{"id":427361,"date":"2026-02-21T22:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=427361"},"modified":"2026-02-21T22:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:27:59","slug":"astroturf-alert-2-billion-in-foreign-cash-behind-americas-grassroots-climate-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=427361","title":{"rendered":"Astroturf Alert: $2 Billion in Foreign Cash Behind America\u2019s \u201cGrassroots\u201d Climate Movement?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Charles Rotter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For years, climate skeptics have been told they are nothing more than the paid mouthpieces of \u201cBig Oil.\u201d The accusation has been repeated so often that it has hardened into something resembling doctrine. Any challenge to prevailing climate narratives is brushed aside with a knowing smirk and the word \u201cfunded.\u201d The implication is clear: dissent is artificial. Manufactured. Astroturf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, the latest development out of Montana suggests that the truly industrial-scale astroturf operation may be sitting on the other side of the political aisle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, joined by 18 other state attorneys general, has formally urged the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate more than 150 U.S.-based climate organizations for potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/a> The request follows a report detailing nearly $2 billion in funding from five foreign climate foundations flowing into American activist networks over roughly the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n