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. Thatโs 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.
Salmon wagons and boat trips for schoolkids distract from environmental damage, say campaigners.
Emails obtained by DeSmog show county officials continually met privately with Project Sail lobbyists, something denied to local residents opposing the $17 billion data center.
As Trump pushes to slash the EPAโs budget to its lowest level in four decades, 15 years of state-level cuts have already hollowed out environmental enforcement across the country.
Utilities started reversing coal powerโs โirreversibleโ decline. Will it last?
