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The Truth Behind The Kochs’ New Fossil Fuel PR Campaign
The Truth Behind The Kochs’ New Fossil Fuel PR Campaign
Behind the latest Koch-funded effort to hide the impacts of fossil fuels
By Jeremy Deaton
Is carbon dioxide racist? Can pollution discriminate? It seems an odd notion since after all — don’t we all breathe the same air?
Members of Black Lives Matter UK made headlines this week by chaining themselves together on the runway of the London City Airport to protest climate change. “Black people are the first to die, not the first to fly, in this racist climate crisis,” they said on Twitter.
Globally, the wealthiest people have the biggest carbon footprints, but it’s the poorest who are most vulnerable to climate change. They often live in the most dangerous places and lack the resources to adapt to rising temperatures and extreme weather. It’s a worldview that more and more people are coming to embrace.
But not if Koch Industries has anything to do with it. They have, unsurprisingly, a contrary argument that fossil fuels are friends of the disadvantaged. The company is funding a reported $10 million-a-year campaign that posits oil, gas, and coal fuels are needed to lift poor people of all colors out of poverty.
The campaign is called Fueling U.S. Forward, and it’s the latest effort to give oil and gas a cultural makeover. At the helm stands Charles Drevna, longtime oil lobbyist and former president of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers....
https://thinkprogress.org/kochs-pr-campaign-fossil-fuels-good-e4a18803b476#.qs8l2ly0l
Behind the latest Koch-funded effort to hide the impacts of fossil fuels
By Jeremy Deaton
Is carbon dioxide racist? Can pollution discriminate? It seems an odd notion since after all — don’t we all breathe the same air?
Members of Black Lives Matter UK made headlines this week by chaining themselves together on the runway of the London City Airport to protest climate change. “Black people are the first to die, not the first to fly, in this racist climate crisis,” they said on Twitter.
Globally, the wealthiest people have the biggest carbon footprints, but it’s the poorest who are most vulnerable to climate change. They often live in the most dangerous places and lack the resources to adapt to rising temperatures and extreme weather. It’s a worldview that more and more people are coming to embrace.
But not if Koch Industries has anything to do with it. They have, unsurprisingly, a contrary argument that fossil fuels are friends of the disadvantaged. The company is funding a reported $10 million-a-year campaign that posits oil, gas, and coal fuels are needed to lift poor people of all colors out of poverty.
The campaign is called Fueling U.S. Forward, and it’s the latest effort to give oil and gas a cultural makeover. At the helm stands Charles Drevna, longtime oil lobbyist and former president of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers....
https://thinkprogress.org/kochs-pr-campaign-fossil-fuels-good-e4a18803b476#.qs8l2ly0l
Also:
Can Koch Brothers Lock In Fatal Climate Delay For $889 Million In 2016 Election?
The multi-billionaire Koch brothers are planning to spend a staggering $889 million in the 2016 election cycle, more…
https://thinkprogress.org/can-koch-brothers-lock-in-fatal-climate-delay-for-889-million-in-2016-election-fb3fb83ea1d0#.7hlmbaagg
The multi-billionaire Koch brothers are planning to spend a staggering $889 million in the 2016 election cycle, more…
https://thinkprogress.org/can-koch-brothers-lock-in-fatal-climate-delay-for-889-million-in-2016-election-fb3fb83ea1d0#.7hlmbaagg
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