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Pittsburgh’s Double Agents - The Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Who Represent Climate Victims

25 Oct 2023

■ Pittsburgh cultural institutions whose lobbyists also worked for fossil fuel com- panies included the Carnegie Institute, the Frick Art & Historical Center, the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. [...] Climate or the names of its five fossil fuel clients on its web- change is a major driver of the increasingly frequent site and the closest you’ll come is a few references to and severe wildfires in the U. [...] The most radical contrast with the agenda of the firm’s The Rodale Institute promotes organic and sustainable fossil fuel clients may be with the agendas of its two farming practices that reduce reliance on fossil fuels. [...] In 2023, the firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney lobbied on behalf of EQT, and also on behalf of these advocates for child health, welfare, and education: The Nemours Foundation, The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, and the Children’s Home of Pittsburgh. [...] Among the firm’s 37 health care clients was the In addition, the region has already begun to expe- American Heart Association, whose climate-related rience the impact of climate change on health and work includes raising awareness about the correlations local infrastructure.” The firm also represented the between higher temperatures and increased instances Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsbu.
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