US Climate Legislation & Lobbyists
(Blog Post) Called the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Waxman-Markey bill was fought hard by the energy industry. According to a report by the Center for Public Integrity, “More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its historic vote on climate change legislation.” You can see from the chart above that there was a spike in the amount of lobbying just ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
If anything, the piece needs stronger scientific background to underscore the urgency and monstrous consequences of compromise with agents of profiteers.