During a year of massive economic losses caused by climate change-driven wildfires and hurricanes, the U.S. government has sent billions in pandemic-related economic aid to the fossil fuel companies most responsible for catastrophic climate damage.

Tiger Moth mapped the entire landscape of CARES Act benefits and developed a strategy to quantify aid to oil and gas companies. Using our investigative expertise, we identified the individuals and fossil fuel companies profiting off of a rescue program designed to protect vulnerable American’s.

‘Bailed out & Propped Up’ was an instant success, receiving extensive media coverage in the following years and cited by countless legislators in efforts to hold predatory oil and gas companies accountable.