Thursday, July 31, 2014

An "elite group of left wing millionaires and billionaires" fund "the far-left environmental movement, which in turn controls major policy decisions," according to a U.S. Senate report released on July 30

Senate Report Ties Soros Group to 'Billionaire's Club' Dictating EPA Actions - MRC

...The report singled out, among other groups, the secretive Democracy Alliance, a group founded in part by liberal billionaire George Soros.

The report stated that "DA flouts transparency and public participation as the group emphasizes secrecy in all its operations." It also said that the influence of the DA and groups like it could be traced through other liberal groups to environmental regulations mandated by the EPA....

The ‘Billionaire’s Club’ Behind the Green Movement - Washington Free Beacon

A sprawling network of left-wing foundations, non-profit groups, and individual donors and activists may be flouting federal law in advocating an anti-fossil-fuel agenda, according to a major Senate report released on Wednesday.

The 92-page report details how those individuals and organizations have disbursed tens of millions of dollars, often shielded from public scrutiny, to sway elections and public policy toward environmentalist goals.

Much of the money behind the effort, the report claims, is laundered through non-profit groups prohibited from engaging in political activity.

The report, released on Wednesday by the Republican staff of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, dubs this network the “Billionaire’s Club.”

The club, it says, is “adept at converting charitable donations into political outcomes by taking advantage of loopholes in the tax code. Numerous examples raise questions as to whether the charitable donations are indirectly supporting political activity.”