Category: Koch Brothers
Harry Brown: North Carolina’s anti-wind lawmaker is backed by Koch money
Harry Brown, the state senator who wants to ban new wind farms in eastern North Carolina, has received thousands of dollars in campaign money from Koch Industries and other fossil...
Budweiser’s pro-wind power Super Bowl ad attacked by fossil fuel industry
The pro-wind power Budweiser ad that Anheuser-Busch will air during the Super Bowl on Sunday is being attacked by the fossil fuel industry. The Kentucky Coal Association is among the...
Video shows FERC nominee Bernard McNamee’s bias against renewable energy
A newly resurfaced video further confirms Bernard McNamee is biased against renewable energy and favors fossil fuels, as the Senate considers his nomination by President Trump to serve on the...
Source for Tucker Carlson anti-wind power story has ties to fossil fuel funded groups
Updated on August 15, 2018, with new information about the Tucker Carlson anti-wind power story that has now been postponed. Updated on August 14, 2018, with a summary of President Trump’s remarks...
Alliance for Wise Energy DecisionsInstitute for Energy ResearchJohn Locke FoundationKoch BrothersManhattan InstituteWind
Who’s behind overblown claims about Fort Drum and wind farms?
Updated on October 5, 2017: We’ve updated this post with some additional information about the roles of anti-wind operative John Droz and the Koch-backed Institute for Energy Research. Fort Drum in...
George David Banks: Trump’s climate advisor worked with anti-wind and climate skeptic groups
George David Banks, a top advisor to President Trump on climate change, once worked as the “D.C. liaison” for the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED), a coalition of “individuals,...
Daniel Simmons: New head of EERE worked for groups that tried to “eliminate” it
Before Donald Trump appointed Daniel Simmons to lead the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Simmons worked for special interest groups that called on Congress to eliminate the same...
American Petroleum InstituteExxonMobilInstitute for Energy ResearchKoch BrothersRenewable Energy Standards
Ohio House debates renewable energy and misinformation abounds
The Ohio House of Representatives just debated and passed another bill to rollback the state’s renewable energy portfolio standard. Proponents of the bill – HB 114 – engaged in misleading...
Donald Trump once believed in clean energy, so what happened?
President Donald Trump is well known for his record of over the top attacks on clean energy, but properties managed by the Trump Organization have taken advantage of state energy...
Documents reveal who’s behind RPS and RGGI repeal bills in New Hampshire
February 14, 2017 update: A bill to repeal the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will be retained the committee for now, the bill’s sponsor told ICIS Analytics. Republican Jeb Bradley, the New Hampshire...