Companies with the highest carbon emissions spend big in government

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August 19, 2021
This week in money-in-politics

Companies with the highest carbon emissions spend
big in government


The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report, stating that human influence is an “unequivocal” cause of a warming planet. With the report showing a continual increase in global greenhouse gas emissions, here’s how some gas and oil companies with the highest carbon emissions have been spending their money in government.

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** Georgia campaign finance law will allow select candidates to collect unlimited campaign cash
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A new Georgia campaign finance law allows certain candidates running for office to collect unlimited campaign contributions.

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** Foreign lobbyists gave millions to influence 2020 elections amid foreign influence concerns
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More than $33.5 million in individual political contributions came from foreign agents and lobbyists during the 2020 election.

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** Conor Lamb looks to make a fundraising splash
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Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.) entered the Pennsylvania Senate race last week and has already become a fundraising giant in the race.

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** Amid Extreme Weather, a Shift Among Republicans on Climate Change (The New York Times) ([link removed])

Those companies are donating overwhelmingly to Republicans. In the 2020 election cycle alone, oil, gas, coal mining and other energy companies gave $46 million to the Republican Party. That’s more than those industries donated to Democrats over the course of the last decade, according to OpenSecrets.

** Hard lesson for U.S. investors: Chinese companies don’t make the rules in China (CNBC) ([link removed])

The total spending on lobbying in the United States skyrocketed from $1.56 billion in 2000 to $3.53 billion last year, according to Senate Office of Public Records data compiled by non-profit OpenSecrets.org.

** As Purdue Pharma Sought Controversial Bankruptcy Settlement, It Spent Over $1.2 Million on Lobbying (The Intercept) ([link removed])

Denver-headquartered Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is one of the largest lobbying shops in Washington and is a generous donor to Democrats and Republicans alike, donating nearly $2 million to candidates for federal office in 2020, according to OpenSecrets.
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