized electric-vehicle subsidies pursued in the name of climate change and advocated ethanol-blended fuel as a way to reduce emissions.
Chevron Employees PAC: $10,000; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $10,000; ExxonMobil PAC: $10,000; API PAC: $2,500
Jason Smith — $32,000
MO · Republican
2024-03-29 — Smith opposed the administration’s vehicle-emissions policies, carbon taxes and fossil-fuel restrictions, arguing its climate agenda increased costs for rural households.
ExxonMobil PAC: $10,000; Chevron Employees PAC: $10,000; API PAC: $7,000; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $5,000
Lizzie Fletcher — $31,000
TX · Democrat
2019-02-27 — Fletcher stated that climate change is occurring, is primarily caused by human activity, and is already affecting oceans and coastal communities.
ExxonMobil PAC: $10,000; Chevron Employees PAC: $10,000; ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC: $5,000; API PAC: $6,000
Methods and coverage
Ranked within four selected PACs: ExxonMobil PAC, Chevron Employees PAC, ConocoPhillips SPIRIT PAC and API PAC. This is not an industry-wide ranking. Contributions went to campaign committees, not personal accounts. FEC 2024-cycle committee-to-candidate records were filtered to cash contributions (24K), transaction dates January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024, excluding memo entries. Negative adjustments were retained. Latest filing versions were retained for matching filer, transaction, recipient and date keys; candidate IDs were joined to the FEC 2024 candidate master. Individual donations, independent expenditures, lobbying, leadership-PAC transfers and other industry PACs are outside this comparison. Retrieved September 30, 2026.
Statement check: a brief search of official remarks, signed correspondence and accessible interviews. These dated examples do not establish each politician’s complete record or current position. Policy opposition and rejection of climate science are distinct. Political funding alone does not establish motive or causation.
