The American billionaires fear the campaign by environmental groups and First Nations against the expansion of the tar sands is gaining traction.
Koch brothers
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Today's the anniversary of a year of Tory majority rule: It just doesn't get any better than this!
| May 2, 2012Tar party: The Koch brothers come to Canada to protect their tar sands interests
The first time I heard of the Koch brothers, I was out for beer with some friends I hadn't seen since high school. We were sharing what we'd been up to, and one of them looked at me (the enviro) oddly as he said he now had his own company, but he'd been previously working for Koch Industries.
Intrigued, I asked him what Koch Industries did. He looked at me like I was a half-wit and said "Evil, man. That's what they do."
