Top Storycommons.wikimedia.org These groups want disruptive climate protests. Oil heirs are funding them Beneficiaries of two American oil fortunes are supporting groups trying to block fossil fuel projects. One donor said he felt a “moral obligation.”
Opinion www.nytimes.com Daniel Growald, Peter Gill Case and Valerie Rockefeller: Three Rockefellers say banks must stop financing fossil fuels JPMorgan Chase and other big banks should use their lending power to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Solutions www.nytimes.com David Kaiser, Rockefeller heir who fought Exxon Mobil, dies at 50 A great-great grandson of John D. Rockefeller, he steered one of his family’s philanthropies to a feisty stance on the oil giant’s role in climate change.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Meet the millionaires helping to pay for climate protests Three philanthropists started the Climate Emergency Fund earlier this year, grants from which help climate change protestors spread their message.
Politics nymag.com The Rockefellers vs. Exxon The family that pioneered the oil industry in America wants to expose what Exxon hid from the public about climate change.
