{"id":4095,"date":"2009-12-28T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T02:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2009-12-28T18:01:50","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T02:01:50","slug":"climate-lobby-bulks-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2009\/12\/28\/climate-lobby-bulks-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Lobby Bulks Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some California corporations figure prominently in a new tally of climate-related lobbying activity.<\/p>\n<p>A continuing study from the non-partisan <a title=\"CPI - main\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/\">Center for Public Integrity<\/a> (CPI) shows that climate-relating lobbying reached a fever pitch in the third quarter of this year, with 140 new organizations showing up in government-required registrations. That brings the total number of registered climate lobbyists to 1,160, with most activity centered on two climate bills&#8211;one passed by the House and another pending in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The Center&#8217;s <a title=\"CPI - report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/investigations\/global_climate_change_lobby\/articles\/entry\/1884\/\">latest report<\/a> is called &#8220;The Climate Lobby from Soup to Nuts&#8221;&#8211;and they mean it literally. CPI reports that registered climate lobbyists now include such diverse interests as the makers of Campbell Soup and Blue Diamond Growers (&#8220;a can a week&#8221; may not be all they ask, after all).<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, &#8220;Big Oil&#8221; is a big spender. San Ramon-based Chevron Corp. clocks in at more than $36 million since 2003. And PG&amp;E, one of California&#8217;s largest utilities, is shown spending more than $34 million just in the last two years ($19 million in the third quarter of 2008 alone).<\/p>\n<p>Silicon Valley is well represented on the list, including some firms whose stake in climate policy is less obvious; eBay, Google, Hewlett-Packard and Intel are all in the half-million-plus club. Government records show Intel declaring more than $12 million on climate lobbying since 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Marianne Lavelle, a staff writer who helped compile the figures for CPI, says that companies with a stake in green energy technologies are seeking more of a voice in the process, to counter fossil fuel interests, and that technology-oriented venture capital firms are becoming more of a visible presence on the lobbying radar.<\/p>\n<p>The CPI data also includes major environmental lobbies such as the San Francisco-based Sierra Club, which logs $1 million over the past two years. Lavelle says what it doesn&#8217;t capture is lobbying at the state level, nor does it reflect spending on &#8220;grassroots&#8221; organizing or money spent on advertising campaigns designed to steer public opinion on climate issues.<\/p>\n<p>The CPI study site includes a <a title=\"CPI - db\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/investigations\/climate_change\/\">searchable database<\/a> of all federally registered climate lobbyists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business and environmental groups will likely spend $100 million this year, lobbying major climate legislation in Washington. 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