Opinion
Moderate Democrats: the slaves of big oil?
Pumpjacks in a Kern County oil field, November 2013. (Photo: Christopher Halloran)OPINION: The Paris talks brought into clearer focus just how many so-called moderate Democrats who sided with the oil industry this year re out of touch with their caucus, their party and their state. This small tribe of transactional politicians, whose campaign coffers have been filled with oil company dollars for years, did the shameless bidding of Big Oil once again this year, failing to protect Californians from greater environmental harm.