Greenpeace Report... Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine

[RedEarth]

via Climate Progress...

Billionaire oilman David Koch likes to joke that Koch Industries is “the biggest company you've never heard of.” But the nearly $50 million that David Koch and his brother Charles have quietly funneled to climate-denial front groups that are working to delay policies and regulations aimed at stopping global warming is no joking matter.

Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch have a vested interest in delaying climate action: they’ve made billions from their ownership and control of Koch Industries, an oil corporation that is the second largest privately-held company in America (which also happens to have an especially poor environmental record). It’s time more people were aware of Charles and David Koch and just what they’re up to.

Greenpeace has released the report “Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine” to expose the connections between these climate denial front groups and the secretive billionaires who are funding their efforts. The Koch brothers, their family members, and their employees direct a web of financing that supports conservative special interest groups and think-tanks, with a strong focus on fighting environmental regulation, opposing clean energy legislation, and easing limits on industrial pollution. This money is typically funneled through one of three "charitable" foundations the Kochs have set up: the Claude R. Lambe Foundation; the Charles G. Koch Foundation; and the David H. Koch Foundation.


Key Front Groups Taking Koch Money And Doing Their Dirty Work

From 1997 to 2008, the Kochs funneled more than $48.5 million to organizations who are working in lockstep with the Kochs' agenda while presenting themselves as experts. Some top recipients of Koch money include:


◦Mercatus Center
$9,247,500 received from Koch foundations 2005-2008
◦Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP)
$5,176,500 received from Koch foundations 2005-2008
◦The Heritage Foundation
$1,620,000 received from Koch foundations 2005-2008
◦Cato Institute
$1,028,400 received from Koch foundations 2005-2008

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http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries%20

.....more information from Climate Progress

http://climateprogress.org/2010/03/31/report-koch-industries-outspends-exxon-mobil-on-climate-and-clean-energy-disinformation/#more-22210

[jaksavage]

1. Kick this to the moon.

Spread it around, make it known, send it to your denier friends and family.
I did.

[Captain Hilts]

2. The oil companies buy up all the technology for alternative fuels, etc. nt

[JohnWxy]

3. REcommended. But let's not forget Exxon-Mobil

How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science


or Big Oil in general:

Big Oil U. - how the oil industry is buying influence in university research - PRWatch

[Nostalgic]

4. Here's another article on the Koch brothers:

From AlterNet: http://www.alternet.org/investigations/146094/hightower:_two_right-wing_billionaire_brothers_are_remaking_america_for_their_own_benefit?page=entire

[katty]

5. Greg Palast has been very informative on the Koch empire