Freedom Foundation of Minnesota - Tom Steward just released a comprehensive series of articles on the amount and effects of environmental Foundations' money on MN Energy Policy. Great articles Mr. Steward.
Part 1 National Foundations Bankroll $48 Million Campaign to Rewrite Minnesota Environmental Policy.
Part 2 Policymakers, Media & Public Targeted in $48M Campaign to Rewrite MN Policy
Part 3 National Foundations Take Lessons Learned in MN and Bankroll New Expensive Green Campaigns
Public backlash builds as green rhetoric becomes reality in complete streets, politically correct natural gas pricing, wind turbines and power lines
Rochester Minnesota's KTTC interviews Tom Steward of Freedom Foundation of Minnesota.
These RE-AMP funded organizations routinely show up to testify against citizen interests at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, at legislative hearings, and in in the media. It is usual for these philanthropic, often non-profit charitable organizations, to be listed as "experts" without the disclosure "paid lobbyists". Instead, they insist they are "educating" legislators and the public.
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Part 1 National Foundations Bankroll $48 Million Campaign to Rewrite Minnesota Environmental Policy.
Part 2 Policymakers, Media & Public Targeted in $48M Campaign to Rewrite MN Policy
Part 3 National Foundations Take Lessons Learned in MN and Bankroll New Expensive Green Campaigns
Public backlash builds as green rhetoric becomes reality in complete streets, politically correct natural gas pricing, wind turbines and power lines
Rochester Minnesota's KTTC interviews Tom Steward of Freedom Foundation of Minnesota.
These RE-AMP funded organizations routinely show up to testify against citizen interests at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, at legislative hearings, and in in the media. It is usual for these philanthropic, often non-profit charitable organizations, to be listed as "experts" without the disclosure "paid lobbyists". Instead, they insist they are "educating" legislators and the public.
Is “engaged philanthropy” a backdoor way of injecting special interest money into the political process?
