The Judge Who Blocked The Moratorium (UPDATED)
Judge Martin Feldman, the man who just reversed the Obama administration’s moratorium on offshore drilling has something interesting on his financial disclosure form: Line 19 – Transocean. He was paid a dividend from one of the companies involved in the disaster? That seems like a conflict to me. There’s also quiet a bit of other […]
Judge Martin Feldman, the man who just reversed the Obama administration’s moratorium on offshore drilling has something interesting on his financial disclosure form:
Line 19 – Transocean. He was paid a dividend from one of the companies involved in the disaster? That seems like a conflict to me. There’s also quiet a bit of other oil companies listed on there.
UPDATE:
Think Progress supplies us with this:
Like many judges presiding in the Gulf region, Feldman owns lots of energy stocks, including Transocean, Halliburton, and two of BP’s largest U.S. private shareholders — BlackRock (7.1%) and JP Morgan Chase (28.3%). Here’s a list of Feldman’s income in 2008 (amounts listed unless under $1,000):
JP Morgan Chase, BlackRock ($12000- $36000)
Ocean Energy ($1000 – $2500)
NGP Capital Resources ($1000 – $2500)
Quicksilver Resources ($5000 – $15000)
Hercules Offshore ($6000 – $17500)
Provident Energy
Peabody Energy
PenGrowth Energy
RPC Inc
Atlas Energy Resources
Parker Drilling
TXCO Resources
EV Energy Partners
Rowan Companies
BPZ Resources
El Paso Corp
KBR Inc
Chesapeake Energy
ATP Oil & Gas
