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.
Join a May 7 discussion on how the Trump administrationโs open embrace of climate denial in Washington is enabling more denial at the highest levels of government in the U.S. and beyond.
A couple days later, the Trump-linked group hosted EPA chief โ and potential attorney general โ Lee Zeldin at a Washington, D.C. event.
A Q&A with Kai Nagata, a campaigner and researcher who works with Indigenous communities on the front-lines of MAGA-backed oil and gas expansion.
Industry giants have been accused of โenriching shareholdersโ while โfarmers and consumers pay the priceโ.
