Industry has bought the United States government and in return is benefiting from the dismantling of environmental protections.

Utilities Have Helped Bush, GOP

The 30 companies that own most of the dirtiest power plants in the country, and their trade association, have raised $6.6 million for President Bush and the Republican National Committee since 1999, and were given relief from pollution regulations that would have cost them billions of dollars, according to a new analysis.