Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Muriel Kane: "Greenpeace outs Koch billionaires as 'kingpins' of climate denial" - The Raw Story

Another first for Kansas history books:

The billionaire owners of privately held technology company Koch Industries funneled nearly $50 million in donations to climate change denial groups between 1997 and 2008, according to a new report from Greenpeace International.

"This private, out-of-sight corporation is now a partner to ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute and other donors that support organizations and front-groups opposing progressive clean energy and climate policy," Greenpeace explains. "In fact, Koch has out-spent ExxonMobil in funding these groups in recent years. From 2005 to 2008, ExxonMobil spent $8.9 million while the Koch Industries-controlled foundations contributed $24.9 million in funding to organizations of the "climate denial machine." ... 

Read more at The Raw Story.

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