Political Influence

You can read about professional lobbying (see the Lobbying page),

and about getting government money directly (on the [Subsides page] (/subsidies).

What else do pollution-oriented companies want from government?

“Real estate developers and the…gas industry” don’t want local building codes going electric.
“Some state governments…demanded that utilities switch away from coal…[some] demand the opposite!”

“Oil money remains…powerful … in California politics.” “In California…tailpipe emissions have…risen.”

The “factory farm model…is allowed to evade a lot of regulations.”
“The industry…has slammed efforts by politicians … aimed at reducing meat consumption.”
“John Thune [&] Kyrsten Sinema…filed legislation [to ban]…livestock emission permits.”
Big Ag “companies are some of the…biggest contributors to climate change.”
With little or no accountability, … such [farm funding] programs…invite abuse."

At the Federal level, there are multiple examples political influence:

“There is no…standard protecting [workers]…from heat.” “OSHA…has ignored … recommendations”.
Joe Manchin has “more…money invested in dirty energy than any other Senator.”
“Koch…joined…with Enron, BP, Mobil…to prohibit [govt]…policing of oil and gas derivatives.”
“Exxon…[is trying] to head-off…regulations on plastic…discreetly seeking to influence legislation.”
“Toyota…GM [and others] sided with…Donald Trump against tighter [auto] emission standards.”
Monsanto makes pesticides that destroy bee colonies: “lobbyists…successfully killed … restrictions.”
“Businesses [guilty of] environmental offenses [got] up to $32 million in [pandemic relief] money.”