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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by JamesBarney on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:10PM (#15504420)
I would think donating to pro environmental lobbying groups. You be surprised how little large corporations spend on lobbying to influence politicians.
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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by HisGraceTheDuck on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:27PM (#15504490)
I do like my humour dry.
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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by earlyriser on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:18PM (#15504452)
I'm surprised by what you're saying about the small amount destined to lobbying. Do you have numbers about this?
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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by stevenwoo on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @10:29PM (#15505044)
You have to dig a little, but the average cost for the votes against net neutrality cost about 16,000 per US congressman who voted against it.

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=B

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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by SapphireSun on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @09:39PM (#15504797)
In aggregate, it looks like it's a few billion per year.

https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/

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