Republicans who backed Trump’s anti-environment bill have accepted over $105m from big oil
by Dharna Noor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ZBAD)
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes billions of dollars in giveaways to fossil fuel companies and their executives
The Republican lawmakers who voted for Donald Trump's anti-environment tax and spending bill have accepted more than $105m in political donations from the fossil fuel industry, a new analysis has found, raising concerns about their relationship with big oil.
Signed into law last month, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes billions of dollars in giveaways to oil and gas companies and their executives, alongside provisions to scale back credits for clean vehicles, wind and solar which were enshrined by Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
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