If the stage is now set for the climate battle to begin, there is no shortage of combatants. A Center for Public Integrity analysis shows that, by the end of last year, more than 770 companies and interest groups had hired an estimated 2,340 lobbyists to influence federal policy on climate change. That’s an increase of more than 300 percent in just five years, and means that Washington can now boast more than four climate lobbyists for every member of Congress.
The elite agency has been going all out to win positive press for the hosts of the UN climate talks.
One of the sponsors of the UK pavilion has worked with major polluters to help them extract more oil and gas.
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint proposes sweeping anti-climate policies.
Former ExxonMobil climate scientist Lindsey Gulden: "It was after I was fired for reporting a garden variety fraud that I really sat back and thought about the implications for climate change."
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