As Some US Cities Confront Climate, Their Lobbyists Work For Big Oil

"Municipalities that are suffering from the climate crisis employ lobbyists already in the pay of fossil fuel companies".

"Liberal cities and counties across the US – including ones suing oil and gas companies – are employing lobbyists who also represent the fossil fuel industry, new research shows.

The city of Baltimore, which in 2018 sued fossil fuel companies for damages related to the climate crisis, shared a lobbyist with one of the defendants in the case: ExxonMobil.

California’s San Mateo county in 2017 teamed up with the counties of Santa Cruz and Marin, as well as the cities of Richmond, Imperial Beach and Santa Cruz, to sue BP and other oil companies.

However, in 2021 and 2022, San Mateo county shared a lobbyist with BP."

Dharna Noor reports for the Guardian July 6, 2023.

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