{"id":4724,"date":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/the-reason-foundation\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:34:57","slug":"the-reason-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/climate\/climate-deniers\/front-groups\/the-reason-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reason Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4subtitle'>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group<\/span><br \/><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>$3,422,509 from Koch foundations, 1997-2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"leader\"><strong>The Reason Foundation<\/strong>, of which <a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100827080405\/http:\/\/reason.org\/trustees_and_officers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Koch was a longtime trustee<\/a>, promotes the tenets of <strong>&#8220;<a class=\"zoom\" title=\"FME\" href=\"http:\/\/reason.org\/news\/show\/1003118.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Market Environmentalism (FME)<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong> to argue that those who suffer from the effects of <strong>global warming<\/strong> have little legal or moral claim for compensation from <strong>greenhouse gas emitters<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Reason Foundation is a member of the <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\">State Policy Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/secureusa.greenpeace.org\/convio\/koch_funding.php?o=33\" width=\"570\" height=\"1120\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group$3,422,509 from Koch foundations, 1997-2017. 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