BIDEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT: After tonight's @CNN climate change town hall, @JoeBiden will head to Wall Street for a fundraiser co-hosted by an energy investor involved in offshore gas production & transportation, @schwartzbCNBC scoops. cnbc.com/2019/09/04/joe… 
@CNN @JoeBiden @schwartzbCNBC Asked about the fossil fuel executive scheduled to host his fundraiser, @JoeBiden says on @CNN that the exec, Andrew Goldman, is "not listed as one of the executives" on SEC filings.
* But Goldman is listed as "co-founder" of Western LNG on its website. westernlng.com/about
* But Goldman is listed as "co-founder" of Western LNG on its website. westernlng.com/about
@CNN @JoeBiden @schwartzbCNBC CONTEXT: @JoeBiden pledged not to take campaign $ from the fossil fuel industry.
His fundraiser tomorrow is co-hosted by an energy investor.
BIDEN is arguing on @CNN that this doesn't violate his pledge because the investor isn't an executive at the energy co. he CO-FOUNDED.
His fundraiser tomorrow is co-hosted by an energy investor.
BIDEN is arguing on @CNN that this doesn't violate his pledge because the investor isn't an executive at the energy co. he CO-FOUNDED.
@CNN @JoeBiden @schwartzbCNBC IN FACT: @JoeBiden's characterization of the specifics of the @NoFossilMoney pledge — & its (non)applicability to the energy investor co-hosting his fundraiser — appears correct.
I'd be curious to hear how the pledge's organizers feel about the situation.
docs.google.com/document/d/130…
I'd be curious to hear how the pledge's organizers feel about the situation.
docs.google.com/document/d/130…
An official at one of the groups behind the @NoFossilMoney pledge weighs in — disapprovingly — on @JoeBiden’s explanation, suggesting that, even if BIDEN is technically following the letter of the pledge’s rules, he seems to be trying to “weasel out” of it
