As the World Burns

How Big Oil and Big Coal mounted one of the most aggressive lobbying campaigns in history to block progress on global warming

Over the past year, the corporations and special interests most responsible for climate change waged an all-out war to prevent Congress from cracking down on carbon pollution in time for Copenhagen. The oil and coal industries deployed an unprecedented army of lobbyists, spent millions on misleading studies and engaged in outright deception to derail climate legislation. "It was the most aggressive and corrupt lobbying campaign I've ever seen," says Paul ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 9, 2010

Goodell documents the ugly corruption that is preventing timely action to prevent global climate change catastrophe. It is a bit harsh on the republicans (and some democrats) but the facts are harsh in this case.

For them, what this fight is really about is buying precious time to maximize profits from carbon sources. It’s really no more complicated than that." More »

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