{"id":4711,"date":"2015-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/koch-pollution-on-campus\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:18:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:18:34","slug":"koch-pollution-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/climate\/climate-deniers\/koch-pollution-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Koch Pollution on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4subtitle'>Academic Freedom Under Assault from Charles Koch&#8217;s $50 Million Campaign to Infiltrate Higher Education<\/span><br \/><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>Charles and David Koch, owners of Koch Industries, have sent tens of millions of dollars to groups that deny climate change science, undermine policy solutions to the problem, and attack subsidies for clean energy competition while preserving handouts to fossil fuel companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/polluterwatch.org\/charles-koch-university-funding-database\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTERACTIVE DATABASE: Koch Foundation Funding to Colleges and Universities<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Key findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of universities funded by Koch skyrocketed from just seven in 2005 to about 250 in 2014<\/li>\n<li>Koch compensated a Florida State University Ph.D student over $500,000 while Koch and the FSU Economics Department negotiated a contract together<\/li>\n<li>Professors in Koch-funded departments are involved in climate science denial despite lack of scientific credentials<\/li>\n<li>Political groups hosted by Koch-funded universities are used to attack clean energy policies and pollution regulations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unkochmycampus.org\/about-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindsey Berger<\/a> contributed research for this report. Authored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/media-center\/experts\/Connor-Gibson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor Gibson<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over the last several years, Greenpeace has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exposed<\/a> how foundations controlled by Kansas billionaires Charles and David Koch, owners of Koch Industries, have sent tens of millions of dollars to groups that deny climate change science, undermine policy solutions to the problem, and attack subsidies for clean energy competition while preserving handouts to fossil fuel companies.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Koch Industries\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/koch-industries-more-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koch Industries<\/a> itself has a sordid history of <a title=\"Koch Industries Pollution\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/koch-industries-environmental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">environmental problems<\/a>, from toxic gas leaks to pipeline ruptures and explosions to contamination of U.S. waterways from petroleum coke and industrial chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>Koch&#8217;s pollution isn&#8217;t limited to the physical world. Koch pollutes our democracy by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/180267\/exclusive-behind-koch-brothers-secret-billionaire-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raising and coordinating<\/a> hundreds of millions of dollars to funnel through the &#8220;Kochtopus&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/graphics\/koch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">network<\/a> of front groups, bankrolling political campaigns to advance the business interests of Koch Industries and the ideologies that have made Charles Koch rich.<\/p>\n<p>Now Greenpeace is <a href=\"http:\/\/greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/KOCH-POLLUTION-ON-CAMPUSAcademic-Freedom-Under-Assault-from-Charles-Kochs-50-million-Campaign-to-Infiltrate-Higher-Education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tracking<\/a> Koch&#8217;s intellectual pollution of college campuses. Charles Koch has rapidly expanded giving to universities, sending <a href=\"http:\/\/greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/KOCH-POLLUTION-ON-CAMPUSAcademic-Freedom-Under-Assault-from-Charles-Kochs-50-million-Campaign-to-Infiltrate-Higher-Education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$50 million to 254 U.S. and Canadian institutions of higher education<\/a> from 2005-2012. Koch&#8217;s investments in universities has skyrocketed in recent years, from just seven schools in 2005 to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charleskochfoundation.org\/higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about 250<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>This massive shift in investment comes at the supervision of Koch Industries executive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/politico50\/2014\/charles-kochs-brain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Fink<\/a>. Fink&#8217;s political strategy, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertyguide.com\/resources\/1-the-structure-of-social-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Structure of Social Change,&#8221;<\/a> is built around universities, which provide ideas for Koch political groups to manufacture into policies they later advocate for.<\/p>\n<p>Greenpeace&#8217;s interest comes from a years-long\u00a0backlash against Koch&#8217;s attempts to control academic discourse by students, faculty and alumni. We have mounting evidence that Koch-funded departments are helping wage Koch Industries ongoing campaign to undermine the climate change science and policy solutions, all of which is detailed below.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence at schools like George Mason University, Florida State University, Clemson University and Suffolk University fits a familiar pattern: Charles Koch expects a specific return on his large investments.<\/p>\n<h2>Charles Koch&#8217;s University Contracts: Strings Attached<\/h2>\n<p>As detailed by reporters like <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2011\/05\/11\/144280\/koch-university-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lee Fang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2011\/06\/28\/not-just-florida-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Berrett<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/2014\/09\/12\/15495\/koch-foundation-proposal-college-teach-our-curriculum-get-millions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Levinthal<\/a>, Koch-funded university programs tend to promote a specific agenda, at the expense of independence and academic freedom. Few grant agreements are publicly available, leaving students at most universities in the dark about the influence of Koch and other corporate donors. The following schools offer a window into that world:<\/p>\n<h3>Florida State University<\/h3>\n<p>New <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/2014\/09\/12\/15495\/koch-foundation-proposal-college-teach-our-curriculum-get-millions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">internal emails from FSU<\/a> published by the Center for Public Integrity show how Koch worked with FSU&#8217;s Economics chair, Bruce Benson, who was offered another $105,000 from Koch to stay at FSU and see the Koch contract through to