Environmental nonprofits indirectly funded by foreign billionaires are pressuring broadcasters to remove ads criticizing the Biden administration's massive electric vehicle (EV) plans. .
Climate Power sent a letter to a number of broadcasters this week calling out the American Fuel and Petrochemical Industries (AFPM) in battleground markets opposing President Joe Biden's plan to force widespread EV adoption in the coming years. demanded that the advertisements sponsored by the company be stopped from airing. A charity affiliated with Swiss medical mogul and billionaire philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has donated millions of dollars to the Fund for a Better Future, which will support Climate Change through 2023. A spokesperson for Climate Power previously told The Daily Caller that it was a financial sponsor of Power. News Foundation.
AFPM launched It launched a seven-figure advertising campaign on Tuesday aimed at highlighting and criticizing the administration's EV policies. Ads describing Biden's policy as an EV mandate are airing in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, Ohio, Montana and Washington, D.C.
“A federal 'car ban' is pending and any claim to the contrary is patently false and intentionally misleading,” Climate Power's warning letter to its local affiliates said. Broadcasters must “immediately remove these advertisements from their broadcasts.” The letter suggests that AFPM's ads may violate Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and asks the station to pay $80 million to promote Biden's climate change campaign. It directs them to contact Climate Power, an Internal Revenue Service-certified 501(c)4, which spends more than $1,000. Policies ahead of the 2024 presidential election — to ensure broadcast stations no longer run ads. (Related: Left-wing billionaire nonprofit powers TikTok campaign against American energy)
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Climate Power strongly disputes the Biden administration's EV mandate, but the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed tailpipe emissions standards would require all light-duty vehicles sold after the 2032 model year to In effect, it will be mandatory for 67% of vehicles to be electric vehicles. according to To the agency. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has also proposed its own aggressive updates to fuel efficiency standards, which would force manufacturers to significantly improve vehicle fuel efficiency to the point of effectively “mandating EV” policies. It turns out. Dan Kish of the Energy Institute previously told DCNF.
“These ads are full of lies aimed at scaring Americans about a non-existent 'car ban' and should be taken off the air,” Climate Power Executive Director Lori Rose said Tuesday. Stated. statement. “The Biden administration is not banning gasoline-powered cars or electronic products. They are working with polluting companies to clean our air and water and provide Americans with more affordable alternatives to fossil fuels. It's a fight. Big Oil knows it, and it's deliberately misleading the American people to protect its sleazy interests.”
Since 2021, Berger Action Fund, a 501(c)4 affiliated with Wyss, is the Fund for a Better Future, a grant-making organization that funnels money to support a wide range of center-left causes. has donated approximately $40 million to the and organizations, according to To Politico. Since 2021, Berger Action Fund has also given more than $77 million to the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a “dark money” organization that is not required to reveal its donors and is managed by the for-profit consulting firm Arabella Advisors. Donating.
Because Wyss is a Swiss citizen, he is not legally allowed to donate directly to American political candidates or committees, but the work of his non-profit organization and affiliates has quietly contributed to today's American politics. He has become one of the most influential individual donors. , according to To the Associated Press.
In May 2021, Americans for Public Trust, a government watchdog and transparency organization, complaint The Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleged that Wyss and his nonprofit and affiliated organizations “violated basic compliance and transparency rules” governing political spending by foreign nationals.
Climate Power did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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