Villaraigosa, despite climate credentials, pivots toward oil industry in run for California governor
Villaraigosa, despite climate credentials, pivots toward oil industry in run for California governor
As California positions itself as a leader on climate change, former Los Angeles mayor and gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa is pivoting away from his track record as an environmental champion to defend the state's struggling oil industry.
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Importantly, he has backed out of a pledge to reject money from top fossil fuel executives and lobbyists:
Miller said Villaraigosa signed a pledge during his unsuccessful run for governor in 2018 not to accept campaign contributions from oil companies and “named executives” at fossil-fuel entities. She said he took the pledge shortly after accepting the maximum allowable contributions from several oil donors in 2017.
Miller said that more than $100,000 in donations that Villaraigosa has accepted in this gubernatorial cycle were clear violations of the pledge.
