Various scandals involving prominent politicians have drawn attention to the close links between the energy lobby and the U.S. government , particularly the influence wielded by the energy lobby in the Bush administration . Lobbying continued after the Bush administration . In June 2005 , documents emerged that revealed that the Bush administration had consulted Exxon regarding its stance on the Kyoto Protocol . According to '' The Guardian '' , " In briefing papers given before meetings to the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs , Paula Dobriansky , between 2001 and 2004 , the administration is found thanking Exxon executives for the company 's ‘ active involvement ’ in helping to determine climate change policy , and also seeking its advice on what climate change policies the company might find acceptable . " In November 2005 , documents revealed that Vice President Dick Cheney ’s Energy Task Force met with executives from large oil companies , although chief executives of those companies denied involvement before the Senate Energy and Commerce committees . Environmentalists were not allowed access to the Energy Task Force ’s activities , which was responsible for developing a national energy policy . Oil companies also participated with Dick Cheney 's task force in a discussion of Iraqi oilfields , refineries and other energy infrastructure , and two charts detailing Iraqi oil and gas projects , and “ Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts . ” The documents are dated two years before the 2003 invasion of Iraq , and six months before the September 11 attacks ( 9/11 )
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