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To: epicure who wrote (76009)	7/21/2008 11:53:49 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541969

Syb - I'm not sure where those numbers can be found. But I'm willing to place a large bet that the environmental lobby's numbers are smaller. It's not as if Greenpeace is making billions in profits per quarter. [edit] Some interesting data here: opensecrets.org This page shows spending on lobbying by industry sector. I would have thought the oil companies would be higher, but they're up there, anyway. opensecrets.org Looks like total spending for lobbying by Environmental groups was around 13 million in 2007. Quite a bit below the oil companies, at 82 million. And that doesn't include political contributions. How about that? We're right. - Allen