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Republicans call on Yellen to investigate whether Russian money financed USA green groups
Fox news ^ | 03/12/2022 | Marisa Schultz

Posted on 03/12/2022 5:38:07 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

EXCLUSIVE: The head of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) has called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to launch an investigation into whether Russia secretly funded U.S. green groups that advocate against domestic oil and gas production.

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., led a letter to Yellen Friday that cites a 2015 Washington Free Beacon report that suggested the California-based Sea Change Foundation may allegedly be a conduit for Russian oil interests in funneling money to groups like the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Sierra Club and the Center for American Progress.

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To: oblomov

The reason the letter specifies Russia, while not excluding other foreign lobbies, is because there is actual documentation from Sea Change’s tax filings that specify funds received from Russian sources via offshore institutions, etc.


21 posted on 03/12/2022 8:10:33 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: oblomov

Iran is not our ally, by the way, it is Russia’s ally, and has been Russia’s ally since the Communist-Islamist overthrow of the Shah in the late 1970s.


22 posted on 03/12/2022 8:12:44 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: blackdog

The head of the green movement in the US for many years was none other than Gorbachev, who moved out of Russia to... California. Which just happens to be where Sea Change is based, and where Russia used to have a very active consulate.


23 posted on 03/12/2022 8:23:58 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

I was being sarcastic.


24 posted on 03/12/2022 9:04:29 PM PST by oblomov
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Congress did an investigation of green groups on Russia’s payroll, in 2018 IIRC. Was actually a very good report. And yes, Sierra Club is bought.

https://www.christopherfountain.com/blog/2022/3/10/well-this-is-long-overdue

Good timeline.


25 posted on 03/12/2022 9:12:18 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally. The war is on Biden and Obama.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

yellen ok, you republicans can sit down now you sent a letter................that was filed under G


26 posted on 03/13/2022 4:55:38 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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