Key Republicans call for probe to see if Russia funded anti-fracking groups

[livingston]

Key Republicans call for probe to see if Russia funded anti-fracking groups
House Science Committee letter accuses Russia of waging ‘propaganda war against fossil fuels’
Two key House Republicans have called on the Trump administration to investigate whether Russia is trying to undermine the U.S. energy industry by funding environmental activism as part of a “propaganda war against fossil fuels.”

Russia’s goal is to “suppress the widespread adoption of fracking in Europe and the U.S.,” according to a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin from House Science, Space and Technology Committee chairman Lamar Smith and energy subcommittee chairman Randy Weber.

“If you connect the dots, it is clear that Russia is funding U.S. environmental groups in an effort to suppress our domestic oil and gas industry, specifically hydraulic fracking,” said Mr. Smith, Texas Republican, in a Friday statement.


“They have established an elaborate scheme that funnels money through shell companies in Bermuda,” he said. “This scheme may violate federal law and certainly distorts the U.S. energy market. The American people deserve to know the truth and I am confident Secretary Mnuchin will investigate the allegations.”
Lamar Smith Randy Weber anti-fracking groups funding by Russia

 

[livingston]

Foreign Interests Found Funding Anti-Fracking Campaigns in America
July 22, 2015
There is strong evidence the Russian government is colluding with radical environmentalists in order to disrupt and stop other oil companies, like Chevron, from competing with its own natural gas provider, Gazprom. Russian oil interests connected to Putin are also funneling money to anti-fracking protesters in the U.S., using offshore money laundering schemes to disguise the funding sources.
There is strong evidence that the Russian government is colluding with radical environmentalists in order to disrupt and stop other oil companies, like Chevron, from competing with its own natural gas provider, Gazprom. Protesters mysteriously appeared at sites in Russia to specifically target American oil companies, yet Gazprom is left alone.

Russian oil interests connected to Putin are also funneling money to anti-fracking protesters in the U.S., using offshore money laundering schemes to disguise the funding sources. “The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change’s $100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.” The middleman organization Sea Change contributed nearly $8.5 million to the Sierra Club last year, which the club used to fund its “Beyond Natural Gas” campaign, considered “one of the largest and best-funded environmentalist campaigns combating fracking and the extraction of natural gas in general.”

The usual big left-wing interests are also behind the anti-oil campaigns, like the Tides Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Their deceptive tactics include paying Native Americans to protest.

Currently, protesters are trying to stop oil rigs from drilling off the coast of Alaska. Greenpeace “kayaktivists” caused $10,000 in damage to a protected locale trying to stop a Shell oil rig from a visit to Seattle. Shell kindly picked up the bill and the environmentalists were nowhere to be found. Hypocritically, Greenpeace receives large amounts of funding from oil investments.

Ultimately, the tactics of the radical environmentalists are self-defeating, and reek of an ulterior motive. Turning the production of oil and natural gas over to unfriendly authoritarian governments will not eliminate their use as energy sources, instead hinder America’s path to energy independence. Whether it’s deep-seated guilt from their childhood, a desire to make a name for themselves, or simply greed to make money off the environmental movement, taking money from the enemy is corrupt hypocricy at best and traitorous at worst.
Foreign Interests Found Funding Anti-Fracking Campaigns in America | SFPPR

 

[Phazer]

Ummm...and the Saudis?

 

[Mosinitis]

Payback for George Soros.

 

[ProgSpear]

Finally! A reason to prosecute Cuomo! He's anti-fracking, so HE MUST BE WORKING FOR THE RUSSIANS!!!!!!!