Oil and gas companies invest in legislators that vote against the environment

Do campaign contributions from oil and gas companies influence legislators to vote against the environment, or do these companies invest in legislators that have a proven antienvironmental voting record? Using 28 y of campaign contribution data, we find that evidence consistently supports the invest...

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Autores principales: Goldberg, Matthew H., Marlon, Jennifer R., Wang, Xinran, van der Linden, Sander, Leiserowitz, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2020
Materias:
Physical Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32094171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922175117
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Sumario:Do campaign contributions from oil and gas companies influence legislators to vote against the environment, or do these companies invest in legislators that have a proven antienvironmental voting record? Using 28 y of campaign contribution data, we find that evidence consistently supports the investment hypothesis: The more a given member of Congress votes against environmental policies, the more contributions they receive from oil and gas companies supporting their reelection.

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