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Sources Say: Sharing economy firms share wealth with lobbyists

2015-03-12 12:21:37| Steel - Topix.net

Airbnb spent the most money lobbying the City Council, according to the last disclosure reports filed with the City Auditor's Office. The short-term rental booking company reports spending $21,139.16 lobbying the council in the fourth quarter of 2014 - the most recent period for which figures are available.

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Lobbyists 'delaying Apache contract'

2015-03-06 18:44:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A 1bn British Army contract to replace its Apache attack helicopters is being held up due to lobbying by the firm Augusta Westland, say Whitehall insiders.

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Industry lobbyists weakened Europe air pollution rules, say Greenpeace

2015-03-05 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: New limits on air pollution in Europe have been watered down because governments are allowing some of the worst polluters to help draw up the rules, according to a Greenpeace investigation. The Guardian has also learned that despite UK claims to the contrary, energy industry representatives repeatedly and forcefully pushed for weaker pollution limits at meetings in Brussels. As a result of ongoing lobbying, the proposed European Union standards on toxic emissions from coal plants will be less...

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Here's What Happened to the Lobbyists Who Tried to Reshape the U.S. View of Climate Change

2015-02-27 14:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: In early 1998, some of the biggest fossil fuel companies in the world were hatching a plan to hijack the science of human-caused global warming. Representatives from major fossil fuel corporations and industry groups had joined forces with operatives from major conservative think tanks and public relations experts to draft what they called their Global Climate Science Communications (GCSC) plan. In a memo the plan boldly declared its goal would be to convince a majority of the American public...

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