US EditionTexas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollars
- Texas billionaire brothers Farris and Dan Wilks, who made their fortune in hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, have donated millions of dollars to right-wing media outfits and organizations that promote climate change denialism. They have also contributed to conservative politicians, such as Senator Ted Cruz, who advance their anti-climate, pro-oil narrative.
- The Wilks brothers have given substantial funding to PragerU and the Daily Wire, two right-wing media outlets that promote conservative agendas, including climate change denialism. They have donated at least $8 million to PragerU and have actively tried to get their content used in classrooms in multiple states.
- The Wilks brothers' foundations have donated large sums of money to various pro-fossil fuel and evangelical projects. Their foundations, the Thirteen Foundation and Heavenly Fathers Foundation, have assets of nearly $60 million and $187 million respectively, and have supported organizations like the Heritage Foundation, Family Research Council, and Focus on the Family.
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Billionaire fracking brothers spend millions to promote right-wing propaganda: report
Texas fracking billionaires Farris and Dan Wilks have donated millions of dollars to conservative operations that are skeptical about climate change and promote anti-LGBTQ ideology, The Guardian reported. Among the right-wing organizations receiving funds from the brothers are the Heritage Foundation, Family Research Council and Focus on the Family."Farris Wilks and his wife control the Thirteen Foundation, while Dan Wilks and his wife lead the …
'Penetrating, paralyzing and insidious': How Texas billionaire brothers are bankrolling right-wing politics
Texas billionaire brothers Farris and Dan Wilks, who made their fortune in hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, are dumping massive amounts of money into "right-wing media outfits" and organizations like the Heritage Foundation, Family Research Council, and Focus on the Family "that have promoted climate-crisis denialism," The Guardian's Peter Stone reports."Farris Wilks and his wife control the Thirteen Foundation, while Dan Wilks and his wife…
Texas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollars
Farris and Dan Wilks’ deep pockets fund climate denialism education, conservative politicians and pro-fossil fuel projectsTwo billionaire Texas brothers whose fortunes derive from oil and gas fracking have pumped millions of dollars into rightwing media outfits that have promoted climate-crisis denialism and sent more big checks to back an array of evangelical projects and conservative Texas politicians.The fracking billionaires Farris and Dan W…
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