Lobbying Budgets of Keystone XL Opponents Exceeded That Of Supporters By More Than 35 To 1

Lobbying Budgets of Keystone XL Opponents Exceeded That Of Supporters By More Than 35 To 1: At least fifty oil companies, business trade associations, labor unions, and political groups with combined lobbying budgets of more than $178 million lobbied Washington in support of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline in 2012. And the dozen groups lobbying against the environmentally risky project had 2012 lobbying budgets of less than $5 million total, [...]/p