Koch Brothers’ Tar Sands Connection Revealed
A map released by the San Francisco-based International Forum on Globalization (IFG) shows that the U.S. billionaire Koch brothers own more of the Alberta tar sands, some 890,000 hectares (2 million acres), than oil and gas giants Exxon, Chevron and Conoco combined. The map, put together from Alberta government databases and other online sources, illustrates how important approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is for the Koch brothers, Charles and David, says IFG. Without it – U.S. president Barack Obama recently vetoed Senate and Congressional approval of the pipeline – there’s no way for the brothers Koch to… Read more…