You’ll Never Guess Who’s Funding The Environmental Movement These Days

The Koch brothers — conservative billionaires — have funded the Tea Party, anti-gay organizations, super PACs, and conservative candidates around the country for years. They’ve funded reports of bogus science to debunk climate change, and would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those pesky scientists.

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Max Slavkin

Aug 10, 2012

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