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Biggest US Coal Company Funded Dozens Of Groups Doubting Climate Change [1]

"Peabody Energy, America’s biggest coalmining company, has funded at least two dozen groups that cast doubt on manmade climate change and oppose environment regulations, analysis by the Guardian reveals.

The funding spanned trade associations, corporate lobby groups, and industry front groups as well as conservative thinktanks and was exposed in court filings last month.

The coal company also gave to political organisations, funding twice as many Republican groups as Democratic ones."

Suzanne Goldenberg and Helena Bengtsson report for the Guardian June 13, 2016. [2]

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Source: Guardian [2], 06/13/2016
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biggest-us-coal-company-funded-dozens-groups-doubting-climate-change [2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/13/peabody-energy-coal-mining-climate-change-denial-funding?CMP=share_btn_tw [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81