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Kochs Fight Asbestos Victims Compensation; More Frackers’ Lies
Koch Brothers Exposed for Campaign Contributions to 19 Members of Congress Who Voted to Deny Fair Compensation to Asbestos Victims. Koch network contributions were exceeded only by defense contractor Honeywell International, which gave the members more than $245,000.
Fracking Industry Mangles More Facts. A new set of peer-reviewed scientific papers pointing to 50 percent higher than estimated regional methane emissions from oil and gas operations in Texas were published this week. And like clockwork, the oil and gas industry’s public relations machine, Energy In Depth (EID), proclaimed that rising emissions are actually falling, and that the industry’s meager voluntary efforts are responsible. This is, of course, wrong on both counts. In fact, it’s a willful misrepresentation of the findings.
