Background
Mercury is a public affairs and lobbying agency owned by Omnicom.1“Omnicom acquires Mercury Public Affairs,” PRovoke, October 23, 2003. Archived March 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/QZxz9 Its lobbyists include former high-level staff from Democratic and Republican administrations.2“News,” Mercury. Archived January 5, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Nodyo
In 2021, Mercury sued its parent organization, Omnicom, after a former Mercury partner alleged Omnicom mishandled a relationship with a nonprofit tied to Paul Manafort,3Kenneth Vogel. “Firms Recruited by Paul Manafort Are Investigated Over Foreign Payments,” The New York Times, February 5, 2019. Archived April 4, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/etswv exposing Mercury to reputational and legal risk.4Seema Mehta, Melanie Mason. “Former officials Nuñez, Boxer and Villaraigosa lead exodus from powerful lobbying firm,” Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2021. Archived December 3, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/z2CC7 Thirty-two of Mercury’s thirty-four employees in its California office resigned due to the dispute between Mercury and Omnicom.
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Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future
In August 2020, several natural gas companies launched Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, a front group created to improve gas’ climate image among Democratic voters.5Taylor Kate Brown. “How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters,” The Guardian, June 30, 2022. Archived March 20, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/bPR10 Natural Allies hired Mercury Public Affairs and Kivvit, an independent PR firm, to manage the $10 million multi-year campaign. A Natural Allies pamphlet distributed by a utility employee read, “Success for the natural gas industry will be rooted in whether we can message to the left and the Democratic base of Black and Latino and age 18 to 34 voters as effectively as we have messaged to the right.”
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In 20207“Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax: Natural Allies, Inc., 2020,” ProPublica NonProfit Explorer, February 14, 2022. Archived July 22, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. and 2021, Natural Allies spent nearly its entire operating budget on a public relations contract with Omnicom PR, Mercury’s parent organization.8“Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax: Natural Allies, Inc. 2021,” ProPublica NonProfit Explorer, November 11, 2022. Archived February 4, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. Mark DuHaime, a Mercury partner who worked closely on the Natural Allies campaign, left Mercury in December 20219David Wildstein. “DuHaime leaving Mercury,” New Jersey Globe, December 10, 2021. Archived April 1, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Shodw and founded MAD Global Strategy.10“Michael DuHaime,” MAD Global Strategy, Archived June 24, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/E8kxk In 2022, roughly half of Natural Allies’ budget went to Omnicom PR and MAD Global Strategy.11“Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax: Natural Allies, Inc. 2022,” ProPublica NonProfit Explorer, October 4, 2023. Archived July, 22, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Mercury Public Affairs’ campaign for Greenidge Power Plant
From 2014 to 2021, Greenidge Generation LLC paid Mercury over $600,000 to lobby in New York.12See “Fossil Fuel Clients” table. Most of those lobbying costs were incurred from 2014 to 2015 when Greenidge was paying Mercury $20,000 a month13“Mercury Consulting Services Agreement: Greenidge Generation LLC, March 1, 2014” Waterfront Online, November 13, 2018. Archived March 18, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. to lobby the Cuomo administration to approve its new gas-fired power plant in Dresden, New York.14“Review Meeting Information – 3/3/2015,” Project Sunlight, 2015. Archived October 28, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. In 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo banned fracking and launched an initiative to reduce state emissions by 40 percent by 2030.15“Natural gas infrastructure lobby ramps up spending in New York State,” Little Sis Public Accountability Initiative, March 23, 2016. Archived April 1, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/44AdI That year, Atlas Holdings purchased Greenidge Generation, a shuttered coal plant in upstate New York, intending to reopen it as a gas-fired power plant.16“Greenidge Generation and Support.com Merger Announcement Transcript, Commission File No.: 000-30901,” Securities and Exchange Commission, March 22, 2021. Archived July 23, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xk9QY
To make sure the plant’s reopening secured regulatory approval, Greenidge turned to Mercury,17“Mercury Consulting Services Agreement: Greenidge Generation LLC, March 1, 2014” Waterfront Online, November 13, 2018. Archived March 18, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. which had extensive ties to the Cuomo administration.18“Natural gas infrastructure lobby ramps up spending in New York State,” Little Sis Public Accountability Initiative, March 23, 2016. Archived April 1, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/44AdI Mike McKeon, the Mercury partner who led the Greenidge account, had been the executive director of Republicans for Cuomo during the 2010 gubernatorial election and the spokesman for the pro-Cuomo lobbying group Committee to Save New York in 2012.19Colin Campbell. “In Testy Exchange, Committee to Save New York’s Spokesman Defends Its Non-Disclosure,” Observer, August 7, 2012. Archived April 1, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/UJifT In March 2015, McKeon and Atlas Holdings executives met with the commissioner of the NY State Department of Conservation.20“Present And Past DEC Commissioners,” New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 2024. Archived July 23, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/w0nfj Atlas Holdings and its two principals, Andrew Bursky and Tim Fazio, each donated $25,000 to Cuomo’s campaign for a total of $75,000.21Scott Waldman. “Former coal-burning plant looking for a new life is generous Albany spender,” POLITICO, November 13, 2015. Archived December 16, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/mXq4a In August 2015, Greenidge secured a significant victory when the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation determined that the plant’s reopening would not have a substantial adverse environmental impact and therefore waived Greenidge’s environmental impact statement requirement.22New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.