Big oil companies and other special interests have spent millions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions to defeat clean energy and global warming legislation, according to a new analysis released Monday by the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
The study Dirty Money found that the top 35 spending companies and trade associations invested more than $500 million in lobbying and campaign contributions from January 2009 to June 2010 to defeat clean energy legislation. This political pressure spending convinced enough senators to oppose clean energy measures that would have created clean energy jobs, reduced oil use, and cut global warming pollution.
Big OIl Spends Half a Billion Dollars to Oppose Climate Legislation
The study Dirty Money found that the top 35 spending companies and trade associations invested more than $500 million in lobbying and campaign contributions from January 2009 to June 2010 to defeat clean energy legislation. This political pressure spending convinced enough senators to oppose clean energy measures that would have created clean energy jobs, reduced oil use, and cut global warming pollution.
Big OIl Spends Half a Billion Dollars to Oppose Climate Legislation