Study Finds Unprecedented Growth in Climate Change Lobbying

A new report from the Center for Public Integrity reveals that the number of global warming lobbyists has increased by more than 300 percent in the past five years. In the past year, some 770 companies hired over 2,000 climate change lobbyists and spent an estimated $90 million to influence federal policy on climate change. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 26, 2009

The drastic increase in lobbyists trying to affect the policies suggests that short term financial interest may make it difficult to get the best policies for the problems indicated by the science.

A carbon tax keeps sounding better than cap and trade.

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