Governor Jerry Brown paints himself a foe of climate change. But an exhaustive review of company donations, publicly released emails and documents at http://www.PUCPapers.org, and media reports show that fossil fueland fossil fuel-reliant companies have supported Brown in close proximity to actions that he and his Administration have taken on their behalf. Twenty-six energy companies with business before the state greased the skids via $9.85million in political donations to Brown’s gubernatorial cam- paigns, ballot initiatives, favorite causes such as the Oakland Military Institute and Oakland School for the Arts, and the California Democratic Party since Brown’s run foro ce in 2010, according to campaign reports.
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