So BP spent $12 million persuading voters to defeat the modest carbon tax proposal in Washington State. So much for Beyond Petroleum. Numerous other Big Oil usual suspects (e.g. Koch) also in play. News report: seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… Big oil contributors: pdc.wa.gov/browse/campaig…
Oil companies also poured in $millions to defeat climate-protecting measures in other states. reuters.com/article/us-col… Big Oil might hide behind consumer inertia but their dead weight in blocking political climate action is all too clear.
According to ThinkProgress, oil companies spent $60m in total to defeat these state-level democratic initiatives to protect the climate. thinkprogress.org/washington-col…
Here's the list from Washington State: 
Some important takeaways as identified by the excellent @billmckibben in the failing New York Times: nytimes.com/2018/11/07/opi…
This should give a further boost to the divestment movement - more evidence that it is morally and environmentally unsustainable to maintain investments in fossil fuel companies. As Bill says, we must break the political power of Big Oil and coal.
