{"id":4735,"date":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/john-locke-foundation-jlf\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:46:08","slug":"john-locke-foundation-jlf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/climate\/climate-deniers\/front-groups\/john-locke-foundation-jlf\/","title":{"rendered":"John Locke Foundation (JLF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4subtitle'>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group<\/span><br \/><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>$262,972 from Koch foundations, 1997-2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"leader\">The <a class=\"zoom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/john-locke-foundation-launches-a-same-ol-same-ol-north-carolina-misinformation-campaign\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Locke Foundation<\/a> (JLF) is a conservative think-tankbased in North Carolina, focused on local and state issues. JLF 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>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>JLF advocates for inaction on global warming, stating in a <a class=\"pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnlocke.org\/acrobat\/spotlights\/spot_253_-_climate_change.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2005 policy brief<\/a> that &#8220;a green house gas reduction policy would have only costs and no benefits.&#8221; In 2007, JLF released <a class=\"pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnlocke.org\/acrobat\/policyReports\/globalwarmingguide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a policy report<\/a> that publishes several climate denier myths, intended to instruct average North Carolina citizens on refuting global warming.<\/p>\n<p>On John Locke Foundation&#8217;s &#8220;Right Angles&#8221; blog, <a class=\"zoom\" href=\"http:\/\/triangle.johnlocke.org\/blog\/?p=6078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the &#8220;ClimateGate&#8221; coverage<\/a> calls for a &#8220;reconsideration of &#8216;green&#8217; efforts&#8221; and notes that some have tried to &#8220;rescind the Oscar ex-Vice President Al Gore received for\u2026&#8217;An Inconvenient Truth,&#8217; which has been widely discredited for numerous factual errors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/secureusa.greenpeace.org\/convio\/koch_funding.php?o=25\" width=\"570\" height=\"1150\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group$262,972 from Koch foundations, 1997-2017. The John Locke Foundation (JLF) is a conservative think-tankbased in North Carolina, focused on local and state issues. JLF is a member of the State Policy Network. 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