This is a graded discussion: 100 points possible due Oct 8 Discussion Board 3 - Interest Groups What is an interest group? Choose one of the interest groups listed here (click on a category to view specific groups): https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/alphalist.php e Research further and explain who comprises the group, when they were founded (and by whom, if that information is available), what they believe, and what their stated goals are. What is the purpose of the group? Do they appear effective? Choose and research one rekent piece of legislation in which this group has been directly involved at the national level. Explain what you found-- who they were lobbying (was it Congress? was it the President?) and some example(s) of by what means they lobby individuals in our national government. Be sure that your piece of legislation and the issue covered are at the national level. Did the group have success in its efforts, or are the efforts still ongoing? Provide links to your sources. And feel free to include your own view on the issue and suggest ways in which this group could successfully influence the decision-makers they seek to persuade. Subscribe Unread Search ontries or author Torida State College... myEFSC opensecrets.org X Х Topic: Discussion Board 3 - Interest Groups Home / Influence & Lobbying/ Interest Groups / Ideology/Single-Issue / Environment / Summary Environment iCloud Stora Upgrade your iCloud. Summary Totals Background Lobbying Money to Congress Contributors Recipients News As attention to climate and resource issues has increased in recent years, environmentalists have grown far more influential in Washington, even if political contributions from environmental groups are but a fraction of those given by the industries they generally oppose. The Obama administration's focus on the environment and the international scientific community's emphasis on climate change have jumpstarted calls for tighter government regulation in some areas. President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced in September 2016 that the United States and China would enter the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the global temperature increase this century to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Since more than 55 countries, responsible together for at least 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, have ratified or acceded to the accord, the agreement is set to take effect in November 2016. [Read more Background] Industries in this Sector: Environment Q Top Contributors, 2017-2018 (Move your cursor over the chart to see dollar amounts.) Contributor Amount League of Conservation Voters $594,272 Pick another Sector: Ideology/Single-Issue Global Green USA $33,273 Partnership for Conservation I $22,400 Search for an industry: Goldman Environmental Prize $18,396 Enter at least 3 characters Environment America I $17,250 Q Environmental Defense Fund I $12,644 MacBoon F10 F9 F7 F8 000 DO0 ܀ F6 20 F3 F4 F5 F2 % 5 # 3 0 * & 7 $ 4 9 6 2 0 P Florida State College... opensecrets.org myEFSC X Topic: Discussion Board 3 - Interest Groups ICloud Stora Upgrade your iCloud. Top Contributors, 2017-2018 Industries in this Sector: Environment Q (Move your cursor over the chart to see dollar amounts.) Contributor Amount League of Conservation Voters $594,272 Global Green USA Pick another Sector: Ideology/Single-Issue $33,273 2 Q Partnership for Conservation 1 $22,400 Goldman Environmental Prize | $18,396 Search for an industry: Enter at least 3 characters Environment America $17,250 Q Environmental Defense Fund 112,644 $10,980 Ocean Champions Center for Sportfishing Policy 1 $10,000 FluidTecheze Sierra Club | $8,866 Natural Resources Defense Council | $8,848 Contributions to: Democrats Republicans Liberal Groups Conservative Groups ABSORBENTS & SOLIDIFICATION AGENTS ...view more Contributors Contribution Trends, 1990-2018 Environment Ma Book Fll F10 F9 F8 80 F3 00 00 F6 F5 F4 F2 A * $ # % & 7 @ 9 6 orida State College. myEFSC opensecrets.org X Х Topic: Discussion Board 3 - Interest Groups Contribution Trends, 1990-2018 iCloud Storag Upgrade your iCloud. $120M Environment $96M $72M Total (in millions) $48M $24M $0 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 18. Indivs 1. PACS Soft/Outside ... View Totals Top Lobbying Clients, 2017 Client/Parent Total Nature Conservancy $980,000 Natural Resources Defense Council $555,352 Wilderness Society $500,000 Environmental Defense Fund $485,000 Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund $451,179 MacBook FIL F9 F10 F7 F8 000 DOO F6 20 F3 F4 F5 F2 A 2 & 7 # 3 $ 4 % 5 * O 9 6 da State College A opensecrets.org myEFSC х Topic: Discussion Board 3 - Interest Groups Lobbying Totals, 1998-2017 iCloud Storag Upgrade your iCloud $30M Environment $24M $18M Total $12M M. $6M $0 107 ... View more Lobbying Party Split, 1990-2018 Environment $13M $10.4M $7.8M Total (in millions) $5.2M 52.6M L $0 96 98 94 00 02 90 92 04 08 06 10 12 14 16 18 ** Dems d. Repubs MacBook Air Fll F10 F9 F7 F8 z ODO 000 F6 0 F5 F4 F3 F2 * $ & 7 % 5 O 9 8 6 3 4
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