“Environmental Notice Bulletin – 2015: ENB – Region 8 Notices 8/12/2015,” page 1415. Digital Collections of the New York State Library, 2015. Archived 23, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. In December 2015, Greenidge won a $2 million development grant from New York State to convert the defunct coal plant into a gas power plant.23Governor Andrew Cuomo. “2015 Regional Economic Development Council Awards,” page 30. New York Regional Development Councils, December 2015. Archived June 13, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Though the coal plant had been shut down in 2011 because there was not enough demand in the area to cover its operating costs, Atlas Holdings found a way to make the plant profitable when it began mining Bitcoin in 2020.24Jessica McKenzie. “This power plant stopped burning fossil fuels. Then Bitcoin came along,” Grist, 2021. Archived February 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jQAPe Mercury partner Mike Mckeon defended Greenidge from criticism that the plant’s emissions increased tenfold from 2019 when it started mining Bitcoin.25Peter Mantius. “A New Threat to New York’s Clean Energy Goals: Bitcoin Mining,” New York Focus, April 13, 2021. Archived November 30, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/rMj54
Stance on Climate Change
On February 23, 2021, during a presentation to explain the public relations strategy behind the natural gas industry group Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, Mark DuHaime said:
“Anti fossil fuel groups have really spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to bring – especially the brand of natural gas down, because the coal and oil brand is obviously not the same as natural gas.”
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Funding
Mercury was one of the top ten highest-paid lobbying firms in New York State in 2016,27“2016 Annual Report, page 41” New York State Joint Commission On Public Ethics, June 8, 2017. Archived August 18, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. 2018, 2019,28“2019 Annual Report, page 30” New York State Joint Commission On Public Ethics, July 30, 2020. Archived July 9, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. 2020,29“2020 Annual Report, page 36,” New York State Joint Commission On Public Ethics, July 8, 2021. Archived August 10, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. 2021,30“2021 Annual Report, page 23,” New York State Joint Commission On Public Ethics, July 7, 2022. Archived March 9, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. and 2022.31“2022 Annual Report, page 36” New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying, August 28, 2023. Archived March 29, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Key People
Actions
February 1, 2024
Mercury filed documents with the Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act detailing its campaign to drum up support for Libya’s National Oil Corporation with U.S. political leaders.32“OMB No. 1124-0002; Expires October 31, 2026, Supplemental Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended,” U.S. Department of Justice, Received February 1, 2024. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. Mercury lobbied both Democratic and Republican Senate offices as part of its campaign to reassure National Oil Corporation’s foreign partners that it could ramp up production after years of political turmoil in Libya.33“Vitter, Moffett lobbying for Libyan oil company,” POLITICO, March 1, 2023. Archived March 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/idLkL Mercury also set up a roundtable discussion with the Atlantic Council.
March 14, 2023
Mercury organized a U.S. Senate briefing with the National Oil Corporation’s chairman.34Mercury Public Affairs. “Informational Materials,” U.S. Department of Justice, received July 28, 2023. Archived July 23, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O7GDE The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hosted the briefing, which advertised the National Oil Corporation’s determination to increase oil production.
February 21, 2023
Mercury began lobbying for Libya’s National Oil Corporation.35“OMB No. 1124-0004; Expires July 31, 2023 Exhibit B to Registration Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended,” U.S. Department of Justice, received March 3, 2023. Archived April 10, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/fDqMY
April 2021
Mercury partner Micheal McKeon36Sally Goldenburg. “Top brass head for exits as chaos engulfs NYC consulting firm,” Politico, October 14, 2021. Archived October 14, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.is/P7zPP defended Greenidge Generation LLC as it faced scrutiny from environmental groups after emissions from its gas plant in Dresden increased tenfold from 2019 to 2020.37Peter Mantius. “A New Threat to New York’s Clean Energy Goals: Bitcoin Mining,” New York Focus, April 13, 2021. Archived November 30, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/rMj54 McKeon was a spokesman for Greenidge, a power plant operator in upstate New York. When Greenidge reopened Dresden’s defunct coal plant as a gas-powered plant in 2017, New York State waived the requirement to file an environmental impact statement because the new plant would not have a significant adverse environmental impact. However, the Greenidge plant’s emissions rose sharply in 2020 when it began powering a Bitcoin mining operation.
