Fossil fuel lobbyists represent 300+ cities seeking climate damage recovery
Analysis reveals widespread conflicts as firms lobby for both polluters and local governments fighting climate impacts.
What to know
- Lobbyists for fossil fuel giants like ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute simultaneously represent over 300 local governments seeking climate damage recovery funding.
- Greenberg Traurig exemplifies the conflict: it lobbies for fossil fuel clients opposing climate superfund bills while representing municipalities like Miami-Dade and Westchester County that depend on those same bills for mitigation funds.
- Local governments may be unaware their lobbying firms are actively working to block the climate legislation they rely on for recovery funding.
The lobbying conflicts represent systemic corruption that undermines local climate action.
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“Congressional lobbyists working for fossil fuel firms that are exacerbating the climate crisis are simultaneously representing more than 300 local governments raising funding to recover from climate damage”
jonathancohn.bsky.social · Bluesky
“to advise clients who are building a more sustainable world”
Richard Rosenbaum, Greenberg Traurig executive chairman · The Guardian (citing 2024 LEADERS magazine interview)
James Browning Founder and executive director of F MinusCassidy DiPaola Make Polluters Pay campaign representativeGreenberg Traurig US multinational law firm conducting lobbyingF Minus and Make Polluters Pay Research organizations
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Not one but TWO new reports showing how polluters use disinfo to sabotage policy in today's @theguardian.com , thanks to @sarasneath.bsky.social , @makepolluterspay.bsky.social and @climatedevlab.bsky.social
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"Congressional lobbyists working for fossil fuel firms that are exacerbating the climate crisis are simultaneously representing more than 300 local governments raising funding to recover from climate damage, according to a new analysis."
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# USA # US US fossil fuel lobbyists also represent hundreds of cities fighting for climate damages Local governments working with firms also linked to fossil fuel giants, analysis of federal lobbying disclosures shows https://www. theguardian.com/environment/20 26/aug/25/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-fight-climate-damage # ClimateChange # UpheavalClimate…