Tag Archives: Koch Industries
Koch Bros. Accused of Stonewalling Congress on Their Keystone XL Pipeline Interest
Rep. Waxman is seeking answers from the Kochs, after a SolveClimate News article first exposed the brothers’ deep involvement in the oil sands industry. Continue reading
Sierra Club Launches Effort to Expose the Koch Brothers
A University of Massachusetts study identified Koch Industries as one of the top ten air polluters in the United States. From 2005 to 2008, the Kochs vastly outspent even ExxonMobil in funding efforts against clean energy legislation. Continue reading
Koch Industries Unamused by Climate Spoof
Koch Industries, the giant, Kansas-based industrial conglomerate and well-heeledsupporter of Tea Party causes, has now set its sights on a group of anonymous pranksters who spoofed a Koch Industries press release last month — one that suggested the Koch brothers were having a change of heart on climate change. Continue reading
Koch Industries CEO Challenged to Debate Prop 23 by College Student
Joel Francis, a Marine Corps veteran and senior at Cal State Los Angeles, has issued a debate challenge to Koch Industries’ billionaire CEO Charles Koch on his support for the Prop 23 attack on California’s climate and clean energy progress.
Student leader Joel Francis challenges Charles Koch to meet him “anytime, anywhere in the state before election day” to explain why Koch is meddling with democracy in a state he doesn’t even live in.
Francis vows to travel to Koch headquarters in Wichita, Kansas to re-issue the debate challenge in person to Charles Koch if he fails to respond by next Tuesday. Continue reading
Koch Money Flows into California to Oppose Governator’s Energy Policy
Proponents of the climate change law say that Koch and other oil companies are trying to preserve their profits at the expense of the growing clean-tech industry and health concerns of California residents. Continue reading
