For every $100 the Conservation Council PAC or Sierra Club PAC gave a candidate in the 2002 and 2004 General Assembly elections, PACs for the pollution lobby put in more than $5,000.

The people of North Carolina strongly support conservation, but our public officials are increasingly dependent on the pollution lobby for political donations. Special-interest money is often at the root of the conflict between public good and private gain. Candidates need an alternative source of "clean" campaign funds -- a Voter-Owned Elections program that offers public financing to candidates who accept strict spending limits and receive hundreds of small, authorizing donations from registered voters.

Click on the name of each report to view its contents:

One-page flyer with Update on Pollution Lobby's PAC Spending (2005)

The Utility of Giving: The Power Companies' Political Investments (2005)

The Sprawl Lobby: Political Clout of the NC Home Builders (2003)

A Decade of PAC Power on NC General Assembly (2001)

Hog Money Influence in the General Assembly (1999)

Millions Spent by Farmers for Fairness (1999)

Hog Barons & GOP: Extortion, Bribery or Business as Usual? (1998)

Political Corruption at NC Department of Transportation (1997)

Pollution Lobby Series (1996)

     Part 1 - Political Donations Decide NC's Environmental Future
     Part 2 - Shoreline For Sale
     Part 3 - Whose Water Is It?
     Part 4 - Time to Level the Playing Field

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