Emails show oil leaders joining Wildlife Foundation

From Politico’s Morning Energy Report:

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance and Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm quietly joined the board of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, according to a batch of emails released to the Sierra Club under the Freedom of Information Act.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tells NFWF CEO Jeff Trandahl that “Hamm and Lance are in” in an email dated Oct. 1, 2017.

The email follows a note from former International Paper CEO John V. Faraci, who says he spoke to Hamm and persuaded him to join the board. The appointments don’t appear to have been publicly announced, but Hamm and Lance are listed as serving on the board of the NFWF, a congressionally chartered foundation that partners with local governments and private businesses to restore and conserve land.