Posted on 08/25/2026 6:13:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Anyone following my career knows that whether writing for newspapers or commenting in other forums, I have consistently expressed the same views about climate change and energy issues that I express in my columns for The Empowerment Alliance.
But as a longtime journalist, I know that wherever this column is published, or if I appear on a media outlet to discuss climate or environment issues, my association with TEA should be noted so readers can be aware of the formal relationship.
Increasingly, readers also have a right to ask similar questions regarding a growing number of news organizations that were formerly self-reliant, but which now depend on outside help. Take, for instance, the Associated Press.
Through most of my years as a journalist, going back to the 1980s, the AP could be counted on to deliver unbiased, fact-based journalism.
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The Walton Family Foundation is an organization devoted, in part, to environmental causes. Its political position is clear – back in 2022, it applauded passage of President Biden’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act, a giveaway of billions to the climate crusade.
“The challenges of climate change have and will continue to impact every aspect of our lives,” the Walton Foundation declared at the time. “Government, business, tribal nations, philanthropy, advocates, and others will all need to build on this historic investment together to continue to build momentum for a more resilient future.”
The AP insists, of course, that it is editorially independent and“solely responsible for all content” of its climate stories. But consider this – the Walton Foundation’s original two-year $785,000 grant in 2021 funded three AP reporters (and, presumably, related expenses), according to the foundation. Just two years later, the grant had grown to a three-year commitment totaling $2.5 million.
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These foundations always seem to be taken over by leftists pushing communist causes.
Every time.
It started with the Rockefellers when they founded The Environmental Grantmakers Association.
All of our enemies, especially China and Russia? Any way to sabotage the American Economy is fair game for them.
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