#NorfolkSouthern Spent $1.9M in Washington as #Congress Weakened #Rail Safety Bill
In 6mo since #EastPalestine #derailment, #railway has activated its #lobbyists and spread money around Congress. As Norfolk went on spending spree, #Bipartisan #RailwaySafetyAct stalled in #Senate, due to a lack of sufficient #GOP support. Norfolk Southern spent $797,500 on lobbyists before the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee made its changes to the rail safety bill
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/18/norfolk-southern-rail-safety-lobby-congress/
#lobbying

Arms Oligarchy

More than 200 lobbyists have been hired by arms oligarchs. The report says that these lobbyists “have worked in the same government that regulates and decides funding for the industry.”

Arms makers were very important in the Trump administration, and they are still important in the Biden administration:

#oligarchy #lobbyists #arms #military #trump

https://gwfoto.medium.com/american-oligarchs-regimes-of-influence-violence-and-pain-d1fd1231bf18

Big business #lobbies against #heat protections for workers as #US boils
It could take years for federal #regulator #OSHA to set new heat rules as excessive temperatures are killing Americans at work. #Business groups and #lobbyists have aggressively opposed efforts at state and federal levels to enact heat protection standards for #workers. TX gov, #GregAbbott rescinded city ordinances that mandated heat protections for workers. The move was applauded by business groups.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/31/heat-protections-workers-big-business-lobbies

Good riddance to bad rubbish as Oregon manufacturing trade association closes its doors - #Oregon #lobbyists #lobby #politics #OregonPolitics https://www.opb.org/article/2023/08/08/oregon-manufacturers-and-commerce-trade-group-shuts-down/

Pretty amazed to see the number of houses that have been built in Silverdale / Orewa over the last few years, plus talk of a #dormitory city the size of Napier being developed in Drury

But completely fail to see how building in these remote parts of #Auckland will help us meet our #emissioneduction commitments, or even the timing of pur #transport plans

So many #planners and #lobbyists, and a revolving set of #politicians doesn't do much for joined up thinking

I really wish #BClobbyingBot was on here. It did a great job on tracking #BCNDP & #BritishColumbia #politicians who spent years ignoring citizens & telling us they didn't have enough time to meet/talk to their own #constituents but they had more than enough time to meet & take bribes from #craptalism corporate #lobbyists in shady backroom deals.

Let's be real here. Backroom lobbyists deals are straight up #bribery of public office folks. #NDP in BC also turned #FOI into fee based structure 🤡

@privateger because the #USA is a #cleptocracy and being a #GAFAM buys a lot of #Lobbyists....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig

@obeto
TL;DR now harder to sue #Trucking companies for #manslaughter etc in #Texas #Florida #Iowa and other states b/c #lobbyists

#Pedestrians #Cycling #Freeways #Insurance

https://open.substack.com/pub/heated/p/al-gore-has-turned-the-corner?r=11rw36&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

One of the greatest threats to ##climate #progress, Gore said, is the #fossilfuel industry’s growing influence on the #UnitedNations-sponsored #COP28 talks in November.
As we reported last year, there were 636 fossil fuel #lobbyists at #COP27.

Double agents? >1,500 U.S #lobbyists are working on behalf of #FossilFuel companies while at the same time representing hundreds of liberal-run cities, uni's, tech companies & enviro groups that say they're tackling the #ClimateCrisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/double-agent-fossil-fuel-lobbyists

‘#DoubleAgents’: fossil-fuel lobbyists work for US groups trying to fight climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/double-agent-fossil-fuel-lobbyists?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“It’s incredible that this has gone under the radar for so long, as these #lobbyists help the #fossilfuel #industry wield extraordinary #power,” said James Browning, a former Common Cause lobbyist who put together the database for a new venture called F Minus. “Many of these cities and counties face severe costs from #climatechange and yet elected officials are selling their residents out.”

#CynicalCalculations #conflictofinterest #keepitintheground #GoldenHandshake #revolvingdoor

‘Double agents’: #fossilfuel #lobbyists work for US groups trying to fight #climatecrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/double-agent-fossil-fuel-lobbyists

‘Double agents’: #fossilfuel #lobbyists work for #US groups trying to fight #climatecrisis
#Environmental groups that push for action on #climatechange also, incongruously, use lobbyists employed by the fossil-fuel industry.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/double-agent-fossil-fuel-lobbyists #USPol #Politics

CHECK YOUR STATE!

In Florida, insurance companies rely heavily on lobbyists who are promoting further dependence on fossil fuels.

In 2022, Liberty Mutual shared a lobbyist with coal- and gas-plant operator Duke Energy and coal plant operator TECO Energy. The American Property Casualty Insurance Association shared lobbyists with TECO Energy, the Koch Companies, Gulfstream Natural Gas System, Sabal Trail Transmission, and Florida Power & Light.

#lobbyists #fossilfuel

https://fminus.org/state/florida/

@mcpinson Same #FossilFuels #lobbyists corruption happening in #Canada #UK #NewZealand & lots more countries where craptalism is what our sellout governments are doubling down on - as the planet burns, floods & the climate crisis death counts keep rising (human & non-human lives).

‘Double agents’: fossil-fuel lobbyists work for US groups trying to fight climate crisis

More than 1,500 lobbyists in the US are working on behalf of fossil-fuel companies while at the same time representing hundreds of liberal-run cities, universities, technology companies and environmental groups that say they are tackling the climate crisis, the Guardian can reveal.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/double-agent-fossil-fuel-lobbyists

#ClimateCrisis #OilCompanies #lobbyists #GlobalWarming

#Oil #lobbyists spend millions to stall #California’s game-changing #climate bill

Bills would force large companies that do business in the state to report all #emissions and crack down on bogus #carbon offset claims

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/california-emission-tracking-bill-corporation-oil-gas-lobby

#TheGuardian #environment #climatechange

#Ohio #lawmakers and #religious #lobbyists coordinate on #antitrans #legislation
https://flip.it/JAxXMo

#Fossil fuel #lobbyists will have to identify themselves when registering for #Cop28

#ClimateStrike #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/15/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-will-have-to-identify-themselves-when-registering-for-cop28

Climate change: #UN to unmask fossil fuel #lobbyists at climate talks

#ClimateStrike #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65917660