The paper discovers that oil and gas companies predominantly invest in legislators who already have a proven record of voting against environmental policies, rather than influencing legislators to change their voting behavior through campaign contributions.
Title
Oil and gas companies invest in legislators that vote against the environment.
Summary
َAuthor
Goldberg, M., Marlon, J. R., Wang, X., van der Linden, S., & Leiserowitz, A.
Year
2020
َThematic Area
Climate Change
Topic
Fake News and the Political Landscape
Country
USA
Region
North America
Misinformation Combatting
Detection of Misinformation
Place Published
Publisher
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922175117
URL
APA 7th End Text Citation
Goldberg, M. H., Marlon, J. R., Wang, X., Van Der Linden, S., & Leiserowitz, A. (2020). Oil and gas companies invest in legislators that vote against the environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(10), 5111–5112. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922175117