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Automakers Continue To Lobby For Global Heating, Against EVs

May 17, 2024 admin BMW, bmw group, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, gm, honda, Hyundai, Lobbying, Mazda, mercedes, Nissan, policy & politics, policy research, renault, research, stellantis, suzuki, tata motors, tesla, toyota, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 21:11:20 +0000

We’ve turned a big corner when it comes to electrification of the auto industry. Just 5–10 years ago, automakers were largely laughing at electric cars, slow-walking the transition, and had modest electrification plans. That changed with the anticipation for and arrival of the Tesla Model 3, EU regulations requiring than … [continued]

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ExxonMobil Shows Its Lobbying Hand, But Hides Some Cards

April 6, 2022 admin BNP Paribas, exxchange, exxonmobil, Lobbying, policy & politics, policy research, research, u.s. chamber of commerce, united steelworkers, us chamber of commerce

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 03:20:34 +0000

A funny thing happened just as people started turning off their laptops and gearing up for the long President’s Day weekend last month. At 2 p.m. on Friday, with no news alert, press statement or announcement, ExxonMobil for the first time revealed who received its lobbying money and how much. The world’s largest publicly traded […]

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US Lawmakers Opposing Environmental Protections Get Clear Rewards From Oil & Gas Industry

February 26, 2020 admin air quality, clean transport, climate change, Fossil Fuels, GOP, greta thunberg, Lobbying, naomi seibt, natural gas, Oil, oil companies, policy & politics, Republicans, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:40:36 +0000

A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that US lawmakers opposing environmental protections get rewards from the oil and gas industry

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Study Finds Statistical Correlation Between Voting Records & Campaign Cash

February 26, 2020 admin campaign finance laws, fossil fuel industry, Fossil Fuels, league of conservation voters, Lobbying, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:20:08 +0000

An analysis of 28 years of campaign contribution data finds a correlation between donations by fossil fuel companies and the voting records of members of Congress. Are you surprised by that?

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Dear Comcast, I Noticed Your Email About My Tweet and Wanted You to Have This Blog

October 25, 2019 admin comcast, Lobbying

Credit to Author: Jason Koebler| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:48:41 +0000

Comcast has spent the last day trying to tell anyone who shared an article about its lobbying efforts that the lobbying is innocent.

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Exelon Utilities’ CEO Retires as Federal Investigation Continues

October 15, 2019 admin anne pramaggiore, baltimore gas & electric, Business, calvin butler, Coal, Exelon, Gas, Illinois, investigation, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Lobbying, news, Nuclear, Renewables, utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:35:34 +0000

The post Exelon Utilities’ CEO Retires as Federal Investigation Continues appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The CEO of major U.S. energy company Exelon Utilities retired on Oct. 15, leaving the company as federal officials investigate Exelon’s lobbying activities the Illinois State Capitol. The retirement of Anne Pramaggiore, 61, who became CEO of Exelon Utilities in 2018, comes less than a week after Exelon subsidiary Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Illinois’ largest utility, […]

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