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Who Runs Climate Change?

1. Who Runs the Energy and Environment Lobby?
2. Join the News Hunt!

Watch Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) discuss the bill and how he interacts with lobbyists.

As policymakers prepare to debate climate change in Congress, special interests on all sides of the issue are gathering strength in Washington.

We need you to help shed light on who the top environmental and energy lobbyists are.

Find and rate the best articles on energy and environment lobbies for us and partner Newstrust. Then add the information you dig up to profiles in our moderated wiki.

If you're new to WhoRunsGov, here are some instructions.

This project will run from from November 16th through November 22 in collaboration with the social news site NewsTrust.net, where users work together to find and rate the news. We'll highlight our top contributions and announce the results of the News Hunt on Wednesday, December 2.

You can participate in a couple of ways:

Help identify, review and rate articles about lobbying and top lobbyists. Click here to learn more or scroll down to see what articles have already been found.
Use what you learn from the News Hunt and update a lobbyist profile on our site or add a new one. The WRG editors have listed a few of the top energy and environmental lobbyists below as suggestions.

To participate, you will first need to Register or Log in if you are already a WhoRunsGov.com contributor.

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Who Runs the Energy and Environment Lobby?

Below are some suggestions of environment and energy lobbyists who are playing a major role in the climate change debate. Help us fill them out by clicking on their profiles below.

Hear why David Hawkins is worth hunting for...

David G. Hawkins

Director of Climate Programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council (since January 2008)

Hear why Anna Aurilio is worth hunting for...

Anna Aurilio

Director of the Washington Office of Environment America (since January 2009)

Anna Aurilio Director of the Washington Office of Environment America (since January 2009)	Gregory H. Boyce Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Peabody Energy Corporation (since 2005)	Ken Cook President and Founder of the Environmental Working Group (since 1993)
Jack N. Gerard President of the American Petroleum Institute (since November 2008)	R. Bruce Josten Executive Vice President, Government Affairs at the Chamber of Commerce Boss: Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue	Gene Karpinski President of the League of Conservation Voters (since January 2006)
Thomas Kuhn President of Edison Electric (since 1990)	Steve Miller President of the American Coalition of Clean Coal Electricity (since 2007)	Tony Podesta Chairman, Podesta Group (since 1998)
Carl Pope Executive Director of the Sierra Club (since 1992)	James E. Rogers Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy (since April 2006)	Jay Timmons Executive Vice President, National Association of Manufacturers (since 2008)
Elizabeth Thompson Legislative Director for the Environmental Defense Fund (since 1999)

Join the News Hunt!

Here are the stories that the NewsTrust and WRG communities have already reviewed as part of our lobbying News Hunt. Click the 'Review it' or 'Post a story' links to share your knowledge.