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Report notes DeMaio's "green" hypocrisy

He touts renewable energy but takes money from Koch brothers

Carl DeMaio
Carl DeMaio

It appears that Carl DeMaio, who wants to run for Congress, likes both green energy and green money collected from climate-change deniers.

The publication thinkprogress.org notes that on his campaign website, DeMaio, who calls himself a "new generation of Republican," touts "strong environmental protection initiatives"; "energy resources through the development of wind, solar, biomass, biofuels and other alternative energy sources"; and "reducing the 'carbon footprint' of businesses and homes."

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But while running as a climate hawk, he has been receiving tens of thousands of dollars to consult for his former employers, the climate-change-denying Reason Foundation, says thinkprogress.org.

DeMaio worked for the anti-government Reason Foundation from 1999 to 2003. Reason has received $2.8 million from the Koch Family Foundations. The Kochs are well-known climate-change deniers. Between January 2012 and August 2013, DeMaio received another $37,500 for consulting for Reason.

The Koch brothers' tax-exempt Americans for Prosperity has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on TV ads attacking DeMaio's supposed opponent, Democrat Scott Peters.

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Carl DeMaio
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It appears that Carl DeMaio, who wants to run for Congress, likes both green energy and green money collected from climate-change deniers.

The publication thinkprogress.org notes that on his campaign website, DeMaio, who calls himself a "new generation of Republican," touts "strong environmental protection initiatives"; "energy resources through the development of wind, solar, biomass, biofuels and other alternative energy sources"; and "reducing the 'carbon footprint' of businesses and homes."

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But while running as a climate hawk, he has been receiving tens of thousands of dollars to consult for his former employers, the climate-change-denying Reason Foundation, says thinkprogress.org.

DeMaio worked for the anti-government Reason Foundation from 1999 to 2003. Reason has received $2.8 million from the Koch Family Foundations. The Kochs are well-known climate-change deniers. Between January 2012 and August 2013, DeMaio received another $37,500 for consulting for Reason.

The Koch brothers' tax-exempt Americans for Prosperity has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on TV ads attacking DeMaio's supposed opponent, Democrat Scott Peters.

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