Power Currency

Power Currency Total Money Spent by Top Ten Energy Companies per Sector on Lobbying in 2010 Coal Mining $18.2 million Alpha Natural Resources $608K CONSOL Arch Coal Energy $3.1 million $1.9 million Royal Dutch Shell $10.3 million Murry Energy $559K Oil & Gas * $146.3 million Koch Industries $8.0 million Andarko Petroleum Peabody Energy $1.9 million $5.1 million Americans for Peabody Investments Balanced Energy Choices $560K $4.7 million Coal Act Williams Companies $4.9 million Fairness Alliance British Petroleum $890K $7.3 million Patriot Chevron Corp $12.8 million Coal Corp $2.1 million Bituminous Coal Conoco Phillips $19.6 million Operators Assn $394K Sapphire Energy $650K Marathon Oil $5.1 million American Petroleum Poet LLC $6.7 million Clean $860K Energy Fuels Clean Energy Group $918K National $1 m *** Biodiesel Exxon Mobil American Renewable $1.1 m $12.4 million Wind Energy Fuels Assn $1.3 m Alternative Energy $28.9 million Growth $2.5 million Energy $1.5 million Solar Luwww Energy Industries = 50 lobbyists Source: Center for Responsive Politics, 2011. First Solar $675K $1.5 m Notable Democrats Notable Republicans Capital Coin Oil & Gas $179K $6K $34K $20K $21K $488K $143K, $39K $17K $108K $114K- Coal $30K- Alternative Cumulative Money Given $974K $330K $544K $876K $10 m $20 m $2.7 m $327K to Political Candidates Campaign Contributions by Political Party in 2010 President Senate Majority Leader Secretary of State Harry Reid Senate Minority Leader Speaker of the House John Boehner Senator by Sector: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Mitch McConnell John McCain