The Department of Energy stated that it had no records in response to our request for communications between Rick Perry and Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners.

FOIA request to the Department of the Interior seeking communications between former Assistant Secretary Joe Balash and his new employer, Oil Search Ltd. American Oversight seeks information with the potential to reveal, at a minimum, whether and to what extent the former Assistant Secretary afforded his new employer any preferential access or treatment in his official capacity, where he was responsible for land and minerals management. The public deserves confidence that DOI’s decisions relating to mining and energy have been made without undue outside influence.

FOIA request to the Bureau of Land Management seeking records relating to communications between Acting Director Pendley and industry interests, as well as ethics determinations relating to Acting Director Pendley.

Department of Energy emails discussing present and historic 202(c) emergency order requests and the agency’s responses as well as future energy prospects and technologies. These records were previously released to other FOIA requestors.

FOIA to EPA asking for communications regarding wastewater blending. This FOIA seeks records that could determine the existence and extent of influence of external organizations.

Nuclear Development LLC loan assistance application to the Department of Energy. This application was filed in an attempt to acquire the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant, located in northeastern Alabama, from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Franklin Haney Sr., real-estate developer and founder of Nuclear Development LLC, contributed $1 million to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee — a contribution that was later investigated by federal prosecutors along with the inaugural committee itself. 

Records from the Department of Energy of trip expenses taken by Rick Perry. These records document trips from 2017 to Rome and Houston, Dallas, and Tokyo, among other cities.

FOIA request to the Environmental Protection Agency seeking records relating to EPA’s recent decision to no longer oppose Pebble Mine, a copper and gold mining project in Alaska with severe anticipated environmental impacts.

Records from the Department of Energy containing emails with senior Murray Energy and FirstEnergy employees. The timeframe includes March 2017 through June 2018.

FOIA request to the Department of Energy seeking communications between outside interests and DOE Chief of Staff Brian McCormack.