{"id":4791,"date":"2015-06-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/climate-deniers\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T08:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T08:53:22","slug":"climate-deniers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/climate\/climate-deniers\/","title":{"rendered":"Exposing Climate Deniers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>The science on global warming is clear and citizens are demanding action. Join us in exposing the polluters, lobbyists and politicians standing in the way of progress. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/c5de3ac6-gp0stp4oi_climate-deniers.jpg' alt='Koch Museum Board Protest in Washington DC' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We\u2019re calling out the work that\u2019s being done\u2014often secretively\u2014to block meaningful action on climate change.<\/p>\n<h2><b>PolluterWatch<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Our PolluterWatch project is holding polluters, their lobbyists, and the politicians who work with them accountable for poisoning the climate debate and blocking much-needed environmental regulations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/polluterwatch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/ddfdb1f2-polluterwatch-banner.jpg\" alt=\"PolluterWatch\" width=\"600\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Koch Industries: Secretly Funding Climate Denial<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Billionaire oilman David Koch likes to joke that Koch Industries is &#8220;the biggest company you&#8217;ve never heard of.&#8221; But the nearly $50 million that David Koch and his brother Charles have quietly funneled to climate-denial front groups that are working to delay policies and regulations aimed at stopping global warming is no joking matter.<\/p>\n<p>Our report, <a href=\"\/usa\/global-warming\/climate-deniers\/koch-industries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine<\/a>, exposes the Kochs&#8217; web of dirty money and influence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/usa\/what-we-do\/charles-g-koch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles G. 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Koch<\/a> have a vested interest in delaying climate action: they&#8217;ve made billions from their ownership and control of <a href=\"\/usa\/global-warming\/climate-deniers\/koch-industries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koch Industries<\/a>, an oil corporation that is the second largest privately-held company in America (which also happens to have an especially poor <a href=\"\/usa\/global-warming\/climate-deniers\/koch-industries\/koch-industries-pollution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">environmental record<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s high time more people were aware of Charles and David Koch and just what they&#8217;re up to.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/democracy\/corporate-money-out-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about how we\u2019re kicking corporate money and climate deniers out of politics.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The science on global warming is clear and citizens are demanding action. 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