A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. . .
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The foundation [funded by the Bermuda company] passed those millions along to some of the nation’s most prominent and politically active environmentalist groups. 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.,
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The Sierra Club, which received nearly $8.5 million from Sea Change in 2010 and 2011, launched its “Beyond Natural Gas” campaign the following year. The effort has become one of the largest and best-funded environmentalist campaigns combating fracking and the extraction of natural gas in general.
Russia's interests are served by higher energy prices worldwide, so opposition to U.S. fracking by them is understandable. All those years of using the KGB to foment propaganda against the West are still being put to use.
Getting beyond ad-hominem attack, I have always believed that environmentalists reflexive opposition to the new technology is based on a hatred of industrialization not a love for the environment. This is clearly the case with fracking and the increased production of natural gas. Environmentalists should be ecstatic about the use of natural gas, instead we see the Sierra Club launching a campaign against it. Last year, greenhouse gas emissions from the United States fell to their lowest levels since 1995. It is well understood that increased use of natural gas to displace coal, has been a key factor in this reduction. From the MIT Technology Review:
Getting beyond ad-hominem attack, I have always believed that environmentalists reflexive opposition to the new technology is based on a hatred of industrialization not a love for the environment. This is clearly the case with fracking and the increased production of natural gas. Environmentalists should be ecstatic about the use of natural gas, instead we see the Sierra Club launching a campaign against it. Last year, greenhouse gas emissions from the United States fell to their lowest levels since 1995. It is well understood that increased use of natural gas to displace coal, has been a key factor in this reduction. From the MIT Technology Review:
. . . the trend is largely the result of a rapid drop in coal-fired electricity, and a corresponding rise in electricity generated by cleaner fuels, especially natural gas.
You would think this would be cause for cheer amongst green groups. But then, you have to expect it will actual consistency from the environmentalists.
American Heroes, Engaged in Fracking Operations
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