A Walmart foundation is pushing climate policies in Colorado, even as its super stores failed to reach their own emission reduction targets, a political news site in Washington D.C. reveals.
The jarring report exposes just how involved the supermarket chain has become in funding journalism as well as leftwing advocates to lobby governments, particularly the Colorado legislature.
The Colorado Sun is reportedly in the food chain of the Walton Family Fund, which also gave the Associated Press (AP) $8 million in 2022, according to Just the News.
From the report:
Some of the WFF’s funding for media outlets comes indirectly to the publications. The Colorado Sun announced it received $1.4 million from the American Journalism Project, which is funded partly by the WFF. Last year, the WFF gave the American Journalism Project $100,000, according to the foundation’s website. The Sun produces many articles targeting the Suncor oil refinery in north Denver.
Wasn’t The Sun going to rely on something called blockchain technology and crypto economics when they started up about six years ago?
Perhaps corporate dollars washed through a foundation is more reliable.
But wait, there’s more. There’s always more.
It given $5.2 million to the University of Colorado for research and media. The WFF funds the Water Desk media program at the university, which produces anti-oil-and-gas stories and promotes WFF’s advocacy mission related to Colorado River Basin policies.
Super Cringe.
The fund also sent $7.8 million to Western Resource Advocates and $1.8 million to Conservation Colorado, both of which lobbied the state legislature to pass bills against the oil and gas industry, noted the report.
Is it all just guilt money for Walmart’s enormous carbon footprint, or does using climate as an excuse to drive up costs on farmers, energy and consumer goods ultimately benefit the company?
Aaron Johnson, vice president of public and legislative affairs with Western Energy Alliance, told Just the News it’s an all of the above answer.
“The goal of this funding is to drive public policies to their favor,” Johnson said. “And that increases regulations on the farmer. It increases regulations on the small businesses within the oil and gas industry and across other industries, which for consumers, ultimately means they’re paying more at the checkout and they’re paying more at the pump.”
Read the entire report from Just the News here.