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Not Astroturf Lobbying But Asteroid Lobbying

By Kent Cooper
Posted March 11, 2013 at 9:22am

Former Rep. Richard Pombo of 

Richard Pombo

 of Sellery Associates has added Xcel Energy (DC) as a new client. Pombo, Christopher D’Arcy and William Sellery will lobby on tax incentives for energy production.

Former Rep. 
Bart Gordon of K&L Gates LLP has added Planetary Resources Inc. (WA), an asteroid mining company, as a new client. Gordon, Paul Stimers, Stephen Roberts and Daniel Ritter will lobby on asteroid mining (no specific legislation at this time).

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