All 10 of the largest U.S. meat and dairy companies have lobbied against environmental and climate policies, resisting climate regulations, including rules on greenhouse gases and emissions reporting. This is according to a study by New York University, which examined the political influence of the 10 largest meat and dairy companies in the United States.

  • Arin
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    61 year ago

    IDK why corporate lobbing is still legal, wtf outlaw it asap

    • CrazyEddie041
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      81 year ago

      It’s legal because the people who benefit from corporate lobbying are the same people who determine what is legal.

    • @Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
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      11 year ago

      Ah, what you are missing is that the people who make those laws are the same ones being lobbied, and lobbying means giving money to them.

    • @Cheers@sh.itjust.works
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      -21 year ago

      It exists because it’s ridiculous to expect government to know about every industry’s ins and outs. Sometimes we benefit from lobbying as because some old law is affecting new processes or we need to support funding for something that we didn’t know about.

      The issue is when shit is mundane and worthless like the topic op presented. Lobbying against climate policies just means you’re part of the problem. We understand enough to know the policies need to exist and it’s a waste of everyone’s time and money for these giant corps to lobby against them.