Sentences with phrase «lobbying industry interest»

Also, given the explosion of power — and consequently lobbying industry interest — in Asia, there is a brief concluding chapter on the do's and don'ts in a few of the major countries in the region.

Not exact matches

In a time when tech companies are starting to behave like industry giants of the past, taking their interests — and their money — to K Street to influence legislation (consider Mark Zuckerberg's immigration lobby), it seems natural that several of these scrappy sharing - based start - ups are beginning to band together.

Commissions were outlawed in a 2010 Fiduciary Rule proposal, but permitted by the final rule — after heavy lobbying by the financial services industry — once the advisor satisfies complicated Best Interest Contract Exemption (BICE) rules.

We have jumped through their consultation hoops and seen how they continue to make decisions in the interest of the oil industry lobby, rather than for the public interest or the safety of the people that live here.

The chief of staff, Alastair Furnival, resigned on Friday after being embroiled in allegations of conflict of interest over links with a firm lobbying for the junk food industry.

«Dr. Johnston... developed this sudden and seemingly urgent interest in this issue not via a last minute clinical review of the scientific literature, or even after consulting with the AAP's own recognized lactation science experts... his concern came immediately after aggressive, personal lobbying by representatives of one of the AAP's biggest financial contributors, the $ 3 billion U.S. infant formula industry,» wrote lactivist Katie Allison Granju in «The Milky Way of Doing Business,» a rebuttal to the AAP's actions regarding the campaign.

The producer countries are lobbying to promote the status of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a body with weak Conflict of Interest rules, whose meetings are dominated by industry (often 40 % of the delegates).

But Unlock Democracy said over 80 % of the # 2 billion lobbying industry - including public affairs professionals who advance the interests of the organisations they work for - would not be covered.

It's standing up for the wrong people — for powerful interests and not hardworking musicians, giving in to lobbying and not giving support to our music industry.

You are no different than the Cheater School interests, the NY City Board of Realtors, the corrupt casino lobby, or the Fantasy Sports industry... we operate under the «Pay to Play» model here in NY.

The NCC (National Caravan Council) is continuing its lobby campaign against the imposition of VAT on caravan holiday homes «in the interests of the industry, jobs and livelihoods that would be impacted by the proposal».

Mostly, the lobbying is about competing interests within a country rather than a country's interests as a whole (think the interest of an industry manufacturing an expensive something vs. lower prices for everybody).

«The pro-business majority in the state Senate, comprised of the Republicans, the IDC and Felder, are basically the firing wall» that's protected the real estate industry's interests, said Matthew Engel, president of both the Bronx firm Langsam Property Services and the landlord lobbying group the Community Housing Improvement Program, or CHIP.

The New York Public Interest Research Group says the tobacco industry spent as much on lobbying expenses and political donations in New York in the first half of 2013 ($ 3.6 million) as it spent in the entire 24 months of 2011 ($ 1.8 million) and 2012 ($ 1.7 million) combined.

Ten companies or trade groups that lobbied on fracking and other issues of concern to the natural gas industry spent $ 4.5 million lobbying in Albany over the last three years, according to an analysis prepared by the New York Public Interest Research Group.

So if we want to make sure the legislation works with the industry rather than against the industry there needs to be an association that can help lobby in the best interests of the industry and the best long - term interests of consumers.

As the financial industry, including private student lenders, pumped millions into lobbying, and as Biden was on his way to collecting more than $ 100,000 for his re-election campaign from banking interests, he became one of three Democratic senators appointed to the committee responsible for hammering out a final bill.

They have no inflexible points of view or doctrines on the subject of diet that they are out to prove and they are not lobbied by commercial interests in the pet food industry.

Climate research is mostly funded by governments and universities and anonymous donors specifically as this removes as many industry and lobby group vested interests as possible.

Progress has been hampered by opposition to change from entrenched interests — a mix of household consumers, industry and trade lobbies.

Lead by Eli Lehrer R Street basically represents the interests of the insurance industry, in a lobbying sort of way.

Bowen Heath, who represents Halliburton, Koch Industries, and various other oil and gas interests for the lobbying firm McGuireWoods, had unparalleled access to the Commission.

Marita Noon is Executive Director of Citizens» Alliance for Responsible Energy, a lobby group funded by New Mexico oil and gas industry interests.

And according to the voluntary register, Koch Industries — the largest privately owned energy company in the United States, known for funding climate denial groups — has a particular interest in lobbying on the «EU's free trade agreement negotiations.»

The Global Climate Coalition — a lobbying group that represents fossil fuel, automotive and heavy industry interests — has also been very active in spreading misleading information about the climate crisis.

One reason why Western governments have been slow to respond to the climate crisis is that they are under constant pressure from lobbying groups that defend the interests of eco-unfriendly industry.

I'm sure you will ferret out any foreign money involved in lobbying our government on behalf of big oil, the pharmaceutical companies, the insurance interests and the grain industry.

Now, the ethanol lobby has managed to do on the Federal level what they couldn't in California, convince Congress to put industry interests ahead of the environment.

It concludes that establishing the links between former government officials and the fossil fuel industry highlights «the major potential for conflict of interest», adding: «When one takes into account what is at stake for large fossil fuel companies, and how much lobbying they conduct on climate policy more generally, weak revolving door policy provides another avenue of influence for private fossil fuel interests to exploit».

But the most interesting part of the segment is an interview with Joe Lucas, head of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (nee Americans for Balanced Energy Choices), a coal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on deceptive advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electricity.

As Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi makes historic U.S. visit, industry lobbying and vested interests jeapordise Obama foreign policy legacy

It's a shame because as we also noted in our letter to Safer, «In the 1980s, 60 Minutes engaged in some ground - breaking journalism with correspondent Ed Bradley and producer David Gelber that exposed myths about juries and the civil justice system, which were then and continue to be perpetuated by the insurance industry, drug companies, tobacco companies, medical lobbies and other special interests seeking to limit their liability from lawsuits.»

Because a massive lobbying effort of Republican lawmakers by the frozen pizza industry, among other corporate interests, is underway to get around Obama Administration guidelines to make school lunches contain healthier options.

This post will focus on three recent developments aimed at reforming our patent system: (1) the USPTO's efforts ad crowd - sourcing the search for prior art, (2) heavyweight technology industry players» newfound interest in lobbying Congress to take action on software patent reform, and (3) a recent conference at a Silicon Valley law school seeking solutions to problems surrounding software patents.

Rising interest rates might make private sector companies even less inclined to borrow to fund infrastructure projects if the interest deduction ends, said Brai Odion - Esene, a senior director at Hamilton Place Strategies and spokesman for the BUILD Coalition, whose members include the main lobbies for the private equity and real estate industries.

He also lobbies the U.S. Congress and federal regulatory agencies to ensure that the interests of the commercial real estate industry are addressed.