Timeline Big oil and the US government Show HideStandard Oil broken up Standard Oil’s monopoly is broken up by the US Supreme Court. Second world war starts During World War II, the US government worked closely with the oil industry, putting a federal investigation into its monopolistic practices on hold. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald Trump displays one of five executive orders he signed related to the oil pipeline industry on 24 January 2017. “Pruitt and his team have no shame,” said Liz Purchia Gannon, former head of communications at the EPA under the Obama administration. “They have made it clear from the start that oil, gas and coal industries trump science, the American people and public health and environmental organizations.

Source: The Guardian December 12, 2017 10:52 UTC