What should be a neat and clean effort to address Global Warming, make the requisite reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of us all and provide a cleaner future, has become, instead a feeding frenzy for lobbyists.
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ISS reports, in part --
Besides supporting policy organizations that work to oppose action on climate disruption, the Kochs also engage in direct lobbying. DeSmogBlog reports that last year alone, Koch Industries spent $15,450,000 on lobbying -- almost 98% of which was used to lobby specifically for oil and gas interests. (Koch Industries also owns Atlanta-based paper giant Georgia-Pacific.) In addition, Koch Industries contributed $1,200,500 to various federal political candidates in 2008 -- almost as much as ExxonMobil, whose revenues are five times larger.
The article is worth reading in its entirety, but in case you thought you had some real control? It looks like, unless you inform yourself and speak out, you don't.
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