completion (though Benson says he didn&#8217;t end out taking the money). In a lengthy memo, Benson clearly described to his staff the &#8220;ethical\/moral issues&#8221; they were committing to in signing a deal with the Charles Koch Foundation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<p>&#8220;some will object to having any group trying to use our department (or any other department) as a means of furthering their political agenda. I have considerable sympathy for these normative arguments. Indeed, I wish that universities were free of political manipulation. Unfortunately, the reality is that we live and work in an environment that is subject to all sorts of political manipulations&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Benson wasn&#8217;t the only FSU official Koch offered money to during negotiation with FSU. While working on his economics <a href=\"http:\/\/diginole.lib.fsu.edu\/etd\/2916\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dissertation<\/a> under FSU&#8217;s Bruce Benson and James Gwartney, <strong>a graduate student named <a href=\"http:\/\/econjwatch.org\/news\/matthew-brown-joins-ejw-advisory-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Brown<\/a> was compensated $549,931 over a three-year period as he helped FSU negotiate its contract with Koch<\/strong>, according to IRS 990 tax filings from the Charles Koch Foundation in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guidestar.org\/FinDocuments\/2007\/480\/918\/2007-480918408-0472cbd8-F.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2007<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guidestar.org\/FinDocuments\/2008\/480\/918\/2008-480918408-058a292e-F.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2008<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guidestar.org\/FinDocuments\/2009\/480\/918\/2009-480918408-06a8ebb7-F.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2009<\/a>, and whistleblower information shared with Greenpeace.<\/p>\n<p>The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302335-florida-state-university-koch-memorandum-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FSU Koch Memorandum of Understanding<\/a> was signed in 2008, but was later critiqued in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302333-florida-state-faculty-senate-ad-hoc-committe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FSU Faculty Senate report<\/a> in 2011. The faculty Senate&#8217;s review resulted in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302334-florida-state-university-amended-amp-restated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amended FSU\/Koch Memorandum of Understanding<\/a> in 2013. FSU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/05\/23\/315080575\/koch-foundation-criticized-again-for-influencing-florida-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">students<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/2014\/05\/14\/view-fsu-learns-koch-association\/9097603\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">faculty<\/a> still report that provides inappropriate influence to Charles Koch.<\/p>\n<h3>Utah State University<\/h3>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2011\/06\/28\/not-just-florida-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> by Dan Berrett for Inside Higher Ed in 2011: &#8220;In at least one case besides that of Florida State, Utah State University, the grant agreements give the foundation a role in reviewing candidates for positions.&#8221; Berrett notes that USU&#8217;s &#8220;hiring processes are spelled out more explicitly&#8221; than at other schools. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302331-utah-state-university-koch-grant-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Utah State University Koch grant contract<\/a> mandates Koch-funded, tenure-track professors follow specific &#8220;<a title=\"Utah State University Koch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302331-utah-state-university-koch-grant-agreement.html#document\/p1\/a177655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Objectives and Purposes<\/a>&#8221; that vaguely describe Charles Koch&#8217;s ideological preferences, which are described in more tangible ways in contracts with West Virginia University and Clemson (see below).<\/p>\n<p>USU&#8217;s contract makes it clear that Koch can pull funding at any time, despite requiring professors to be tenured or on track to tenure, potentially leaving the university on the hook after ceasing a relationship. Koch also includes a <a title=\"Koch Utah State Confidentiality FOIA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302331-utah-state-university-koch-grant-agreement.html#document\/p6\/a177667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legally-shaky &#8220;Confidentiality&#8221; clause<\/a> that requests Utah State hide public records &#8220;subject to disclosure requirements of public Universities under Utah law,&#8221; in order to avoid FOIA requests for communications and documents relating to Koch&#8217;s partnership with Utah State.<\/p>\n<p>USU now has a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2011\/05\/11\/144280\/koch-university-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koch Scholars<\/a>&#8221; program that pays students <a href=\"http:\/\/huntsman.usu.edu\/kochscholars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1,000<\/a> to join study groups. The Koch Scholars reading list <a href=\"http:\/\/huntsman.usu.edu\/kochscholars\/htm\/sample\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">includes<\/a> Charles Koch&#8217;s <em>The Science of Success<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>West Virginia University<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302341-west-virginia-state-koch-grant-agreement-2009.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Virginia University&#8217;s Koch contract<\/a> makes &#8220;human freedom&#8221; and &#8220;free market economics&#8221; the central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302341-west-virginia-state-koch-grant-agreement-2009.html#document\/p1\/a177669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">objective<\/a> of WVU professors hired on Koch&#8217;s dime. The Charles Koch Foundation explicitly required <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302341-west-virginia-state-koch-grant-agreement-2009.html#document\/p1\/a177669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supervision from Professor Russell Sobel<\/a> (now at Citadel College), and gave Koch preferential power over which professors to hire at WVU, naming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302341-west-virginia-state-koch-grant-agreement-2009.html#document\/p2\/a177672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald J. Lamcombe and Andrew Young<\/a> as prospects for tenure-track professor hires, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302341-west-virginia-state-koch-grant-agreement-2009.html#document\/p2\/a177673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threatening to revoke money<\/a> if those men were not hired on. Both <a href=\"http:\/\/rri.wvu.edu\/people\/faculty-staff\/donald-j-lacombe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lamcombe<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.be.wvu.edu\/faculty_staff\/andrewyoung.