I just got word that Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is planning on protesting a presentation Al Gore is making tomorrow night in Portland,ย Oregon.
Under the guise of the โteabagger movementโ AFP will do what it does best, which is protesting clean energy and greenย jobs.
Itโs hard to believe this is much of a grassroots โteabaggerโ movement when the organizers get so much money from the largest private energy company in the Unitedย States.
Below is everything you need to know about AFP and their president Tim Phillips that weโve pulled from our researchย database.
All this will be passed on to the local Portland media to ensure that they include this important context in any reporting they do on this story. If youโre from Portland or know anyone from the area, please pass this around to local bloggers andย media.
Highlights:
– Hereโs a complete rundown of AFPโsย funding.
– AFP is the third largest recipient of funding from the Koch Family Foundations, manged by Charles G. Koch who runs the largest privately owned energy company in the United States, Kochย Industries.
– AFP has also received money in the past from Exxon Mobil, who has been notoriously bad when it comes to funding groups looking to delay the movement away from oil to greenย energy.
– Tim Phillips is the president of AFP and has been fueling the anti-clean energy movement by making outrageous puiblic statements like, a cap-and-trade program would increases taxes by $1.2ย trillion.
– Tim Philips spearheaded a direct mail, coalition building campaign for George Bushโs campaign against John McCain in the 2000ย primaries.
– Hereโs a complete rundown of Timย Philips.
