"President Trump got big help in his reelection campaign with contributions from top executives in the fossil fuel industry.

An E&E News analysis of records that Trump's 2020 campaign and the Trump Victory joint fundraising committee submitted to the Federal Election Commission show that oil and natural gas executives were some of the largest contributors to the president during the quarter that ran from April through June.

The donations came as the 2020 election cycle ramped up, when Trump formally launched his reelection effort and more Democrats filed to run against him.

Most of the more than two dozen Democrats vying in the presidential primary endorse plans to curtail or even eliminate the production and use of fossil fuels."

Timothy Cama and Kelsey Brugger report for E&E Daily July 19, 2019. [2]