• No legislation currently pending. (1) Legislative and executive branch (EPA) activities related to climate change and the regulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, in particular the treatment of energy intensive, trade exposed industries; (2) possible alternative use for byproduct material from refining and manufacturing process; and (3) creation and expansion of an Aluminum Caucus in Congress.

Duration: September 1, 2009 to July 1, 2015

General Issues: Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $1,840,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Senate,