The Koch Brothers & Their Amazing Climate Change Denial Machine

A short animation detailing the effort of billionaires oil barons Charles & David Koch to undermine belief in climate change and prevent legislation that threatens their profits. By pouring money into bogus scientific studies and funding third parties such as Think Tanks and Front Groups (posing as everything from Seniors groups to Women's groups) the public is led to believe a genuine scientific debate is raging. In truth, as one climate denier candidly admits, those doubting the science are just a small, if brilliantly coordinated, minority.

The piece was made by Australian filmmaker Taki Oldham and incorporates footage from his 55 min. documentary The Billionaires' Tea Party (2011).

Big thanks to the visual effects team at Hungry Beast (hungrybeast.abc.net.au) for their advice and visual inspiration as well to the team at Greenpeace for their great research on the Koch Brothers (greenpeace.org/kochindustries).

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• environment
• politics
• educational
• energy
• brothers
• koch
• koch brothers
• david koch
• charles koch
• oil
• exxon
• astroturf
• front group
• americans for prosperity
• climate change
• global warming
• climate denial

[swordsintopens]

Willie Soon, one of the scientific figures who claimed to be skeptical about climate change, has admitted to being paid more than $1 million in the past decade by major U.S. oil and coal companies. June 29, 2011

[acchokiefan]

Kochs are the most irresponsible humans ever alive, regardless of money or none. They may have billions, but they are totally without worth. They even cut out two of their own blood brothers. Their deaths would be a blessing to the world, far above anything like bin laden or Hussein . Their followers, knowingly or not, are part of the great deception talked repeatedly about inRevelation. The final book in the bible that apparently the religious right have NEVER even read. It's truly amazing. I

[marsglorious]

Inspired by the Hungry Beast one.

[askmybollocks]

The Koch Brothers are scum. The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a faux scientific organisation funded by scum to perpetrate lies and corruption. They should not be allowed to use the name science in their title but who runs the system......

[acchokiefan]

When you're that rich, you think you own gravity and have the power to twist the truth. When we are all 20feet under water, the right will simply find a way to blame Obama. The sad part is that "Claude" will believe them As he floats around on his two man raft with a can of pork and beans and a wad of chewing tobacco. Repeaing over and over "that goddamn Obama". SPIT

[StunnedByStupidity]

The Kochs are THE most evil people in all of human history!

[trazytoo11]

Sorry about that something is going on with my computer. Anyway, I agree with you 100%.

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[r0galik]

I'm all against those manipulating scumbags. Unfortunately Al Gore is one of them, misrepresenting science. You really don't have to do it to show that anthropogenic global warming is real, now they think that if they debunk Gore, they debunk CC "believers". Sad