Climate Change Lobbyists

It looks like the amount of 'hot air' in Washington is increasing at more than 300%. If you said its because of climate change, you would be on the right track. In the past 5 years, the number of lobbyists pushing their views/opinions on climate change has increased by more than 300% (according to analysis by the Centre for Public Integrity).

But while the Obama team readies to take on the global warming challenge, the special interests that seek to derail, blunt, or tailor any new climate policy to their narrow agendas have already gathered in staggering numbers. A Center for Public Integrity analysis of Senate lobbying disclosure forms shows that more than 770 companies and interest groups hired an estimated 2,340 lobbyists to influence federal policy on climate change in the past year, as the issue gathered momentum and came to a vote on Capitol Hill. That’s an increase of more than 300 percent in the number of lobbyists on climate change in just five years, and means that Washington can now boast more than four climate lobbyists for every member of Congress. It also means that 15 percent of all Washington lobbyists spent at least some of their time on global warming in 2008, based on a tally of the total number of influence-peddlers on Capitol Hill by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Now have a look at the graph (below) to see of the number of lobbyists and their growth by sector. Source here.

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