CMD NEWS ABOUT Climate

• Koch Funds BlackRock Bashing…While Profiting from Joint Investments

  By Don Wiener and Arn Pearson | February 28th, 2023 at 8:53 AM (CST)

  Koch Industries and its funding vehicles funnel millions to groups that are decrying "woke capitalism" and attacking the investment giant BlackRock for its leading role in ESG investing. Yet that hasn't stopped the company's subsidiaries from partnering with BlackRock to invest in technology startups.

• Koch Industries Still Rides the Tax Subsidy Gravy Train

  By Don Wiener | February 10th, 2023 at 9:51 AM (CST)

  Koch Industries reaps the benefits of more than $38 million in local and state tax rebates, tax reductions, and grants in 2021 and 2022.

• Documents show how a pipeline company paid Minnesota millions to police protests

  By Alleen Brown and John McCracken | February 9th, 2023 at 5:45 AM (CST)

  From riot gear to PR to Dairy Queen, records show every expense Enbridge reimbursed after the Line 3 protests.

• Koch Industries Hedges Its Bets With Solar

  By Don Wiener | January 23rd, 2023 at 10:13 AM (CST)

  Over the past two years, Koch Industries and its astroturf political arm, Americans for Prosperity, have spent millions lobbying Congress to kill President Biden's agenda, with the Inflation Reduction Act and its stalled predecessor, Build Back Better, among its top targets.

• Weighing a Rematch Against Manchin, West Virginia AG Derides ESG Wokeness

  By Don Wiener | January 11th, 2023 at 12:58 PM (CST)

  West Virginia's Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R), a leading critic of investing that incorporates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, is considering a U.S. Senate rematch against incumbent Senator Joe Manchin (D) in 2024.