Kochs' lobbying pushes their agenda
Regarding “Koch Companies Mean Jobs, Money for Iowa” (Aug. 21 letter):
Billionaires Charles and David Koch are funding the tea party to help
defeat environmental regulations that cut into their billion dollar
profits from oil, gas, pipeline, logging and formaldehyde industries.
They have successfully lobbied to prevent the Environmental Protection
Agency from classifying one of Koch’s products, formaldehyde, a
carcinogen — known to cause cancer in humans.
Koch industries own oil refineries, 4,000 miles of pipeline and was named
one of the top 10 air polluters in America in a 2010 University of
Massachusetts at Amherst report. A February 2011 Ceres report shows Iowa
would gain 19,899 new jobs under changes to EPA’s air pollution rules.
Koch industries have donated millions of dollars to nonprofit groups that
fight environmental regulations, and they fund advertising that spreads
the seeds of doubt about climate science. The Koch agenda calls for an
end to federal regulations when recent abuses in the oil, gas, financial,
mining, pharmaceutical and even egg industries have been corrupt,
criminal and atrocious.
Jerry Lunn and Scott Lindberg’s letter support Koch industries because of
bias from personal gain as Koch employees. They cite the Koch website as
proof Koch industries are above reproach. That’s like going to the
tobacco or alcohol websites to discover if tobacco or alcohol could be
harmful to health.
— Phyllis Mains, Van Wert

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