CMD NEWS ABOUT Climate

• Charles Koch’s “Uniter” Rebrand Strains Credulity After Funding Congressional Coup Supporters

  By Alex Kotch | February 11th, 2021 at 9:12 AM (CST)

  The billionaire fossil fuel executive and GOP megadonor has spent his entire adult life financing partisan politics, right-wing think tanks, and ideological education programs. At 85, that's unlikely to change.

• Utility Execs Across the U.S. Hit with Criminal Charges in 2020

  By Don Wiener | February 5th, 2021 at 7:43 AM (CST)

  Major utility corruption scandals rocked three states in 2020, resulting in criminal charges against utility executives and the ouster of House Speakers in Illinois and Ohio.

• DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Pumped at Least $90 Million into Right-Wing Causes in 2019

  By David Armiak | December 3rd, 2020 at 6:41 AM (CST)

  The preferred funding conduits of the Koch political donor network gave out $165 million in grants in 2019, $90 million of which went to right-wing think tanks, advocacy groups, litigation centers, media outlets, extremists, and climate deniers.

• Cities and States Strengthen Clean Energy and Tax Oil in 2020 Ballot Measures

  By Alex Kotch | November 11th, 2020 at 11:36 AM (CST)

  Voters in Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, and California passed ballot initiatives that boost renewables and challenge fossil fuel interests.

• Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers

  By ExposedByCMD Editors | June 24th, 2020 at 2:01 PM (CDT)

  A group with ties to the fossil fuel industry plans to use Facebook's op-ed loophole to spread climate misinformation.