March 24, 2011

... characterized the brothers as "primary underwriters of hard-line libertarian politics in America."

An American energy conglomerate owned by two powerful billionaire brothers who help fund the Tea Party and climate change denial movements in the U.S. has registered to lobby the Alberta government.

"Many of the organizations funded by the Kochs employ specialists who write position papers that are subsequently quoted by politicians and pundits," Mayer wrote.
In 2010, a University of Massachusetts research institute named Koch Industries one of the top 10 air polluters in the United States.

The same year, Greenpeace reported that foundations controlled by Koch Industries contributed nearly $25 million to organizations that oppose clean energy and climate policy. The environmental advocates called the company "a financial kingpin of climate science denial."


http://www.canada.com/news/story.html?id=4493285

2 comments:

Da' Vane said...

There's a typo, Bee. I'm sure you means to say UNDERMINERS...

Bee said...

hehehe.
No kidding.