Koch Industries spent more than $600,000 lobbying EU on environmental protection

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Notorious US opponents of climate action have been lobbying Europe on energy and environment issues, according to EU transparency register

Koch Industries spent more than $600,000 lobbying EU on environmental protection
Arthur Neslen Brussels, The Guardian
06 Jul 2015 at 06:21 ET

A notorious funder of climate sceptics in the US has spent at least €550,000 (£390,908) lobbying the EU on environmental protections and energy issues over the past three years.

An obscure entry on the EU’s voluntary transparency register shows that up to €750,000 (£533,049) may have been spent by Koch Industries, the largest private energy company in the US, on trying to influence EU policy.

Brothers David and Charles Koch, who own Koch Industries, fund several thinktanks in the US that deny climate change . Most recently, one of their charitable foundations was found to have have been funding a prominent Harvard-Smithsonian Center scientist and climate sceptic, Willie Soone.

The Koch’s lobbying in Europe, spotted by the blog DeSmog UK , has focused on “all initiatives on the areas of environmental protection, trade and internal market,” documents show.