Itai Vardy

Fossil fuel industry spend ten times more on climate lobbying than greens

Itai Vardy

| 24th July 2018

Lobbyists spent more than $2 billion trying to influence climate legislation in the US Congress between 2000 and 2016, according to a study by Drexel University sociologist Robert Brulle published today in the journal Climatic Change. ITAI VARDY reports for DESMOG UK

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