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

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https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/302795

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https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.49870
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Goldberg, Matthew H  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1267-7839
van der Linden, Sander  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0269-1744

Abstract

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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Congress, antienvironment, campaign contributions, climate change

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

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0027-8424
1091-6490

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117

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922175117

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