‘Double agents’: fossil-fuel lobbyists work for US groups trying to fight climate crisis

Illustration caption: A new database of fossil fuel lobbyists shows how they represent clients with contradictory aims. Illustration credit: Javier Palma / The Guardian. Article by Oliver Milman. The Guardian – July 5, 2023.

More than 1,500 lobbyists in the US are working on behalf of fossil-fuel companies while at the same time representing hundreds of liberal-run cities, universities, technology companies and environmental groups that say they are tackling the climate crisis, the Guardian can reveal. Lobbyists for oil, gas and coal interests are also […]

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