Political Influence
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Real estate & gas industries don't want local building codes written to favor electric appliances. ​
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“Some states demand "that utilities switch away from coal ... [but some] demand the opposite.”
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Despite deaths, Texas & Florida both "passed legislation to preventt ... heat protections for outdoor workers." !
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Fossil-fuel companies pay state taxes, and some states have become "dependent" on this revenue:
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As in North Dakota, where "oil and gas taxes ... comprise about a third of the state’s ... budget.” ​
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​ And in Alaska; state residents get an annual dividend from oil profits, "Free Money From Oil Wealth."
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Agri-businesses know how to work the political system: ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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The "factory farm model ... is allowed to evade a lot of regulations.” ​​
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Agri-business lobbyists have criticized "efforts by politicians" to reduce meat consumption. ​
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For example, “the [hog and dairy] industries ... slammed efforts to promote ‘Meatless Mondays’.”
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Senate leader John Thune, and others, helped block limits on livestock emissions. ​​​
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Meanwhile agribusiness "companies are some of the ... biggest contributors to climate change.” ​
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"With little or no accountability ... [farm funding] programs ... invite" corruption.
At the national level, there are many examples of political influence:
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There's "no ... standard protecting [workers] ... from heat.” “OSHA ... has ignored ... recommendations". ​​​​
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"Koch ... joined ... with Enron, BP, Mobil ... to prohibit [govt] ... policing of oil & gas derivatives."
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Exxon is trying to stop "regulations on plastic ... discreetly seeking to influence legislation.”
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Toyota and GM "sided with ... Donald Trump against tighter [auto] emission standards.”
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Monsanto sells bee-colony-destroying pesticides: “lobbyists ... successfully killed ... restrictions.”
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Boycott
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