How big green activists with China ties are jeopardizing America | Washington Examiner
Left-leaning environmental activists in California are suddenly pouring millions of dollars into an obscure entity known as Energy Foundation China.
The foundation also happens to be registered in California. These donations that have been brought to light by Big Green, a project of the Institute for Energy Research, deserve more scrutiny. That is, especially now that the Biden administration is pushing renewable energy initiatives that benefit Chinese manufacturers.
The foundation describes itself as “a professional grant-making charitable organization” that is “dedicated to China s sustainable energy development.” Financially, the foundation packs a wallop providing financial support to 2,893 projects through 760 grantees in China, totaling more than $330 million as of 2019. In its latest update pulled from 2018 tax filings, Big Green finds that $14.25 million flowed from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation based in Menlo Park, California, into Energy Foundation China. But there was a pit stop in San Francisco at another left-wing grant-making institution known as the Energy Foundation.
The Institute for Energy Research, which favors policies that enable domestic energy production for the United States, has its eye on the money trail.