WILDLIFE AND OIL: AN UNSUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIP The oil and gas industry is trying to bend the US Congress’ hand to allow them to drill even in national parks. Image: Everglades National Park - kids.nationalgeographic.com. OIL INDUSTRY & HUNTER GROUPS: PERFECT TOGETHER? (from an article by SustainableBusiness.com News, April 29, 2014) From time to time, we hear about moves to transfer federal public lands to the states, but now the oil and gas industry is making  some unusual donations: $1 million from a large Texas oil company to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other large amounts to conservative hunters groups like Safari Club International and Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (which has direct access to members of Congress). Contributions from the fossil fuel industry now comprise almost 30% of National Rifle A'ssociation’s corporate giving program, reports the Center for American Progress (CAP) in their report:...