Koch And Exxon Pay To Write State Legislation Repealing Climate Change Laws

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Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:02pm

According to tax records and other materials acquired by Bloomberg News, Koch Industries, Exxon Mobil, and numerous other corporations paid tens of thousands of dollars to write legislation for lawmakers that would repeal carbon pollution reduction programs in various states around the U.S. These companies working to dismantle environmental programs are members of the conservative [...]

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Koch And Exxon Pay To Write State Legislation Repealing Climate Change Laws

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