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Big Tech’s Biggest Lobbying Arm Loses Microsoft and Uber as Priorities Splinter
The trade organisation once central to Big Tech’s intensive lobbying efforts appears to be slowly fading into the background as companies increasingly opt for a go-it-alone approach. That decline escalated this week with a new report from Axios revealing Microsoft and Uber, among two of the group’s largest members, are jumping ship.
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What You Need to Know About Thursday’s Big Oil Hearing
Big Oil has had a reckoning with the public. It’s had a reckoning in court. And on Thursday, it will have a reckoning in front of Congress’ most powerful committee.
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Bye, Bye, Mr. Exxon Guy
Remember the Exxon lobbyist who got caught on tape admitting that the company had poured money into “shadow groups” in order to fight against climate science? He’s officially out of a job. E&E News confirmed with Exxon on Tuesday that Keith McCoy, the lobbyist in question, was no longer at the company.
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Hey Exxon, Maybe Stop Tweeting
You quite literally can’t write this joke: Exxon, one of the companies most responsible for the climate crisis, tweeted Monday that it was keeping people in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast affected by Hurricane Ida in its “thoughts and prayers.” Wow, where have we heard that phrase before?