(Source: HeatingOil.com ) Natural gas lobbyists spent more than $10 million in the last two years lobbying law makers on Capitol Hill. Heating oil dealers are being “out-spent” and “out-manned” by powerful natural gas lobby groups trying to influence lawmakers, a heating oil industry group warns.Figures reported to the US Congress under the Lobbying Disclosure Act show natural gas lobby groups spent more than $10 million on lobbying activities in 2009 and 2010, the New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) reported. Heating oil dealers meanwhile spent less than $2 million in the past two years lobbying Capitol Hill, with the propane industry spending another $2 million. Read full story >>>
