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Doing Something About the Weather in Washington
Hit & Run —
... Energy drives the economy, period. So not surprisingly, a lot of people are very interested in just how climate change policy is shaped and, most especially, in getting their share of government energy largesse. The Center for Public Integrity has just issued a report detailing the enormous growth of Washington's "Climate Change Lobby." As the report notes: ...
The Climate Lobby: a Booming, Changing Industry
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
As cap-and-trade has risen as a policy idea, so too has the industry now devoted to shaping it: according to a new report from the Center for Public Integrity, the climate lobbying industry has grown 300 percent in five years, with $90 million and 2,340 lobbyists comprising it in 2008. But beyond its size, the face of the industry has changed. ...
Pollution Industry Dominates Climate Change Lobbying
Wonk Room —
... The Center for Public Integrity has found that “more than 770 companies and interest groups hired an estimated 2,340 lobbyists to influence federal policy on climate change in the past year,” estimating total expenditures of $90 million. Their ...
Around the Web in 81 Seconds, 02.26.09
The Latest on Air America —
... . Pro pollution lobbyists on the energy side out number environmental activists 8 to 1 . And Antarctica's glaciers are receding ...
Kevin Grandia: Oil and Gas Lobby Spending Up a Whopping 64% on Capitol Hill
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... and President Barack Obama turning his attention to alternative energy policies:
"This is an endgame for an industry that has fought tooth and nail for the better part of decade to ward off federal climate change and renewable energy policy. They're backed in the corner and there are lobbyists totally infesting the backrooms on Capitol Hill at the moment. This is an unbelievably powerful lobby and they're going all out."
In late February of this year the Center for Public Integrity released a report finding that:
"Senate lobbying ...
Congressional Democrats Unveil Energy Rationing, Uh, I Mean, Climate Change Bill
Hit & Run —
... Doubling and septupling stock values is of interest to industry. And so in fact, the rent-seeking is already well begun. The Center for Public Integrity released a report last month that found: ...
Mark Engler: Climate Disobedience: Is a New "Seattle" in the Making?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... That these consensus predictions may feel remote and improbable to much of the American public does not reflect a real scientific debate, but rather a common reluctance to face unpleasant facts -- and also the considerable success of the coal and oil lobbies in dampening the electorate's sense of urgency about the issue. Those two realities are precisely what direct action intends to confront. ...
Climate Disobedience: Is a New 'Seattle' in the Making?
Commondreams.org Views —
... More probable, they believe, is "an average rise of 4-5C by the end of this century," a level that could create hundreds of millions of refugees fleeing areas afflicted by desertification, depleted food supplies, or coastal flooding. That these consensus predictions may feel remote and improbable to much of the American public does not reflect a real scientific debate, but rather a common reluctance to face unpleasant facts -- and also the considerable success of the coal and oil lobbies in dampening the electorate's sense of urgency about the issue. Those two realities are ...