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young<\/a> currently work at WVU. Koch made the hiring process clear, contracting WVU to follow specific protocol:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Prior to the extension of any offer for the Donor Supported Professorship Positions [professors hired with Koch grants], the Dean of the College of Business and Economics, in consultation with professor Russell Sobel or his successor, shall present the candidate&#8217;s credentials to CGK Foundation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As with Utah State University and Clemson, WVU&#8217;s contract explicitly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302341-west-virginia-state-koch-grant-agreement-2009.html#document\/p5\/a177675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leaves the school responsible<\/a> for continuing to fund professors hired on by Koch grants if the Koch foundation pulls out.<\/p>\n<h3>Clemson University<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302349-clemson-koch-grant-agreement-2009.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clemson&#8217;s Koch contract<\/a> includes similar hiring control and &#8220;Objectives&#8221; as Utah State University and West Virginia University, with explicit language ensuring that Koch-funded professors would &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302349-clemson-koch-grant-agreement-2009.html#document\/p2\/a177677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support the research into the causes, measurements, impact, and appreciation of economic freedom<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a red flag for Koch to narrow its programs at Clemson to promote &#8220;economic freedom,&#8221; a concept that&#8217;s actually created by Koch itself through the Fraser Institute in Canada, working in conjunction with professors in Florida State University&#8217;s Koch-funded economics department, like James Gwartney (<em>see Charles Koch Institute&#8217;s Economic Freedom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economicfreedom.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freetheworld.com\/2013\/EFW2013-complete.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fraser Institute<\/a>&#8216;s 2013 Economic Freedom of the World report, supported by Charles Koch Foundation, p. 251, written by by James Gwartney Charles G. Koch Doctoral Scholarship recipient Alice M. Crisp<\/em>, p.250).<\/p>\n<p>The other major index of &#8220;economic freedom&#8221; comes from the Heritage Foundation, another organization funded by Koch foundations. Heritage Foundation&#8217;s metrics prioritize privatization, lower wages, weaker labor protection laws, and less regulation &#8211; i.e. more potential to pollute for free and harm people without suffering any consequences, one of many examples where Charles Koch&#8217;s ideological campaigns match his business interests.<\/p>\n<p>In large text, the Americans for Prosperity&#8217;s website is currently displaying: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140916221941\/http:\/\/americansforprosperity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans for Prosperity is&#8230;ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN ACTION<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Charles Koch: Violating Academic Freedom<\/h2>\n<p>When Charles Koch finances the very idea of &#8220;economic freedom&#8221; and then bankrolls university departments to teach the concept to its students, he is doing so at the expense of another crucial freedom: academic freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has made it clear that Koch contracts at schools like FSU, Clemson and Utah State violate the principles of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaup.org\/issues\/academic-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">academic freedom<\/a> by narrowing professors duties to serve what Koch prescribes, rather than offering grants free of strings for schools to make independent choices about how to explore subjects with their students. Former AAUP president Cary Nelson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2011\/06\/28\/not-just-florida-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inside Higher Ed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the Koch Foundation\u2019s objectives are written so as to sound upbeat and cheerful, they amount to code words calling for the dismantling of the welfare state. \u2018Economic freedom,\u2019 sounds like mom and apple pie until you realize it means the government shouldn\u2019t collect taxes, and \u2018free voluntary processes\u2019 means buy health care on your own if you can afford it. \u201cIt is wholly inappropriate for an outside foundation to use a university to promote its ideological biases in this way. The Kochs can fund positions to hire faculty members who study these issues, but not control what stand the faculty members hired take on them. That distinction is part of the firewall protecting academic freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Koch&#8217;s influence-driven approach to university-level academic philanthropy is consistent with documented reports of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/07\/16\/koch-brothers-education_n_5587577.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Koch&#8217;s direct approval<\/a> of high school curricula with very specific ideological goals, including dismissing ideas that the &#8220;Rich get richer at the expense of the poor&#8221; or that &#8220;Minimum wage, &#8216;living wage,&#8217; laws are good for people\/society.&#8221; This high school program was created by Youth Entrepreneurs, an organization founded by Charles Koch in 1993, supported by the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, which Mr. Koch has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/institute-for-humane-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chaired and funded<\/a> for decades.<\/p>\n<p>In his ongoing capacity as the IHS chairman, Koch has described in clear terms how he believes universities should to serve as an extension of business interests if they are to accept corporate money. Here is <a title=\"Charles Koch Institute for Humane Studies 1974\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302373-1974-charles-koch-ihs-speech-anti-capitalism-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Koch in his own words<\/a>, speaking to the IHS Board of Directors in 1974:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302373-1974-charles-koch-ihs-speech-anti-capitalism-and.html#document\/p4\/a177689\">[W]e have supported the very institutions from which the attack on free markets emanate<\/a>. Although much of our support has been involuntary through taxes, we have also contributed voluntarily to colleges and universities on the erroneous assumption that this assistance benefits businesses and the free enterprise system, even though these institutions encourage extreme hostility to American business. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1302373-1974-charles-koch-ihs-speech-anti-capitalism-and.html#document\/p4\/a177690\">We should cease financing our own destruction<\/a> and follow the counsel of David Packard, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, by supporting only those programs, departments or schools that &#8216;contribute in some way to our individual companies or to the general welfare of our free enterprise system.