As Bloomberg points out, that's a solid 23 % more than the $ 12.1 million
clean energy companies spent all told.
Not exact matches
The
company said earlier this month that it had already
spent some $ 15 billion on
clean energy as of 2014, and had committed to invest an additional $ 15 billion.
The
company did not reveal what it
spent on the project, but its
spending on
clean energy ventures is big and growing.
During that same period, these
companies spent $ 45 million on ads for
clean coal and $ 125 million in lobbying dollars to defeat a national renewable
energy standard and federal legislation to place mandatory limits on CO2 emissions.
Clean -
energy companies spent $ 21.8 million on lobbying in 2008, five times as much as in 2006, New Energy Finance
energy companies spent $ 21.8 million on lobbying in 2008, five times as much as in 2006, New
Energy Finance
Energy Finance said.
Guess it pays to be the biggest oil
company in the world — even though their profits are at the lowest they've been in six years, Exxon still managed to
spend more money on lobbying efforts for the climate bill than the entire
clean energy industry combined.
These polluting
companies are
spending millions every year to prevent the transition to a
clean, community - controlled
energy future.
'' So far in 2008, the major industry players, Southern
Company, Duke
Energy, American Electric Power, the Edison Electric Institute, and American Coalition For
Clean Coal Electricity
spent $ 4.0 million on broadcast and cable television advertising; $ 0.4 million on radio advertising; $ 2.4 million on print advertising in magazines and newspapers; $ 0.1 million on internet advertising; and $ 0.3 million on other types of advertising.
Union Pacific has given $ 700,000 to the U.S. Chamber since 2004, as reported in the
company's 2007, 2008, and 2009 proxy statements, and has
spent over $ 3 million on lobbying activities in 2009, including efforts to oppose the American
Clean Energy and Security Act.