fossil fuel lobby
Oil industry lobbyists
The fossil fuel lobby refers collectively to organizations, companies, and interest groups that advocate politically on behalf of the oil, gas, and coal industries.
The term typically carries negative connotations, implying efforts to influence legislation, block climate regulations, or spread disinformation about environmental impacts: The fossil fuel lobby spent millions fighting the emissions bill.
Critics use it to suggest coordinated resistance to clean energy transitions.
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- oil and gasFossil fuel pair
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- ExxonAmerican oil conglomerate
Congress · Capitol Hill · revolving door · pipeline · drilling · fracking boom · subsidies · energy independence · Koch · climate denial · refineries · campaign donations · dark money · greenwashing · carbon · carbon footprint · politicians · bought and paid for
- climate policycarbon tax, emissions standards, emissions trading, cap and trade, net zero
- disinformationdisinformation, misinformation, misinformation campaigns, fake news, propaganda
- energy policyenergy policy, energy bills, energy independence, energy security, energy efficiency
fossil fuel lobbyclimate activists
People demanding environmental action
environmental movement · Greenpeace · Sierra Club · Greta Thunberg · Al Gore
fossil, fuel, lobby, fossils, fossilize, fossilized, fossilization, fuels, fueled