&#8217;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the speech, Koch cited the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/The-Lewis-Powell-Memo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lewis Powell memo<\/a>, penned by the Supreme Court Justice who previously served on the board of major corporations like Phillip Morris. Powell&#8217;s 1971 memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce demanded aggressive involvement of business leaders in the realms of politics, media, courts and education. Charles Koch appears to have taken Powell&#8217;s call to action more seriously than any other business executive in modern American history.<\/p>\n<p>But in pursuit of his goals, Charles Koch not only threatens academic freedom but shoots holes in his own ideological convictions. Through groups controlled by Koch and his <a title=\"Richard Fink Koch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/politico50\/2014\/charles-kochs-brain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;grand strategist&#8221; Richard Fink<\/a> like the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Koch attacks regulations that he doesn&#8217;t find favorable, an ironic exercise of the very &#8220;corporate cronyism&#8221; that Koch decries his public <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10000872396390443847404577629841476562610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opining<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now it is time for politicians, pundits, professors and legal professionals alike to questions if they are serving their various constituencies, or if they are being used to deploy the decades-long mission of Charles Koch.<\/p>\n<h2>We Sold Our Souls for Koch Control<\/h2>\n<p>Covering a deal struck between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/hiltzik\/la-fi-mh-when-universities-sell-their-souls-20140730-column.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koch and Arizona State University<\/a>, LA Times reporter Michael Hiltzik asked, &#8220;When universities sell their souls, why do they have to sell so cheaply?&#8221; Koch&#8217;s sudden invasion of higher education has been widely protested and continues to escalate.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn City University of New York (CUNY) flat-out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2014\/06\/25\/professor-says-brooklyn-college-missed-chance-get-millions-koch-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rejected Koch&#8217;s offer<\/a> for a multi-million dollar grant this year, to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/education\/brooklyn-college-defends-academic-freedom-saying-no-koch-millions-its-business-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ire of a professor<\/a> negotiating with the Koch foundation.<\/p>\n<p>At Florida State University (FSU), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/2014\/04\/07\/my-view-dont-let-koch-hurt-academic-integrity\/7321513\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">students<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/2014\/05\/14\/view-fsu-learns-koch-association\/9097603\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">professors<\/a> have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaup.org\/article\/fine-print-restrictive-grants-and-academic-freedom#.VBjY2fldWJQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exposed<\/a> Koch influence since 2011, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/business\/billionaires-role-in-hiring-decisions-at-florida-state-university-raises\/1168680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protesting<\/a> how Charles Koch&#8217;s staff hold undue control over professor hires. The conversation at FSU remains heated, with students <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/05\/23\/315080575\/koch-foundation-criticized-again-for-influencing-florida-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declaring<\/a> that FSU&#8217;s revised contract with Koch is no better than its old contract, still conceding informal hiring control and other functions to Koch.<\/p>\n<p>As FSU searches for a new president, one nominee in particular has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/2014\/08\/27\/view-free-fsu-search-corporate-influence\/14709875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drawn criticism<\/a> from students and faculty for his lack of academic background, <a href=\"http:\/\/contextflorida.com\/adam-weinstein-presidential-search-latest-battle-free-market-lobbyists-trying-transform-fsu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">connections<\/a> to Koch-funded groups and politicians, and his role as a Florida Senator in passing new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/article\/20140915\/WIRE\/140919714?p=3&amp;tc=pg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legislation exempting university donor communications<\/a> from public record requests.<\/p>\n<p>At Suffolk University, an alumna has <a href=\"http:\/\/kochfreezone.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">petitioned<\/a> the university to address concerns over Koch money on campus. Suffolk University&#8217;s administration has been <a href=\"http:\/\/suffolkjournal.net\/2013\/11\/bhi-defends-funding-despite-suffolk-alums-petition-no-koch-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">under fire<\/a> for continuing allow Koch to run political campaigns out of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/dec\/05\/host-university-research-group-climate-suffolk-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beacon Hill Institute<\/a> (BHI) in Suffolk&#8217;s name, on Suffolk&#8217;s campus.<\/p>\n<p>George Mason University students have recently called upon their administration to make transparent their financial arrangements with Koch and other corporate interests (<a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/osmgmu\/docs\/issue_1_-_aug._25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">p. 12<\/a>). GMU president \u00c1ngel Cabrera put up a <a href=\"https:\/\/president.gmu.edu\/2014\/09\/philanthropy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">response<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/my.firedoglake.com\/colinnackerman\/2014\/09\/05\/student-response-to-president-cabrera-evading-call-for-transparency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">didn&#8217;t address<\/a> transparency concerns outlined by a student group calling itself &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transparentGMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transparent GMU<\/a>.&#8221; On a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/gmufourthestate.com\/2014\/09\/11\/cabrera-talks-golf-game-squirrels-and-koch-funding-in-ama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"il\">Reddit<\/span> AMA with President Cabrera,<\/a> students cited a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/politico50\/2014\/charles-kochs-brain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico Magazine<\/a> article that implicated GMU as a major part of Koch&#8217;s political apparatus and pushed for answers. President Cabrera agreed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gmu\/comments\/2g0rpc\/i_am_%C3%A1ngel_cabrera_president_of_george_mason\/ckej6is\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meet<\/a> with students, though there is no indication that has yet happened.<\/p>\n<p>The United Negro College Fund has become central in the Koch university debate after <a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/why-are-the-kochs-giving-25-million-to-poor-black-college-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNCF took $25 million from Charles Koch<\/a>. