My Take on Oil and Gas Industry's False Claims about Climate
Posted March 11, 2010 in Moving Beyond Oil
The oil and gas industry spent a record $168.3 million in lobbying expenses in 2009, and a good deal of it was directed to blocking clean energy and climate legislation.
That is a staggering number, but after my 40 years spent fighting for environmental protections, I am not surprised. Every time we have advanced a new safeguard, there is always one sector of industry trying to stop it. It happened when we wanted to take lead out of gasoline, stop acid rain, and removing ozone-depleting chemicals.
We prevailed every time, and we will prevail on climate action too. Because unlike the fossil fuel industry, we are right on the science, the economics, and the protections for people’s health.
Read more about it in my recent blog on the Markup.
