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Green: Local anti-solar groups receive payments from climate denial networks

Miranda Green · What’s driving a surge in renewables opposition? · Apr 5, 2023 · at 17:57

Miranda Green, Director of Investigations at Floodlight, explains the financial backing behind grassroots campaigns opposing renewable energy projects.

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“And then they're supported by groups online or in their state or in their community that have ulterior motives, which we found. They're getting payments from organizations that have connections to climate denial,”

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The claim, plainly

Local groups opposing renewable energy projects receive financial payments and support from organizations connected to climate denial networks.

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Assessment

Investigative reporting by NPR and Floodlight (published February 2023), academic research from the Brown University Climate and Development Lab (published December 2023), and disclosures documented by the Energy and Policy Institute corroborate the claim. Public tax filings and investigative records demonstrate that local groups and organizers opposing renewable energy developments (such as Citizens for Responsible Solar and Protect Our Coast NJ) received funding, fiscal sponsorship, and operational assistance (including legal defense funds and campaign materials) from conservative foundations and think tanks (such as the Caesar Rodney Institute, the State Policy Network, and fossil fuel-backed donor conduits) with established ties to climate denial advocacy.

A February 2023 NPR/Floodlight joint investigation revealed that Susan Ralston's consulting firm (associated with anti-solar group Citizens for Responsible Solar) received $300,000 from the fossil fuel-linked Paul E. Singer Foundation while directing opposition across at least 10 states.
A December 2023 Brown University Climate and Development Lab report ('Against the Wind') documented financial linkages, legal defense fund underwriting, and fiscal sponsorship from fossil fuel-backed think tanks (e.g., Caesar Rodney Institute, Texas Public Policy Foundation) to local anti-offshore wind groups such as Protect Our Coast NJ.

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[1] floodlightnews.org [2] facebook.com [3] energyandpolicy.org [4] coalitionforrenewablesnow.org [5] observatory.wiki [6] facebook.com [7] nationalfisherman.com [8] cleantechnica.com

investigative reporting local renewable energy opposition funding climate denial network "Brown University" "Against the Wind" "Caesar Rodney Institute" offshore wind "Miranda Green" renewable energy opposition funding fossil fuel climate denial "Citizens for Responsible Solar" "Susan Ralston" funding "990" OR donor Energy and Policy Institute local anti-wind anti-solar groups funding "Energy and Policy Institute" "Citizens for Responsible Solar" funding "Caesar Rodney Institute" "Protect Our Coast NJ" funding OR grant OR 990

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