Kochs Profit from Canadian Eco-Nightmare

AlterNet by Geoff Dembicki | Mar. 23, 2011 (News Analysis)
Koch Industries processes one in four barrels of U.S.-bound Alberta tar sand, while pumping millions of dollars into highly conservative, anti-green causes.

Flint Hills Resources, a fully owned Koch subsidiary, operates a Minnesota refinery capable of processing 320,000 barrels of crude a day, about four-fifths of which is sourced from Alberta. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Pollution, Republicans, Money and Politics, Oil and Gas, Climate Change, Tea Party
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 23, 2011 - 1:55 AM PDT
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Edited by: Jon Mitchell - Mar 23, 2011 - 8:29 AM PDT
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Marsha Iverson
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 by Marsha Iverson - Mar. 23, 2011

Damning documentation of the ultra-rich brothers' efforts to undermine environmental protections, labor laws, and American government for their own private, personal gain.

“The Koch brothers gave the money that founded [the Tea Party],” he said. “It’s like they put the seeds in the ground. Then the rainstorm comes, and ... More »

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Mar. 23, 2011

Koch Industries wields considerable influence in this new political environment, especially on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, where it contributed ... More »

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 by Jon Mitchell - Mar. 23, 2011
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 23, 2011
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