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Connor Gibson @grassrootbeer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm gonna skim over the rest 2010-2016 real quick. One of AFP's top targets was the "Clean Power Plan," established by the Obama EPA to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Via @nrdc-org.bsky.social: www.nrdc.org/bio/aliya-ha... Amongst other activity: www.desmog.com/americans-fo...

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Connor Gibson @grassrootbeer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It's late 2016, Trump won the election. Many Koch folk helped with Trump's transition, led by Mike Pence, a favorite in the Koch donor network. @kenvogel.bsky.social: www.politico.com/story/2016/1... AFP chair Frayda Levin was amazed by their influence. David Koch attended Trump's victory party.

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Connor Gibson @grassrootbeer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Two lobbyists who were registered to represent Koch in 2016 were part of that process (Mike McKenna and Michael Catanzaro). Koch's ex-lobbyist Tom Pyle got involved too: www.desmog.com/2016/11/28/k... Pyle was, and is, president of the IER. Charles Koch co-founded its predecessor (detailed above).

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Koch-Funded Former Lobbyist Replaces Koch Lobbyist on Trump’s Energy Transition Team

Thomas Pyle, President of the Koch-funded Institute for Energy Research and its advocacy arm, the American Energy Alliance, has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the transition team ...

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