that was not true. everyone believes that because it came from the ipcc. have you read the book? i have read the book, i read the whole thing. on the united nations? i read the whole thing. okay, that s fine. i got to say, let me, let me bring up one other thing. uh-huh. you joke in your book, when people ask you how much of your campaign contributions come from the energy industry, you answer not enough, which is a very funny answer and your top three donors are coke industries, murray industry, and devin energy, an oil and gas company. great group. why wouldn t a reasonable person learn that about you and assume that your anti-global warming, pro-fossil fuel stance is what your donors are paying for?
leases to oil companies. he gets annual royalties from whatever they pump out. in 2008, the most recent records available, he received royalty payments from conco phillips between $50,000 and $100,000. royalty payments from sun oil of $15,000 or less and royalties from a company called devin energy of less than $15,000. records dating back to 200 shows judge hughes received hundreds of thousands of doil dollar in royalties from more than a dozen royalty companies. judge hughes has said he s transparent. that all of his personal investment and finance information is online for anyone to see. but when you take it together, is there a concern that a roinl person fully informed of all that might say, look, he s not just a judge who happens to be gabling. he s in effect a participant in the industry he s trying to judge. a judge who also travels to speak at meetings held by the
houston, texas, that bp would like to supervise all the lawsuits filed against it. essentially judge hughes could make decisions worth billions of dollars to bp and that s cast a spotlight on his own ties to the gase and oil industry. judge hughes owns land that produces oil, land that he leases to oil companies. he gets annual royalties for whatever they pump out. in 2008 the most recent records available he received royalty payments from conocophillips between 50 and $100,000. royalty payments from sun oil of $15,000 or less, and royalties from an oil company called devin energy of less than $15,000. records dating back to 2003 show judge hughes received hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from more than a dozen energy companies. judge hughes has said he s transparent, that all of his personal investment and finance information is online for anyone
reporter: this man, lynn hughes, is the federal judge in houston, texas that bp would like to supervise all of the lawsuits filed against it. essentially judge hughes could make decisions worth billions of dollars to bp, and that s cast a spotlight on his own financial ties to the oil and gas industry. judge hughes owns land that produces oil, land that he leases to oil companies. he gets annual royalties from whatever they pump out. in 2008, the most recent records available, he received royalty payments from con co-phillips between $50,000 and $1000,000, royalty payments from sun oil of $15,000 or less, and royalties from an oil company called devin energy of less than $15,000. records dating back to 2003 showed judge hughes received hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from more than a dozen energy companies. judge hughes says he s
transparent and all his personal investment and finance information on line for everyone to see. when you take it together, is there concern that a reasonable person fuelly informed of all of that says he is not just a judge dabbling. he is a participant in the industry he s trying to judge. reporter: he also travels to speak at meetings of the american association of petroleum geologists. he doesn t get paid but it does pay his travel and skpeenss. in 2009, he presided over a case by devin energy, one of the companies that pays his royalties. he didn t disclose that and the company ended up winning. the best practice out there and what judges are encouraged to do is when there is any doubt, put sunshine on the problem and turn your cards up and make it clear to the parties