Carbon Inequality by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

4.3 How the polluter elite seek political influence

As decision makers at polluting companies (owners, executive team and directors) the polluter elite are using their political influence in different ways to slow down the transition. Since the 1970s these companies have significantly increased funding to foundations, think-tanks, public relations firms and political donations to influence both governments and public opinion. See Appendix 1 for some indicative examples. This is particularly the case in the US, and to a lesser extent in the UK.

These different ways to obtain political influence can be grouped under the following headings (based on Geels, 2014 and Newell and Paterson, 1998).19

Access: Companies have close contact with senior policymakers which leads to government factoring in their interests when formulating policy; for example, the Trump administration has systematically tried to remove or weaken environmental regulations.

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