Study: O&G companies reward US representatives who oppose environmental protections
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 10:20
in Mathematics & Economics
A combined team of researchers from Yale University and the University of Cambridge has found that gas and oil companies reward U.S. lawmakers who oppose environmental protections by increasing campaign contributions. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their study of the money donated to politicians in the U.S. by gas and oil companies and what they found.