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/08\/07\/opinion\/jones-uncf-koch-union-afscme\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">withdrew its partnership with UNCF<\/a> after learning UNCF president Michael Lomax personally attended Koch&#8217;s political strategy &amp; fundraising meeting in June, 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2014\/09\/04\/exclusive_new_secret_koch_tape_reveals_united_negro_college_fund_plot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Lomax mocked his critics<\/a> at the Koch donor summit, according to audio leaked to the press.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, alumni and activists alike have also spoken out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/50-educators-sign-letter-to-catholic-university-protesting-koch-foundations-1-million-gift\/2013\/12\/15\/f53b9d4c-65c7-11e3-8b5b-a77187b716a3_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catholic University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwhatchet.com\/2014\/04\/21\/kinjo-kiema-a-heightened-need-for-transparency-surrounding-controversial-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Washington University<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/petitions.moveon.org\/sign\/keep-koch-money-out-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Climate Science Denial on Koch-Funded Campuses<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Of primary concern to Greenpeace is evidence of <a href=\"http:\/\/my.firedoglake.com\/cgibson\/2014\/04\/09\/is-charles-koch-funding-climate-science-denial-in-florida-state-university-economics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">professors in Koch-funded university departments denying the science of climate change<\/a>. Some universities that are threatened to be staffed or controlled by known financiers of climate &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skepticalscience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">skepticism<\/a>&#8221; or play roles in Koch&#8217;s political campaigns against climate policies.<\/p>\n<h3>FSU &#8211; Climate Denial Econ 101<\/h3>\n<p>Professor James Gwartney at Florida State University co-authored a textbook called Economics: Private and Public Choice. This &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/coss.fsu.edu\/d5\/economics\/people\/james-d-gwartney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">widely used<\/a>&#8221; textbook has been <a href=\"http:\/\/daily.sightline.org\/2014\/08\/25\/2014-update-grading-economics-textbooks-on-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized for six years straight by Ph.D economist<\/a> Yoram Bauman for misrepresenting the science of climate change &#8211; a field well outside of the authors&#8217; credentialed experience. Since 2010, when Dr. Bauman began ranking economics textbooks that include climate change back, Gwartney et al. have not only ranked dead-last every time, but have made little progress in updating the inaccurate and false assertions made in their widely-used textbook.<\/p>\n<p>Three authors of <a href=\"http:\/\/daily.sightline.org\/2014\/08\/25\/2014-update-grading-economics-textbooks-on-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Economics: Private and Public Choice<\/a> have overlapping connections to Koch-funded universities and political groups.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>James Gwartney<\/strong> works in the Koch-funded Florida State University economics department, and is on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesmadison.org\/about\/research-advisory-council.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Advisory Council<\/a> of the Koch-funded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/James-Madison-Institute-JMI---Koch-Industries-Climate-Denial-Front-Group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Madison Institute<\/a>, itself a member of the Koch-funded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/state-policy-network-spn\/?__utma=1.834972712.1309880319.1345146585.1345148660.342&amp;__utmb=1.1.10.1345148660&amp;__utmc=1&amp;__utmx=-&amp;__utmz=1.1345137232.339.249.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&amp;__utmv=-&amp;__utmk=254992904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Policy Network<\/a>. Gwartney is an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cato.org\/people\/james-gwartney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adjunct scholar<\/a> at the Cato Institute, founded by Charles Koch and currently directed by David Koch and other close Koch associates. Gwartney <a href=\"http:\/\/coss.fsu.edu\/d5\/economics\/people\/james-d-gwartney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">received<\/a> the Adam Smith award and Distinguished Scholar Award from the <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2011\/05\/11\/144280\/koch-university-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Association for Private Enterprise Education<\/a> (APEE), which organizes professors at schools receiving Koch grants. Gwartney has served as <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110124214412\/http:\/\/mailer.fsu.edu\/~jgwartne\/garnet-jgwartne\/Documents\/James%20Gwartney%20CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">president, vice president and executive board member<\/a> of APEE. APEE itself <a href=\"http:\/\/conservativetransparency.org\/recipient\/association-of-private-enterprise-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">receives<\/a> money from Charles Koch. James Gwartney has <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110124214412\/http:\/\/mailer.fsu.edu\/~jgwartne\/garnet-jgwartne\/Documents\/James%20Gwartney%20CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">authored<\/a> at least 11 editions of &#8220;Economic Freedom of the World&#8221; for the Fraser Institute and the Cato Institute, a project funded by Koch. &#8220;Economic freedom&#8221; is written into the &#8220;Objectives&#8221; of Koch&#8217;s contract with Clemson University, as noted above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Richard Stroup<\/strong> teaches at North Carolina State University, which <a href=\"http:\/\/fellowships.ncsu.edu\/charles-g-koch-summer-fellow-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">helps<\/a> the Charles Koch Institute place &#8220;summer fellows&#8221; into paid internships at Koch-funded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charleskochinstitute.org\/koch-fellow-program\/partner-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">political groups<\/a>. Stroup is a director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/institute-for-energy-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute for Energy Research (IER)<\/a>, itself founded by Charles Koch, and is a fellow at the Cato Institute, also founded by Charles Koch. Along with Charles Koch, Dr. Stroup is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. Stroup authored &#8220;Free Market Environmentalism&#8221; for the anti-environmental Property and Environment Research Council (PERC), yet another organization financed by Koch foundations, which created a Free Market Environmentalism college course <a href=\"http:\/\/heartland.org\/policy-documents\/free-market-environmentalism-syllabus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">syllabus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Russell Sobel now<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/root\/csb-faculty-staff\/48-academics\/schools\/business\/badm\/20646-russell-s-sobel,-ph-d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teaches<\/a> at Citadel College Military College of South Carolina, after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvgazette.com\/News\/201201280056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">abruptly leaving<\/a> West Virginia University in 2012, a top Koch-Funded school where Sobel was hand-chosen by the Charles Koch Foundation to direct the programs it funds. Sobel earned his economics Ph.D at FSU under Randy Holocombe. Sobel is a visiting fellow at the South Carolina Policy Council, part of the Koch-funded State Policy Network, and is <a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.citadel.edu\/sobel\/Russell%20Sobel%20Vita.