Charles Koch Admits Climate Change is Happening, Then Denies the Problem
As the nation warily watches every Republican presidential candidate kiss the ring of billionaire donor Charles Koch for a shot at his network’s $300,000,000 pool of presidential cash, Charles Koch did something unusual. Last week’s USAToday interview with Charles Koch noted his shifting opinion on what he calls climate change “hysteria:”
For the record, Koch says this of climate change: “You can plausibly say thatCO2 has contributed” to the planet’s warming, but he sees “no evidence” to support “this theory that it’s going to be catastrophic.”
Wait…Charles Koch just accepted that the planet is warming? Hold your applause.
Clearly, Mr. Koch still denies that there’s a problem – which means he’s missing the entire point of discussing climate change. But any movement from Charles on the 5 Stages of Climate Denial–from #1 down to #3–is a big deal. This is the same guy who has poured $80 million into organizations that have misrepresented climate change science to the public and advocated against any viable solutions to the problem.
Koch’s Right-Hand-Man: “Charles is ahead of me on this.”
Last June, leaked recordings surfaced from Koch’s regular meeting of millionaires and billionaires who are coordinating $889 million in spending around the 2016 election. Charles’s Koch top strategist Richard Fink indicated that we may see a shift in Koch’s rhetoric on climate change. Fink, aka “Charles Koch’s Brain,” told attending prospective donors what they wanted to hear: donate to us, and we’ll fight the crazy commie hippies and their pesky science. From the Undercurrent
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