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New Study: Koch's Could Make $100 Billion on Keystone XL Pipeline Deal
2013-10-21 06:24:56| Energy - Topix.net
A new study released today concludes that Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is given the go-ahead by U.S. President Obama.
Kochs claim no role in efforts to kill health care law
2013-10-09 23:02:11| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Koch Industries, the conglomerate run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, says it has not taken a position on Republican efforts to defund President Obama's health care law.
Koch's $7.2 Billion Molex Purchase Puts Founding Family In Billonaire's Circle
2013-09-13 03:38:02| Electronics - Topix.net
Molex was founded by Frederick Krehbiel in 1938 to produce a coal-based plastic he'd invented, back when plastic was about as exciting as social networking is today.
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Kochs Hire Ex-Cantor Aide to Lobby Against Carbon Tax
2013-08-01 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Charles and David Koch, to paraphrase the famous Raid bug spray slogan, want to kill carbon tax proposals dead. Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC has contracted lobbyists including a former aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to lobby on a House resolution that declares carbon taxes detrimental to American families and businesses. Newly available lobby filings show that Koch has hired Shockey Scofield Solutions, LLC, to lobby on the anti-carbon tax resolution. Lobbyists working...
Republicans Pledge To the Kochs That They Will Oppose Any Climate Change Bill
2013-07-06 18:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PoliticusUSA: It is a fairly safe bet that if one polled 100 Americans and asked if they supported clean air and water, and some means of controlling the devastating weather events, few would opt for foul air, polluted water, and more intense weather unless there were Republican politicians taking part in the survey. Republicans love to pledge allegiance to causes like never raising taxes, preventing same-sex couples from marrying, and nearly any cause promoting inequality, and now they are signing on to a new...
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