February 23, 2021
Mercury Public Affairs partner Mike DuHaime presented with Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future’s Executive Director Susan Waller on the Close of Business Tuesday podcast and video series.38“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog. On the podcast, DuHaime identified four threats to Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future’s goal of protecting the natural gas industry’s license to operate: anti-fossil fuel campaigns worth hundreds of millions of dollars, state and local climate policies, the Biden administration’s climate policies, and fossil fuel divestment campaigns. To combat these threats, DuHaime explained that Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future sought to position natural gas as different from oil and coal and build support for the natural gas industry among Democrat voters.
“The reality is, there’s been hundreds of millions of dollars spent attacking fossil fuels lately, really bringing down that negative brand – really bringing the brand down negatively – natural gas was very high in terms of what the public thought of it,” DuHaime said during the podcast.39“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
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January 2021
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Mercury Public Affairs launched a “large-scale, multi state media campaign to change the conversation” about natural gas’ climate impacts.43“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
November 2020
Mercury Public Affairs wrapped up a six-week ad campaign for Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future.45Samantha Salem. “Changing the Conversation on Natural Gas Webinar Confirmation,” Email from [email protected], published to DocumentCloud by Energy and Policy Institute, February 5, 2021. Archived February 2, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. The advertisements described natural gas as “clean” and ran in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texas. Mercury conducted polling after the initial campaign and found that positive perceptions of natural gas increased by 32% among 18-34-year-olds who had seen the ads.46“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog. Mercury later wrote about the campaign: “Natural Allies was particularly focused on determining what messages might resonate with key elements of the Democratic party’s base.”
Through a records request to Municipal Gas of Georgia, the Energy and Policy Institute obtained a Natural Allies pamphlet describing the findings from Mercury’s post-campaign polling.47 “Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future,” Energy and Policy Institute, 2023. Archived March 24, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/1B4HX The pamphlet said Natural Allies found that Black voters were most receptive to its ads saying natural gas was more affordable.48“Changing the Conversation on Natural Gas,” Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future. Retrieved from DocumentCloud. Archived July 23, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. “Black voters also register lower support for the Green New Deal when informed of the practical effects of such policies on energy affordability and reliability,” read the pamphlet.
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August 2020
Williams Company, a natural gas company that handles about 33% of the U.S. natural gas supply,50“Our Company,” Williams Company, 2023. Archived June 18, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/aE7xl formed a coalition with TC Morgan, Kinder Morgan, Southern Company, and other natural gas companies to persuade younger, liberal, and non-white consumers that natural gas is a clean energy option.51Taylor Kate Brown. “How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters,” The Guardian, June 30, 2022. Archived March 20, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/bPR10 Their coalition, Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, hired Kivvit52Taylor Kate Brown. “How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters,” The Guardian, June 30, 2022. Archived March 20, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/bPR10 and Mercury Public Affairs53“C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 52 Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co Vimeo Account, February 23, 2021. Archived July 9, 2022. Archived .mov available at DeSmog. to create a “long term public relations approach to educate and inform about the central role of natural gas and natural gas infrastructure play in a clean energy future,” according to its 2020 tax documents.54“Natural Allies Inc 2020 Public Disclosure Copy NAT037 Form 990,” Energy and Policy Institute via DocumentCloud, 2021. Archived February 7, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future’s $1.734 million operating budget went entirely to Omnicom Public Affairs.55 “Natural Allies Inc 2020 Public Disclosure Copy NAT037 Form 990,” Energy and Policy Institute via DocumentCloud, 2021. Archived February 7, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. Mercury Public Affairs is part of the Omnicom Public Relations Group, Omnicom’s PR division.56“Omnicom Acquires PLUS Communications and FP1 Strategies,” Omnicom, September 7, 2023. Archived march 2, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/8gSOfSally Goldenburg. “Top brass head for exits as chaos engulfs NYC consulting firm,” Politico, October 14, 2021. Archived October 14, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.is/P7zPP
