Stream of New Lobbying Money Helped Climate Bill Flow Through House

The New York Times Energy & Environment
By CHRISTA MARSHALL of ClimateWire
Published: July 30, 2009

Major global-warming legislation that squeaked past the finish line in the House last month attracted millions of dollars in new lobbying money.

The fresh cash came from a combination of new groups and existing companies ramping up their payments to hired advocates in the second quarter of 2009. Entities hiring climate lobbyists for the first time shelled out more than $1.5 million overall from April to June and included a new natural-gas coalition and an arm of former Vice President Al Gore's nonprofit empire.

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