Corporate Donations Compete With Climate Stance, Group Says

Companies that express concern about global climate change are more likely to donate to campaigns of U.S. lawmakers who oppose caps on carbon dioxide than to supporters of emission curbs, according to a study.

The Union of Concerned Scientists studied 28 companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index that weighed in on a California campaign to repeal limits on greenhouse gases or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases endangered public health.