FFM Investigative Report: Trust Fund Environmentalism- Parts I and II This week, we released the first two installments of our three-part Accountability Alert series- “Trust Fund Environmentalism” -that examines a coordinated $48 million campaign to rewrite Minnesota’s energy and environmental policy. Part I examined the …
Archives for February 2012
Policymakers, Media & Public Targeted in $48M Campaign to Rewrite MN Policy (Part 2 of 3)
Is “engaged philanthropy” a backdoor way of injecting special interest money into the political process? ST. PAUL, MN—It might be the most effective advocacy group you never heard of. Regardless, you have likely paid for enactment of their aggressive green agenda through higher taxes, higher utility bills and a slower commute to work. Organized under the banner of the RE-AMP Energy Network, a …
Nat'l Foundations Bankroll $48M Campaign to Rewrite MN Environmental Policy (Part 1 of 3)
Is “engaged philanthropy” a backdoor way of injecting special interest money into the political process? ST. PAUL, MN— Global warming has been called by some the single greatest threat to mankind. While the rest of us await a climate Armageddon, Minnesota environmental advocacy groups have quietly reaped a financial windfall from well-endowed, largely out-of-state foundations, which …