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Carbon Positive: Moves by governments to regulate carbon emissions and efforts to secure a new international climate change treaty are being successfully thwarted by the sheer number of lobbyists and amount of funding being brought to bear by heavy greenhouse emitting companies, a study by the ...
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Climate Progress —
... Huge emitter lobby undercuts climate efforts
Moves by governments to regulate carbon emissions and efforts to secure a new international climate change treaty are being successfully thwarted by the sheer number of lobbyists and amount of funding being brought to bear by heavy greenhouse emitting companies, a study by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) claims.
The study examined lobbying efforts and campaign contributions in the United States, European Union, Japan, China, India, Australia, Brazil and ...
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