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Creatures of the Green Lagoon: Tom Steyer
After Al Gore, Thomas Fahr Steyer is one of the best-known ultra-wealthy sages of the environmentalist movement. Since diving headfirst into electoral politics—signaling his interest in running for California governor…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 17, 2021

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Creatures of the Green Lagoon: Sea Change Foundation
On the more moderate end of the San Francisco “green” lagoon is Nathaniel “Nat” Simons, a Bay Area billionaire who made his fortune brilliantly managing hedge funds. Simons is the…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 17, 2021

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Creatures of the Green Lagoon: Energy Foundation
The Energy Foundation is unique as a massive pass-through funder endowed by liberal mega-donors to provide a new source of perpetual funding for the environmental Left. As its name suggests,…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 17, 2021

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Creatures of the Green Lagoon: ClimateWorks Foundation
The ClimateWorks Foundation was conceived in 2006 as a joint pass-through project of multiple major grantmaking foundations: the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 17, 2021

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Eco-Right and Environmentalist Groups Heavily Funded by Mega-Donors John and Laura Arnold
New documents reveal that a number of conservative environmentalist and pro-carbon tax groups are heavily funded by liberal mega-donor John and Laura Arnold, much of it through Arnold Ventures, the…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 19, 2021

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BankFWD and the Private Pressure for Paris
A new campaign called BankFWD—recently announced in a New York Times column—seeks to use the “collective wealth and public standing” of its members to pressure major banks to commit to…
by Robert Stilson on November 10, 2020