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">affiliated<\/a> with the Mercatus Center, the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, Tax Foundation, and Koch-funded hubs at Troy University in Alabama and Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. Sobel <a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.citadel.edu\/sobel\/Russell%20Sobel%20Vita.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">served<\/a> on the executive board of the Koch-funded consortium of professors, the Association of Private Enterprise Education, and received an award from APEE in 2007. <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2011\/05\/11\/144280\/koch-university-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sobel has argued<\/a> that mine safety regulations make coal miners <em>less<\/em> safe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ironically, the 2008 and 2013 contracts between Koch and FSU were signed by former president Eric Barron, a climate scientist who is now president of Penn State University, which has received $74,500 from Charles Koch since 2008.<\/p>\n<h3>Climate Disbelief Ground Zero &#8211; George Mason University Economics<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps most prominently, George Mason University&#8217;s involvement in undermining environmental priorities is well-known, undermining other GMU divisions, like the respected Center for Climate Change Communication.<\/p>\n<p>GMU Professor Walter Williams has publicly rejected the science of climate change. After employing some <a href=\"http:\/\/skepticalscience.com\/argument.php?f=taxonomy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">popular disproved remarks to encourage<\/a> doubt over scientists&#8217; findings, Williams <a href=\"http:\/\/econfaculty.gmu.edu\/wew\/articles\/14\/TheEducationEstablishmentsSuccess.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stated<\/a> in June, 2014, &#8220;Only idiocy would conclude that mankind\u2019s capacity to change the climate is more powerful than the forces of nature.&#8221; Williams is a Rush Limbaugh stand-in host and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20040611165416\/http:\/\/www.americansforprosperity.org\/about.html#board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">charter<\/a> board member of Americans for Prosperity. Williams <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/CASE-STUDY-The-Kochtopus-Media-Network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mentored<\/a> longtime Koch political operative Nancy Pfotenhauer, herself a former Koch Industries lobbyist her served as AFP&#8217;s first president, who until recently <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140426153622\/http:\/\/bov.gmu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">served<\/a> as treasurer on GMU&#8217;s Board of Visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/mercatus-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mercatus Center<\/a> at GMU was founded by Charles Koch and its ongoing president Richard Fink. Fink established Mercatus from a predecessor organization at Rutgers University, and was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/politico50\/2014\/charles-kochs-brain.html#.VBjBb_ldWJQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">followed<\/a> by GMU economics professor Tyler Cowen. Mercatus has history of opposing attempts to control greenhouse gas emissions responsible for global warming, an inherent consequence of Koch Industries&#8217; oil and gas business divisions. Mercatus has continued this work into 2014, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.heartland.org\/newspaper-article\/2014\/02\/13\/mcconnell-files-resolution-block-epa-carbon-dioxide-regulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opposing<\/a> attempts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to limit carbon pollution at coal plants.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/institute-for-humane-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute for Humane Studies<\/a>, also at GMU and chaired by Charles Koch, was called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2009\/12\/climate-deniers-atlas-foundation?page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a haven for climate change deniers<\/a>,&#8221; by Mother Jones, recruiting students to work for Koch-funded organizations that have battled climate change policy, clean energy development incentives and laws &amp; regulations in the crosshairs of Koch Industries.<\/p>\n<h3>Suffolk University &#8211; The Backbone of Attacks on Clean Energy &amp; Climate Policy<\/h3>\n<p>The Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) at Suffolk University serves as a factory of economic policy studies for the Koch-funded State Policy Network. BHI&#8217;s research methodology (STAMP model) has been widely <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/cafe\/how-the-koch-brothers-are-hacking-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dismissed by economists<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralmaine.com\/2012\/11\/26\/energy-report-cited-by-lepage-under-scrutiny_2012-11-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">journalists<\/a> citing BHI&#8217;s liberal use of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2012\/11\/28\/industry-funded-study-bad-basis-for-energy-policy_2012-11-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mathematical adjustment<\/a>.&#8221; BHI has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyandpolicy.org\/beacon-hill-institute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> anti renewable energy studies in states across the country, a tactic to interfere with addressing climate change, not to mention competition with fossil fuel companies like Koch.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/suffolkjournal.net\/2013\/11\/bhi-defends-funding-despite-suffolk-alums-petition-no-koch-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suffolk Journal <\/a>confirmed that over $750,000 in Koch donations have gone to BHI. The Journal interviewed BHI director David Tuerck, who admitted to Koch funding but denied any influence over research.<\/p>\n<p>But shortly after, The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/dec\/05\/host-university-research-group-climate-suffolk-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardian<\/a> published a grant proposal from BHI to undermine the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap-and-trade program practiced by 10 northeast states that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/CASE-STUDY-Koch-Front-Groups-Attack-RGGI--the-Northeast-Regional-Greenhouse-Gas-Initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koch brothers actively oppose<\/a>. The grant proposal proved that the BHI study&#8217;s outcome preceded the research: &#8220;Success will take the form of media recognition, dissemination to stakeholders, and legislative activity that will pare back or repeal RGGI.