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. That’s 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.
European Court of Human Rights holds first-ever hearings on climate, while the UN adopts a landmark resolution asking the International Court of Justice to weigh in on countries’ legal responsibility to safeguard the climate system.
Ad data reviewed by DeSmog shows industry group paid Google to link its website to hundreds of climate-related search terms.
The oil giant says chemicals are part of the solution to climate change. Its operations in Norco, Louisiana, tell a different story.
Critics say the firm is attempting to buy goodwill as it bids to pilot a fuel widely considered unviable for home heating.
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