Following up on her reporting into a new pro-fossil fuel organization, Fueling U.S Forward, DeSmog reporter Sharon Kelly appeared on The Thom Hartmann Program onย Tuesday.
Fueling US Forward made its first major public appearance atย the Red State Gathering 2016 on Saturday, with President and CEO Charles Drevna describing their initiative, which he said planned to call attention to the โpositivesโ of fossilย fuels.
On Saturday, Drevna told DeSmog that his organization was funded in part by Koch Industries, the petrochemical group ofย companiesย run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.ย ย
Through theirย vast network of think tanks, the Kochsย are major promoters of free market fundamentalist viewsย and ending government subsidies for corporations โย even while Koch Industries benefits from billions of dollars worth of the same types of government subsidies that they decry and actively solicits subsidies for their ownย projects.
Kelly told Hartmann how a goal for Fueling U.S Forward was to โsteer the conversation away from climateย changeโ.
โThis is astonishing,โ saidย Hartmann.
For more on Fueling U.S Forward, check out the new DeSmog microsite, Koch vs. Clean, which takes a close look at Mr. Drevna’s endeavors and other Koch-backed campaigns aimed at undermining clean energy and the electric vehicleย industry.
