Solutions Fossil fuel lobbyists flock to plastics treaty talks as scientists, environmentalists seek conflict of interest policies With growing calls for the need to reduce plastic production, industry groups are pushing back.
Newsletter ‘Double agents’: fossil-fuel lobbyists work for US groups trying to fight climate crisis Exclusive: new database shows 1,500 US lobbyists working for fossil-fuel firms while representing universities and green groups.
Politics Trump’s Interior Secretary didn’t violate ethics rules, watchdog finds An inspector general’s report found no evidence that David Bernhardt had improperly favored a group that once employed him as a lobbyist.
Politics In Washington, agricultural policymakers circulate among Farm Bureau, USDA and industry Dozens of USDA leaders had Farm Bureau connections before joining the agency.
Politics Manchin directed millions to wetlands near vacation condo While upending climate legislation, Manchin directed over $15 million in federal funding to protected wetlands where the couple owns property.
Politics How a Florida power project flew under the regulatory radar The state’s biggest utility is building a 176-mile line that may be unsuitable or even unneeded. Its design minimized scrutiny. Critics see a pattern.
Politics Allegations of industry influence rock mine safety commission A newly obtained memo outlines a Republican commissioner's use of a "Network" of inside and outside advisers when weighing personnel matters at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
