Perhaps fearing the coming crunch of climate and energy legislation, oil giant Exxon Mobil more than doubled their reported lobbying expenditures in 2006 to $14.5 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. This blows their previous year's total of $7.14 million and next-highest-spender Chevron's $7.5 million out of the water.
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Exxon Mobil hikes spending, big time 2
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Posted 5:59 PM on 26 Apr 2007
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fallinggoat Posted 12:00 am
27 Apr 2007
Power Companies
This article appears in the Washington Post today (4/27/07) on the Administration's efforts to give the utility industry immunity from state laws (they obviously have total control over the federal laws now). It will be interesting to see how these Republican congressmen deal with this one.
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sasquatch Posted 2:55 am
27 Apr 2007
EXXON secrets
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