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Conservative groups take aim billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer
2014-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Examiner: Conservative groups are honing in on an attack plan to rebuff billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer's foray into a handful of Senate and gubernatorial races. At issue are Steyer's alleged dealings in Indonesian coal when he ran his former hedge fund, Farallon Capital Management. Conservative outfits want to turn Steyer's suggestion that his policies aren't aligned with his pocketbook -- a defense Steyer and his environmental and Democratic allies make to parry accusations that he is a liberal...
US billionaire Tom Steyer to launch $100m campaign against climate deniers
2014-05-23 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer has said he will target the campaigns of seven US senate and governors this year, in an attempt to make climate change a top priority in Novembers elections. He is prepared to spend up to $100m (59m) in his quest. The seven elections in Florida, Colorado, Iowa, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine and Michigan all feature Republicans that have denied climate change or received donations from the fossil fuels industry. Steyer will use $50m (29m) of his own...
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Billionaire environmental activist plans target GOP in seven states
2014-05-22 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer will target Republicans in seven Senate and governors' races this year, as he pushes to make climate change a top issue in November's elections, his political aides announced Wednesday. His campaign -- which will include television ads and on-the-ground efforts to persuade women, young adults and minorities to vote in traditionally low-turnout midterm elections -- will hit Republicans in competitive Senate contests in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan and New...
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Billionaire Environmentalist To Spend $100M Attacking GOP On Climate Change In 2014 Elections
2014-05-22 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Setting his sights on Republicans who reject climate change, an environmentalist billionaire is unveiling plans to spend $100 million this year in seven competitive Senate and gubernatorial races, as his super PAC works to counteract a flood of conservative spending by the Koch brothers. NextGen Climate Action said it plans to spend at least $50 million contributed by founder Tom Steyer, a retired hedge fund manager and longtime Democratic donor, and another $50 million the group is seeking to...
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Climate change wedge issue in 2014? Billionaire Tom Steyer hopes so
2014-05-21 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: One of President Obama's wealthiest supporters is pledging to spend at least $50 million in a bid to make climate change the central issue in hotly contested elections in New Hampshire, Florida, Michigan and a handful of other battleground states. A group run by California billionaire Tom Steyer unveiled plans to aggressively target Republicans in seven states who have been skeptics of global warming. Among the political figures the group plans to target is Florida Gov. Rick Scott and former Massachusetts...
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