Energy industry support for Democrats grows, as lobbyists hedge over election

摘要

Three energy industry titans can be counted on to pack a ballroom when slated to speak on a panel together: Red Cavaney, David Parker and Thomas Kuhn. For more than a decade the oil, gas and power association heads have navigated shifting political winds and cut across regional divides to forge consensus. Their colleagues credit them with buttressing the industry's clout in Washington and deftly fending off recurring attacks on energy profits. For Cavaney of the American Petroleum Institute, Parker of the American Gas Association, Kuhn of the Edison Electric Institute and a platoon of energy lobbyists, shielding the energy sector from what they perceive as poor public policy has also meant echoing White House warnings that addressing global warming without lifting restrictions on domestic oil and gas production would have dire economic consequences.