Charles Koch, ALEC and Climate Misinformation - Elliott Negin

Elliott Negin, Senior Writer at the Union of Concerned Scientists, was UCS media director from 2007 through 2011 and now writes about UCS-related topics for a range of news organizations including:. A contributing writer at HuffPost from 2011 through 2017, he has also written articles and columns for Alternet, The Atlantic, Columbia Journalism Review, EcoWatch, The Hill, Live Science, Mother Earth News, The Nation, The Progressive, Roll Call, Salon, Scientific American, The Washington Post and other publications. Prior to joining UCS, Elliott was the Washington communications director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, a foreign news editor at National Public Radio, the managing editor of American Journalism Review, and the editor of Nuclear Times and Public Citizen magazines. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.
We have invited Elliott to talk about two recent articles – one on ALEC and its funding and one on the long history of Charles Koch funding climate denial and climate disinformation efforts and how this impacts the ability to fund necessary climate change.

In the course of the episode, Elliott encourages listeners to learn more by reading the following works, or about the following topics:

• Charles Koch - Founder of Koch Industries and long-time climate change denier.
• The Libertarian Party
• The Cato Institute
• The Heritage Foundation
• 2024 presidential aspirants associated with Charles Koch:
  • Ted Cruz
  • Ron Desantis
  • Mike Pompeo
  • Rick Scott
  • Mike Pence
• Resources for tracking ALEC activities
  • ALEC Exposed
  • Color of Change
  • Common Cause
• Books related to Charles Koch
  • Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
  • Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
  • Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
  • Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
• Additional Elliott Negin article on House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing:
  • Oil Execs Spout Disinformation at House Climate Disinformation Hearing