When You Pay at the Pump, Where Does Your Money Go?
Posted by jinn on January 20th, 2010
Watch Oxfam’s video, “Follow the Money,” to learn what happens to the money you pay when you fuel up your tank.
[Hint: Barely any of it makes it back to people living in oil-producing communities.]
JINN is working alongside Oxfam and other fellow members of the Publish What You Pay Coalition to promote transparency in oil companies’ revenue.
Take Action: You can help by telling Congress to open the books by supporting the Energy Security Through Transparency Act, which would require companies in extractive industries to disclose payments they make to foreign governments.
That measure of transparency will help people living in resource-cursed communities to hold their governments accountable.
Take a moment to tell your senators to support this vital piece of legislation.