TY - JOUR
T1 - Oil and gas companies invest in legislators that vote against the environment
AU - Goldberg, Matthew H.
AU - Marlon, Jennifer R.
AU - Wang, Xinran
AU - van der Linden, Sander
AU - Leiserowitz, Anthony
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/3/10
Y1 - 2020/3/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Antienvironment
KW - Campaign contributions
KW - Climate change
KW - Congress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081685678&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1922175117
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1922175117
M3 - Article
C2 - 32094171
AN - SCOPUS:85081685678
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 117
SP - 5111
EP - 5112
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 10
ER -