There’s a confluence of the left and the global warmists like Hansen who want to confiscate the property of people like the Koch brothers. Hansen’s proposed carbon tax and dividend is nothing more than taking from the rich and giving to the middle class (to buy those votes). Van Jones is on board because of the taking part of the equation. But he is more likely to give the money to some other rich (e.g. Soros, cap and trade scam artists, etc) who will pay him and his rabble for his efforts.
These individuals aren’t exactly flying under the radar as the Kochs hold leadership positions and are featured on the websites for the Cato Institute, Reason Foundation and the Mercatus Center among others. Soros also runs the Open Society Institute — website Soros.org — as well as the recently created Institute for New Economic Thinking.
Still these individuals have provided major funding to groups that aren’t particularly transparent, such as Soros-backed Democracy Alliance, which doesn’t provide information on the projects it funds.
A Washington Post article from January of this year connects the Kochs with the Tea Party movement, citing records of their foundation giving $3.1 million to Americans for Prosperity, but according to the Kochs, this is false, as the money only went to the Americans for Prosperity Foundation.