&#8221; BHI&#8217;s grant request was sent to the Searle Freedom Trust, one of several corporate foundations that bundles grants in coordination with Koch.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Suffolk denounced the actions of the Beacon Hill Institute, but has allowed BHI to use its campus office to continue <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyandpolicy.org\/renewable-energy-state-policy-attacks-report#ExecutiveSummary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attacks on state clean energy laws<\/a> around the country and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyandpolicy.org\/renewable-energy-state-policy-attacks-report#ExecutiveSummary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">undermine<\/a> the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.<\/p>\n<h3>A Pope of Climate Denial Looms &#8211; UNC Chapel Hill<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/secureusa.greenpeace.org\/convio\/koch_funding_univ.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of North Carolina schools Chapel Hill and Greensboro are on the Charles Koch payroll<\/a>, and receive money from one of Koch&#8217;s closest political allies, Art <span class=\"il\">Pope. Pope, himself a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernstudies.org\/2013\/02\/art-pope-still-funding-climate-disinformation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">major funder of groups<\/a> that deny climate change,<\/span> has leveraged his political groups, his personal donations and his former position as North Carolina&#8217;s budget director to bring the university system to its knees.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">Pope<\/span> was a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20040611165416\/http:\/\/www.americansforprosperity.org\/about.html#board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">charter<\/a> director of Koch&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/americans-for-prosperity-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans for Prosperity<\/a>, which runs a pledge to commit politicians against addressing global warming. Pope previously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2011\/10\/10\/state-for-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">served on the board<\/a> of AFP&#8217;s predecessor, Citizens for a Sound Economy, another group created by the Kochs. He attends Charles Koch&#8217;s regular donor summits and gives over $1 million to Koch&#8217;s political campaigns, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/mojo\/2011\/09\/koch-brothers-million-dollar-donor-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acknowledged by Charles Koch<\/a> himself.<\/p>\n<p>Groups founded by Art Pope, including the Civitas Institute and the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy (named after Pope&#8217;s father, a former UNC Chapel Hill trustee), have been critical of the UNC system, lining up behind Pope&#8217;s consistent pressure to weaken UNC&#8217;s budget. The president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"il\">Pope<\/span> Center for Higher Education<\/a>, Jane Shaw, is married to Richard Stroup, the NC State professor who co-authored the economics textbook misrepresenting climate science (see above).<\/p>\n<p>Freshly departed from his appointed position as NC Gov. Pat McCrory&#8217;s budget director, Art Pope is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytarheel.com\/article\/2014\/09\/column-rumors-of-pope-as-unc-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rumored to be seeking presidency<\/a> at the entire University of North Carolina system, composed of 17 schools.<\/p>\n<h3>Climate Denier Slips into University of Colorado, Boulder &amp; Pepperdine University<\/h3>\n<p>In the spring of 2014, Steven F. Hayward taught &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131109073750\/http:\/\/artsandsciences.colorado.edu\/ctp\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Market Environmentalism&#8221;<\/a> at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Hayward has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aei.org\/scholar\/steven-f-hayward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credentials<\/a> as a scientist nor economist, and has a long history of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/steven-f-hayward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">involvement<\/a> anti-environmental campaigns for fossil fuel interests like Koch and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exxonsecrets.org\/html\/personfactsheet.php?id=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExxonMobil<\/a>. &#8220;Free Market Environmentalism&#8221; is a <a href=\"http:\/\/perc.org\/articles\/categories\/free-market-environmentalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concept<\/a> promoted by the Koch-funded Property and Environment Research Center, of which Hayward is a board member.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Hayward&#8217;s appointment as Boulder&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/U-of-Colorado-at-Boulder\/137895\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought<\/a>&#8221; was controversial after he published offensive commentary on the LGBTQ community that was protested by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycamera.com\/cu-news\/ci_25480835\/cu-boulder-student-leaders-speak-out-against-conservative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">students<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thecoloradoobserver.com\/2014\/04\/boulders-conservative-prof-ignites-free-speech-debate-after-clashing-with-liberal-faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">faculty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Colorado Foundation, located in Boulder, has received $58,000 from Charles Koch since 2009. Now, Hayward is <a href=\"http:\/\/publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu\/academics\/faculty\/default.htm?faculty=steven_hayward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teaching<\/a> at Pepperdine University in Malibou, CA, which has received $49,650 from Koch since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Steven F. Hayward has been one of the most outspoken deniers of climate change science for over a decade. He wears numerous hats among Koch-funded groups opposing environmental policies, and oversees tens of millions of dollars as a board member of organizations that coordinate funding with Koch foundations or launder Koch money to front groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"il\">Hayward<\/span> controls tens of millions of dollars flowing to SPN &amp; climate denier groups every year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the board of Searle Freedom Trust as a grant adviser<\/li>\n<li>On the board of Donors Capital Fund as a treasurer. Koch foundations have funneled $8.865 million to Donors Capital Fund and sister group Donors Trust since 2005, which in turn sends money to groups in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/state-policy-network-spn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Policy Network<\/a>, including groups employing Steven Hayward. Searle Freedom Trust also <a href=\"http:\/\/conservativetransparency.org\/org\/donorstrust-donors-capital-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gives<\/a> money to Donors Trust. Searle president Kim Dennis is on the boards of Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund, and is on George Mason University&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bov.gmu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">board of visitors<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hayward&#8217;s various positions before U-Colorado and Pepperdine:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the board of Koch-funded Institute for Energy Research\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/institute-for-energy-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IER was founded by Charles Koch<\/a> in TX, and former Koch Industries lobbyist Tom Pyle is IER&#8217;s president. