Koch Attacks on the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit, Explained
“The Koch brothers and their oil industry allies have launched an all-out offensive on the electric vehicle tax credit. This effort applies the same tactics as the Koch network’s broader campaign to undermine public and political support for electric cars, directing them acutely at the tax credit.”
Documents Shine New Light on Koch Brothers’ Early Efforts to Abolish the Department of Energy
By Sharon Kelly, DeSmog. A scheme to abolish the Department of Energy (DOE) helped spur a failed 1980 Libertarian Party presidential bid — and in the process laid the groundwork for Charles and David Koch’s powerful network of influence — as documents…
Who Wants to Kill the Electric Car This Time?
The Koch brothers hope it will be them By Ben Jervey (This story was first published by the Sierra Club on June 28, 2019, here. Jervey is a Senior Fellow at DeSmog.) IN FEBRUARY, Senator John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican…
1980 Oil Broker’s Fundraising Letter Lauds “Loophole in the FEC Regulations” to Allow David Koch to Spend “Several Hundred Thousand Dollars” on the Libertarian Party
This document is a set of correspondence from Steve Buckstein of the Finance Committee of the presidential campaign of Libertarian Party candidates Ed Clark and David Koch. Buckstein was inviting investors to a fundraiser featuring Koch Among other things, one…
1980 Charles Koch Requests “Balance Sheet, Income Statement with Expense Breakdown,” and More from the Libertarian Party
In this correspondence from early in 1980, Libertarian Party funder Charles Koch tells the head of the the Party to send “a balance sheet, income statement with the expense breakdown and, more importantly, that you regularly and frequently prepare new…
1980 Libertarian Party Letter Seeking Petroleum PAC Funding Sources
In this letter, Thomas G. Winter tells the Libertarian Clark for President committee: “We are going through the files of the Secretary of State of Oklahoma looking for Petroleum based PACs that give money to presidential candidates.” 1980 Libertarian Party…
1980 S.A. Long $18,000 Donation to Libertarian Party Forwarded from David Koch
In this letter, Libertarian Party National Director William D. Burt thanks donor S.A. Long for a $18,000 donation, mentioning that it was forwarded by David Koch. 1980 SA Long Donation to Libertarian Party Forwarded From David Koch (PDF) 1980 SA…
1975 Libertarian Party Official Notes the Party Did Not Have a Policy Paper on Energy Policy Prepared for the 1976 Presidential Election
This December 1975 letter from the Libertarian Party co-founder, David Nolan, asks Dr. Petr Beckmann to help create an energy policy agenda for the Libertarian Party to offer a “rational alternative” during the 1976 presidential election. Nolan was a member…
1978 Another Letter from the Libertarian Party to Donors in the Koch Family
These documents are several form letter updates from the Libertarian Party to David, William and Mrs. Fred Koch (Mary Koch, who is Charles Koch’s mother). In them, the Libertarian Party’s National Director, Chris Hocker, discusses the party’s activities including: the…
1978 Letter from the Libertarian Party to Koch Family Donors
These documents are form letter updates from the Libertarian Party to David, William (Bill), and Fred Koch, the eldest son of the late Fred Koch. In them, the Libertarian Party’s National Director, Chris Hocker, discusses the party’s activities including: mass…
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1980 Clark-Koch Oil and Gas Journal Ad Promising to “Abolish the Department of Energy”June 7, 2019/0 Comments -
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1980 David Koch: “Free Up the Energy System”June 7, 2019/ -
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