2015
Greenidge Generation LLC paid Mercury $240,000 throughout 2015 for lobbying the New York State government.57“2015 Annual Report, page 163,” New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, April 8, 2016. Archived August 18, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. After58Jessica McKenzie. “This power plant stopped burning fossil fuels. Then Bitcoin came along,” Grist, 2021. Archived February 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jQAPe Mercury’s Micheal McKeon lobbied the Cuomo administration for Greenidge,59“Review Meeting Information – 3/3/2015,” Project Sunlight, 2015. Archived October 28, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. it won a $2 million Regional Economic Development award from New York State to convert a Dresden, NY shuttered coal plant into a gas-fired power plant.60Governor Andrew Cuomo. “2015 Regional Economic Development Council Awards,” page 30. New York Regional Development Councils, December 2015. Archived June 13, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. In August 2015, Greenidge also notched a significant victory when the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation determined that the plant’s reopening would not have a substantial adverse environmental impact and therefore waived Greenidge’s environmental impact statement requirement.61New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.“Environmental Notice Bulletin – 2015: ENB – Region 8 Notices 8/12/2015,” page 1415. Digital Collections of the New York State Library, 2015. Archived July 23, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
March 2014
Greenidge Generation LLC hired Mercury Public Affairs to lobby for a new gas power plant in New York. Its coal plant in Dresden, N.Y., closed in 2011 because there was not enough regional demand to cover its operating costs, but Greenidge wanted to reopen it as a gas-fired power plant.62Jessica McKenzie. “This power plant stopped burning fossil fuels. Then Bitcoin came along,” Grist, 2021. Archived February 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jQAPe Mercury’s Michael McKeon, who had led Republicans for Cuomo during the 2010 gubernatorial election, lobbied the Cuomo administration to support the plant’s reopening.63“The City State: Albany’s Top 40,” The Observer, 2014. Archived March 20, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TkCv9 Greenidge began by paying McKeon a $20,000 monthly retainer.64“Mercury Consulting Services Agreement with Greenidge Generation LLC,” Waterfront Online, November 13, 2018. Archived March 18, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Related Organizations
Parent Organization: Omnicom
Contact & Address
300 Tingey Street, SE
Suite 202, Washington, DC
20003
(202) 261-4000
Website: mercuryllc.com
Social Media
- LinkedIn: Mercury Public Affairs
Other Resources
- A New Threat to New York’s Clean Energy Goals: Bitcoin Mining (NY Focus, Peter Mantius)
- Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future (Energy and Policy Institute)
Resources
- 1“Omnicom acquires Mercury Public Affairs,” PRovoke, October 23, 2003. Archived March 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/QZxz9
- 2“News,” Mercury. Archived January 5, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Nodyo
- 3Kenneth Vogel. “Firms Recruited by Paul Manafort Are Investigated Over Foreign Payments,” The New York Times, February 5, 2019. Archived April 4, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/etswv
- 4Seema Mehta, Melanie Mason. “Former officials Nuñez, Boxer and Villaraigosa lead exodus from powerful lobbying firm,” Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2021. Archived December 3, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/z2CC7
- 5Taylor Kate Brown. “How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters,” The Guardian, June 30, 2022. Archived March 20, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/bPR10
- 6“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
- 7“Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax: Natural Allies, Inc., 2020,” ProPublica NonProfit Explorer, February 14, 2022. Archived July 22, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 8“Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax: Natural Allies, Inc. 2021,” ProPublica NonProfit Explorer, November 11, 2022. Archived February 4, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 9David Wildstein. “DuHaime leaving Mercury,” New Jersey Globe, December 10, 2021. Archived April 1, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Shodw
- 10“Michael DuHaime,” MAD Global Strategy, Archived June 24, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/E8kxk
- 11“Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax: Natural Allies, Inc. 2022,” ProPublica NonProfit Explorer, October 4, 2023. Archived July, 22, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 12See “Fossil Fuel Clients” table.
