Author Christopher Leonard joined us to discuss his book at a “Good Reads on Earth” event in Boston.ĬURWOOD: Let's see.
The new book “Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America” chronicles the rise of this behemoth and shows how it has shaped American society. Koch Industries earned Charles and his late brother David massive fortunes of as much as one hundred billion dollars.
Charles Koch built the company he inherited from his father Fred into a financial powerhouse based on oil and gas all the way from the well to the pump. And much of these anti-climate regulation interests can be traced back to one powerful man, Charles Koch. CURWOOD: It’s Living on Earth, I’m Steve Curwood.įor decades now, climate policy has been stymied in the United States by a well-funded campaign of denial that includes elected officials dependent on campaign contributions from fossil fuel interests.
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