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On the board of CFACT (Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow)\n<ul>\n<li><em>More than half of CFACT&#8217;s budget is through Donors Trust &amp; Donors Capital Fund, where <span class=\"il\">Hayward<\/span> is the treasurer<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Former FK Weyerhauser fellow at Koch-funded American Enterprise Institute\n<ul>\n<li><em>At AEI, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/AEI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hayward offered $10,000 to scientists<\/a> willing to deny climate change in published essays <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Former fellow at Koch-funded Pacific Research Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Former senior fellow at Koch-funded Heritage Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On the board of Koch-funded Property and Environment Research Center (<span class=\"il\">PERC<\/span>)\n<ul>\n<li>SYLLABUS: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/heartland.org\/policy-documents\/free-market-environmentalism-syllabus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Market Environmentalism<\/a>,&#8221; written in 2002 by <span class=\"il\">PERC<\/span>&#8216;s J. Bishop Grewell, containing readings from numerous people at Koch-funded organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other financial ties back to Koch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hayward is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/steven-f-hayward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">former fellow<\/a> of the Mont Pelerin Society, a secretive international society that pushes Austrian Economic perspective around the globe. Charles Koch is a member of Mont Pelerin and was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/163672\/charles-koch-friedrich-hayek-use-social-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personal friend <\/a>of MP&#8217;s Austrian co-founder, Friederich Hayek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Contributes to <a title=\"Powerline Blog Hinderaker Koch\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/media\/2011\/03\/03\/147953\/bloggers-kneel-to-koch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Powerline Blog<\/a>, run by a lawyer who has represented Koch Industries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Contributor to Reason Magazine.\n<ul>\n<li><em>David Koch as a trustee of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/the-reason-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reason Foundation<\/a>, which regularly gets large Koch grants<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Contributor to Koch-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/National-Review-Institute---Koch-Industries-Climate-Denial-Front-Group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">funded<\/a> National Review\n<ul>\n<li><em>National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/CASE-STUDY-The-Kochtopus-Media-Network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attended<\/a> Koch meetings. NR contributors regularly publish misleading information on climate change for NR&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/CASE-STUDY-The-Kochtopus-Media-Network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Planet Gore<\/a> blog<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Contributor to Koch-<a href=\"http:\/\/conservativetransparency.org\/recipient\/daily-caller-news-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">funded<\/a> Daily Caller\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/CASE-STUDY-The-Kochtopus-Media-Network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Caller<\/a> was founded by Carson Daily, a Cato Institute scholar, with money from billionaire Foster Friess, who coordinates political spending with the Koch brothers at their bi-annual summits.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Contributor to Weekly Standard\n<ul>\n<li><em>WS is owned by oil\/gas billionaire Phil Anschutz, who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/CASE-STUDY-The-Kochtopus-Media-Network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attends<\/a> KochWorld meetings. WS&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/media\/2011\/03\/28\/153696\/koch-weekly-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Goldfarb was contracted to do public relations for Koch<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Steven Hayward and climate science denial:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Author of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mere Environmentalism: A Biblical Perspective on Humans and the Natural World<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"il\">Hayward<\/span> created and starred in the climate denial documentary &#8220;<em>An Inconvenient Truth&#8230;.or Convenient Fiction?<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>He&#8217;s a guest in the other denier documentaries like <em>Resisting The Green Dragon<\/em> (by the Christian anti-environmental group the Cornwall Alliance, almost entirely funded by Donors Trust\/Capital Fund through the James Partnership)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>More on <span class=\"il\">Hayward<\/span> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/steven-f-hayward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSmogBlog<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exxonsecrets.org\/html\/personfactsheet.php?id=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExxonSecrets<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Steven_F._Hayward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SourceWatch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Database of Koch Funding to Colleges &amp; Universities:<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/secureusa.greenpeace.org\/convio\/koch_funding_univ.php\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Freedom Under Assault from Charles Koch&#8217;s $50 Million Campaign to Infiltrate Higher EducationCharles and David Koch, owners of Koch Industries, have sent tens of millions of dollars to groups that deny climate change science, undermine policy solutions to the problem, and attack subsidies for clean energy competition while preserving handouts to fossil fuel companies. 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