friend, 

Just in time for Earth Day, we’re releasing our news report: “KILLING OUR CLIMATE: A Primer on the Koch Network’s Impact on the Environment Through Dark Money, Deceit, and Disinformation,” focusing on the connection between the Koch network and its impact on our climate. 

From funding university-affiliated research centers and state-based think-tanks to making sure climate-denying politicians are seated in legislatures across the country, the Koch network has been one of the largest driving forces behind climate disinformation in the United States. This has stalled government action on climate change, disrupted efforts by the states to transition to renewable energies, and paved the way for the Trump administration's privatization of public lands. 

Through dark money infusions in the political realm, communications, the judiciary system, and education since the 1970s, the Koch network has been able to create and manipulate pro-corporate messaging that translates into deregulation policy -- policy that is championed by people who have been plucked from the network’s talent pipeline to ensure that profit wins out over the common good.

For years, the Koch network has used a variety of tactics, from infiltrating our nation’s education systems to spinning media narratives, and financially supporting corporate-friendly politicians and judges. 

Our report looks at the Koch network’s involvement in education, the media, the courts, and politics to see just how interwoven they are when it comes to climate disinformation and harm to the environment. It follows the thread of Koch money to disastrous environmental impacts that place profit over the common good.

Please download our report today and share it with your communities using our social media toolkit. We may not have petroleum power (and money!), but we have people power to help spread this vital information.

 

In Solidarity,

Jasmine Banks, Executive Director

 

UnKoch My Campus is a project dedicated to disrupting corporate influence on campuses nationwide by equipping campus activists with education, skills, and ecosystems of solidarity. The Koch network is leveraging its donations to colleges and universities to bolster its corporate agenda to halt action on climate change, put hundreds of thousands of people in prison, deny millions of people healthcare, and strip rights and wages from workers globally. We're building a mass movement of young people who are dedicated to disrupting this harm. 

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