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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


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


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
in the
Pennsylvania Senate race


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)
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)
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)
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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