TRNN’s Steve Horn and The Intercept’s Lee Fang say a bill to lift the arms embargo on Cyprus and promote offshore gas in the region received lobbying support from ExxonMobil, and the pro-Israel and pro-Greece lobbies.
This interview is about a collaborative investigation between The Intercept and The Real News Network. You can read it here: https://therealnews.com/columns/exxonmobil-congress-arms-mediterranean-offshore-natural-gas
It highlights a prior investigation published in December by The Real News into subsidies granted to European Union countries to promote gas projects: https://therealnews.com/columns/democrats-invoke-russiagate-to-advance-bill-lobbied-for-by-big-oil
Also see TRNN’s prior coverage of the climate impacts of offshore drilling in the Mediterranean Sea and the response of activists in the EU and Israel: https://therealnews.com/stories/climate-environment-mediterranean-natural-gas-pipelines
Producer: Steve Horn
Director/Video Editor: Cameron Granadino
Audio Engineer: Will Arenas
Visual Producer: Andrew Corkery
Cameron Granadino
Chase Producer: Genevieve Montinar
Radio Free | Radio Free (2020-02-07T23:42:07+00:00) Exxon to Congress: Lift Cyprus Arms Embargo, There’s Gas Nearby. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2020/02/07/exxon-to-congress-lift-cyprus-arms-embargo-theres-gas-nearby/
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