- 13“Mercury Consulting Services Agreement: Greenidge Generation LLC, March 1, 2014” Waterfront Online, November 13, 2018. Archived March 18, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 14“Review Meeting Information – 3/3/2015,” Project Sunlight, 2015. Archived October 28, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 15“Natural gas infrastructure lobby ramps up spending in New York State,” Little Sis Public Accountability Initiative, March 23, 2016. Archived April 1, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/44AdI
- 16“Greenidge Generation and Support.com Merger Announcement Transcript, Commission File No.: 000-30901,” Securities and Exchange Commission, March 22, 2021. Archived July 23, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xk9QY
- 17“Mercury Consulting Services Agreement: Greenidge Generation LLC, March 1, 2014” Waterfront Online, November 13, 2018. Archived March 18, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 18“Natural gas infrastructure lobby ramps up spending in New York State,” Little Sis Public Accountability Initiative, March 23, 2016. Archived April 1, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/44AdI
- 19Colin Campbell. “In Testy Exchange, Committee to Save New York’s Spokesman Defends Its Non-Disclosure,” Observer, August 7, 2012. Archived April 1, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/UJifT
- 20“Present And Past DEC Commissioners,” New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 2024. Archived July 23, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/w0nfj
- 21Scott Waldman. “Former coal-burning plant looking for a new life is generous Albany spender,” POLITICO, November 13, 2015. Archived December 16, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/mXq4a
- 22New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.“Environmental Notice Bulletin – 2015: ENB – Region 8 Notices 8/12/2015,” page 1415. Digital Collections of the New York State Library, 2015. Archived 23, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 23Governor Andrew Cuomo. “2015 Regional Economic Development Council Awards,” page 30. New York Regional Development Councils, December 2015. Archived June 13, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 24Jessica McKenzie. “This power plant stopped burning fossil fuels. Then Bitcoin came along,” Grist, 2021. Archived February 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jQAPe
- 25Peter Mantius. “A New Threat to New York’s Clean Energy Goals: Bitcoin Mining,” New York Focus, April 13, 2021. Archived November 30, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/rMj54
- 26“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
- 27“2016 Annual Report, page 41” New York State Joint Commission On Public Ethics, June 8, 2017. Archived August 18, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 28“2019 Annual Report, page 30” New York State Joint Commission On Public Ethics, July 30, 2020. Archived July 9, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 29“2020 Annual Report, page 36,” New York State Joint Commission On Public Ethics, July 8, 2021. Archived August 10, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 30“2021 Annual Report, page 23,” New York State Joint Commission On Public Ethics, July 7, 2022. Archived March 9, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 31“2022 Annual Report, page 36” New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying, August 28, 2023. Archived March 29, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 32“OMB No. 1124-0002; Expires October 31, 2026, Supplemental Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended,” U.S. Department of Justice, Received February 1, 2024. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 33“Vitter, Moffett lobbying for Libyan oil company,” POLITICO, March 1, 2023. Archived March 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/idLkL
- 34Mercury Public Affairs. “Informational Materials,” U.S. Department of Justice, received July 28, 2023. Archived July 23, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O7GDE
- 35“OMB No. 1124-0004; Expires July 31, 2023 Exhibit B to Registration Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended,” U.S. Department of Justice, received March 3, 2023. Archived April 10, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/fDqMY
- 36Sally Goldenburg. “Top brass head for exits as chaos engulfs NYC consulting firm,” Politico, October 14, 2021. Archived October 14, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.is/P7zPP
- 37Peter Mantius. “A New Threat to New York’s Clean Energy Goals: Bitcoin Mining,” New York Focus, April 13, 2021. Archived November 30, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/rMj54
- 38“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
- 39“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
- 40“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
- 41“Library ID: 576042540378442,” Meta Ad Library, October 19, 2021. Archived .png available at DeSmog.
- 42“Library ID: 721241625453513,” Meta Ad Library, October 23, 2021. Archived .png available at DeSmog.
- 43“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
- 44“Library ID: 703267876955295:Natural gas is affordable, reliable, and clean. Natural gas is what Texans demand to power our lives. Learn more today!” Meta Ad Library, October 26, 2020. Archived .mp4 available at DeSmog.
- 45Samantha Salem. “Changing the Conversation on Natural Gas Webinar Confirmation,” Email from [email protected], published to DocumentCloud by Energy and Policy Institute, February 5, 2021. Archived February 2, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 46“Ep. 52 – Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Close of Business Tuesday via Veritan, February 23, 2021. Archived April 10, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
- 47“Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future,” Energy and Policy Institute, 2023. Archived March 24, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/1B4HX
- 48“Changing the Conversation on Natural Gas,” Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future. Retrieved from DocumentCloud. Archived July 23, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 49“Changing the Conversation on Natural Gas,” Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future. Retrieved from DocumentCloud. Archived July 23, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
- 50“Our Company,” Williams Company, 2023. Archived June 18, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/aE7xl
- 51Taylor Kate Brown. “How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters,” The Guardian, June 30, 2022. Archived March 20, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/bPR10
- 52Taylor Kate Brown. “How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters,” The Guardian, June 30, 2022. Archived March 20, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/bPR10
- 53“C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 52 Featuring Susan Waller & Mike DuHaime,” Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co Vimeo Account, February 23, 2021. Archived July 9, 2022. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
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