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Article

26 Aug 2001

Author:
Judy Pasternak, Los Angeles Times, in San Francisco Chronicle

How energy firms got their say on Bush policy

Executives who stood to benefit enjoyed access - Throughout February and March, executives representing electricity, coal, natural gas and nuclear interests paraded quietly in small groups to a building in the White House compound, where the new administration's energy policy was being written...Many of the executives at the White House meetings were generous donors to the Republican Party, and some of their key lobbyists were freshly hired from the Bush presidential campaign. They found a receptive task force.